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04-24-2012, 08:18 PM | #1 |
Amish Hoe Fighter
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Best entry level recording gear?
With portable digital audio technology being so abundant these days, I would figure there is something smaller and cheaper than the DAT decks of 15 years ago. I haven't done any taping since like 2000, with my old minidisc recorder, so I'm totally out of the loop on what people are using these days. Can you get a decent rig for under, say, $300?
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04-24-2012, 08:40 PM | #2 |
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See if you can find a nice (used?) Edirol R09HR. Do you have mics?
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04-24-2012, 08:46 PM | #3 |
Virgo
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http://www.bhphotovideo.com/images/i...345/600761.jpg
as an inferior alternative to skradgee's advice |
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04-24-2012, 10:50 PM | #4 |
Amish Rake Fighter
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04-24-2012, 11:26 PM | #5 |
Boardcaster
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Whoa. That Zoom recorder is nice.
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04-25-2012, 03:54 AM | #6 |
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04-25-2012, 10:49 AM | #7 |
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Why? You can hook up two external mics. It has phantom power.
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04-25-2012, 12:42 PM | #8 |
Minion of Satan
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http://www.rolandsystemsgroup.com/products/100093 is what i'm currently lusting after, in a portable recorder.
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04-25-2012, 12:48 PM | #9 |
Virgo
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the only problems i've encountered is that its susceptible to handling noise when using the internal mics (makes sense) and it has a difficult/slow time recognizing any sd card larger than 8GB
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04-25-2012, 09:01 PM | #10 |
Immortal
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iirc the CrabbMan -- you should come visit us at taperssection.com! tons of knowledgeable people there, and tons of lightly used gear that goes for way under list price |
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04-25-2012, 09:02 PM | #11 |
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04-27-2012, 06:31 AM | #12 |
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04-27-2012, 06:33 AM | #13 |
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Wait, not that one, but it is a Zoom recorder.
http://www.zoom.co.jp/english/products/h2/ http://www.zoom.co.jp/english/products/h2/h2_01.jpg |
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04-27-2012, 08:33 AM | #14 | |
Minion of Satan
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Note it has two separate pickup patterns, a 90 degree spread and a 180 spread... There's also a function that you can record all four at once to make a 4-channel recording. No multitrack option though, as well as no combo of it's own mics and external line-ins (it's one or the other). Also records to 96/24 if you want. Pop a 24 gig soundcard in it, and your good. If you wanna know how it sounds, I recorded this show with it: http://archive.org/details/cspm2011-06-22 |
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04-28-2012, 02:11 AM | #15 | |
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04-28-2012, 02:14 PM | #16 |
Minion of Satan
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Yeah, it's the built in 180 degree spread (the rear set of mics).
Also, my new band, our demo was recorded live with the 4-channel option (even though I went and used compression and EQ in a DAW). http://soundcloud.com/soniclovenoize...-booking-demo/ The context is a little different than what you are looking for, but you can at least see the versatility of it. |
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04-28-2012, 06:44 PM | #17 |
Braindead
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NICE. Yeah my dad uses it a lot for his practices, it's got a decent sound for something that you just stick in the middle of the room. And of course some EQ and compression helps. I did a voiceover thing for him a week ago and that kind of thing was needed to get my voice (cough) to some degree of radio-announcer warmth.
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04-29-2012, 01:47 PM | #18 | |
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I bought a Tascam DR-05 on a whim. I don't go to as many shows as I used to but I thought I could at least play with it. It was cheap enough where I didn't have to feel bad if I never used it. |
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05-01-2012, 12:31 AM | #19 |
Amish Hoe Fighter
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So this leaves me to wonder, should I care about the performance of the built-in mics of these devices, or just buy external mics. And if am using external mics, is there much of a difference in the sound quality between the different recorders, or is it at that point just a matter of much they can record at a time?
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05-01-2012, 01:37 PM | #20 |
Minion of Satan
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yes there is a difference between the sound quality even using external mics... the built in preamps vary quite a bit.
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05-01-2012, 03:15 PM | #21 |
Virgo
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05-03-2012, 03:53 AM | #22 |
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IDK. I can't see valuing the preamp as one item over all the other features in a setup. I mean...I don't discount the importance of it. Obviously you don't want to have a really hissy recording from a terribly bad preamp, etc. but a lot of that comes down to personal preference and how people like to hear a recording, or just how one will work better for a particular project.
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05-03-2012, 11:12 PM | #23 |
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05-03-2012, 11:12 PM | #24 |
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05-04-2012, 02:47 AM | #25 |
Just Hook it to My Veins!
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AUDSBD: when a member of the audience brings his own soundboard to the venue to record the gig
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05-06-2012, 02:56 PM | #26 |
Virgo
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wuttup nagra
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05-06-2012, 07:58 PM | #27 |
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you're probably going to want to get the shoulder strap
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