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Date: Wed Sep 11, 2019 4:28 am ((PDT))
Thanks Ross. Never heard of it. But checked it out and plain as it looks
the specs read well enough.
Martin
On Wed 11 Sep 2019, 11:03 a.m. ROSS HALE
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> Hi Martin,
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> Not answering your question at all I know.... but have you considered the
> MixerFace R4r? It ticks a lot of boxes.
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> Regards,
> Ross
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> *Subject:* [Nature Recordists] Mix Pre3 or Zoom?
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> Hi,
> Please excuse me indulging in some thinking out loud. Anyone ever
> struggled over the choice below? Would be glad to hear from you.
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> Time to move on from my Roland R05, out of the world of hand held
> recorders into the world of XLR and better pre-amps I think. Everything
> beginning to sound like a fry up.
> Two recommends, he says :SD Mix Pre3 and Zoom F4. What kind of recordist
> are you he asks. I like to travel light and discreet. Not one to lug abou=
t
> boom poles and complex arrays. Not yet maybe. I like to carry my gear in =
a
> black ex camera bag, holds recorder, mics, batteries, the lot.
> Mix Pre 3 would suit, he says,' toss it into a bag'says theSD web page. A=
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> =E2=82=AC700 I would hesitate before tossing it anywhere. But I like reco=
rding the
> really quiet stuff,and water I say.
> Excellent pre amps, he says. Ok so far, I think. Batteries, I ask. Well..=
..
> he deliberates, then talks about battery packs, sleds, chargers. The cost
> is mounting. Not forgetting if I 'throw' it into an Orca bag, more money.
> So Zoom comes in at around =E2=82=AC500.Pre amps still excellent he says.=
I am
> more taken by the cool promotion on You Tube, guy going through the corn
> field, with his Zoom. Where I come from, there are no fields like that. B=
ut
> still cheaper, I think,though the Orca bag is over =E2=82=AC200.Hmm...Wha=
t do you
> want, he asks. Quality? Next best thing? Meanwhile I am bleary from
> overdosing on You Tube :reviews'. I have been reading the manuals online
> when I should have been sleeping.
> Now I should be sleeping and I am writing this.
> Make up your mind Martin, he says.
> Martin
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