On 24/10/2010, at 10:18 AM, Chris King wrote:
>
> For oral histories in my job we use a digital recorder designed for
> music recording. The Edirol R09HR (possibly a later model available
> now as mine is 2 years old). It is very popular with oral historians
> because its easy to use and to upload to a computer and has good
> inbuilt microphones.
I also use the R09HR, for field recordings (either with the internal mics or
with a variety of external mics) in conjunction with video recorded with my
DSLRs.
It's small, and can record in 24-bit WAV format for optimal quality (or MP3 if
you're desperate for space). It also timestamps each recording file, which is
essential for my work.
Earlier I used a Zoom H4 and the R09HR is much better for me. The newer H4N
might be an option, although it is larger than the R09HR.
The H4 had issues with internal hum from the power supply affecting recordings,
which some people hacked with hardware mods, but I was able to avoid it by
using an external power supply (driven by a Canon BP-511A battery!). If I
recall correctly the H2 had some issues with noise on external microphone
input, but my info is probably out of date.
The H4 could be connected via USB to act as an external mic/XLR IO box for your
computer, but I don't need that. I just pop the SDHC card out of the bottom of
the R09HR and transfer the files to the computer that way.
I do wish I had a good wind-break muffle for the R09HR, but using external mics
avoids that issue.
> On Sat, Oct 23, 2010 at 1:52 PM, Dave Torr <> wrote:
>>
>> The Zoom H2 is supposed to be good, but is very restricted in its playback
>> options and is very new.
The H2 wasn't new in late 2008 when I got my R09HR, so I'm not sure where you
got that from!
Cheers
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David Burren
LuminOdyssey.com Photo Expeditions
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