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Choosing a mic for the Edirol R-09
What do I need to consider when buying a mic for the Edirol R-09 I'm
going to buy? Any suggestions? I'm planning to use it mainly for environmental and nature recordings. |
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On Wed, 01 Aug 2007 01:04:06 -0700, ventolin
wrote: What do I need to consider when buying a mic for the Edirol R-09 I'm going to buy? Any suggestions? I'm planning to use it mainly for environmental and nature recordings. Low noise Waterproof Directional Rugged Good wind shield available I'm sure there is more, but that will do for a start. d -- Pearce Consulting http://www.pearce.uk.com |
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On Aug 1, 4:04 am, ventolin wrote:
What do I need to consider when buying a mic for the Edirol R-09 I'm going to buy? I'm planning to use it mainly for environmental and nature recordings. First, try the built-in mics. They actually sound pretty decent and are probably just find for what you want to record. Don't get too close to the bee hive. At the Summer NAMM show, Edirol announced the availability of an accessory wind screen that clips on to the front of the recorder and is quite effective at cutting wind noise. Get one. That'll make your outdoor recordings a lot more successful. |
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On 1 Aug, 10:04, ventolin wrote:
What do I need to consider when buying a mic for the Edirol R-09 I'm going to buy? Any suggestions? I'm planning to use it mainly for environmental and nature recordings. Any specifik mics I should be checking out? |
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On Aug 2, 3:19 am, ventolin wrote:
Any specifik mics I should be checking out? Have you already dismissed the built-in mics? Have you ever tried one with the built-in mics? How much are you willing to spend, and how much haywire are you willing to put up with? Any mics that are significantly better than the internal ones will probably have XLR connectors and will require phantom power. That means an external box. Sony has just started shipping an external mic adapter for their PCM-D1 field recorder which will work just fine with an R-09. It costs $500, and then you'll need mics on top of that. What the heck, might as well get a Neumann RSM-191. You're not going to give this up easily. |
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On 2 Aug, 15:35, Mike Rivers wrote:
On Aug 2, 3:19 am, ventolin wrote: Any specifik mics I should be checking out? Have you already dismissed the built-in mics? Have you ever tried one with the built-in mics? How much are you willing to spend, and how much haywire are you willing to put up with? Any mics that are significantly better than the internal ones will probably have XLR connectors and will require phantom power. That means an external box. Sony has just started shipping an external mic adapter for their PCM-D1 field recorder which will work just fine with an R-09. It costs $500, and then you'll need mics on top of that. What the heck, might as well get a Neumann RSM-191. You're not going to give this up easily. I am willing to spend max. 150 USD to get an extrenal mic that works with the Edirol. So I guess that rules out mics that require phantom power? I read in several reviews that the built-in mics aren't really that good when it comes to noise if you're recording quiet stuff. But let me know if you disagree. |
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On Aug 3, 7:14 am, ventolin wrote:
I read in several reviews that the built-in mics aren't really that good when it comes to noise if you're recording quiet stuff. But let me know if you disagree. The way to get better performance when recording quiet stuff is either with a shotgun mic (which will always muck with the fidelity, and good ones are very expensive) or to get the mic closer to the source. If you're trying to record birds in their nest, you could put an external mic close to the nest, connect it to the recorder down on the ground, and then wait for the birds to start chirping. That will give you better results than if you just held the recorder under the tree as high as you could get it. If this is what you're after, any reasonable stereo mic that you can find in your price range will probably be an improvement over the built-in mics, not because of lower noise or better frequency response, but just because you can position it better. On the other hand, if you want to record the sound of traffic noise or low flying aircraft, the built-in mics will do fine, but you should get the new wind screen. Audio-Technica has a stereo mic, the Pro24, that's in your price range and will work fine with the R-09. It has a fixed 6 foot cable so you might want to consider adding an extension cable for getting it close to the wildlife. http://www.audio-technica.com/cms/wi...6b3/index.html I can tell you that capturing "environmental" sounds isn't something that just happens. You need to learn how the microphone hears things. So start out with the basics. See what the built-in mics will and won't do, and then when you understand what your problems are (if you indeed have problems) then you can search out the right solution. |
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it's $49.00 - - !!!! jeez!
"Mike Rivers" wrote in message ups.com... On Aug 1, 4:04 am, ventolin wrote: What do I need to consider when buying a mic for the Edirol R-09 I'm going to buy? I'm planning to use it mainly for environmental and nature recordings. First, try the built-in mics. They actually sound pretty decent and are probably just find for what you want to record. Don't get too close to the bee hive. At the Summer NAMM show, Edirol announced the availability of an accessory wind screen that clips on to the front of the recorder and is quite effective at cutting wind noise. Get one. That'll make your outdoor recordings a lot more successful. |
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Choosing a mic for the Edirol R-09
On Aug 3, 8:11 am, Mike Rivers wrote:
Audio-Technica has a stereo mic, the Pro24, that's in your price range and will work fine with theR-09. It has a fixed 6 foot cable so you might want to consider adding an extension cable for getting it close to the wildlife. http://www.audio-technica.com/cms/wi...6b3/index.html This is what I'm using with my R-09. The built-ins are actually pretty good for general purpose recording, i.e. capturing a conference session or as an audio sketch pad. I recorded a two hour session at a conference last month that included a Q&A with people speaking all over the hall; it's all audible on the recording, perhaps a bit easier to hear than it was actually sitting there in fact. And the unit does offer a bit of control over levels, low freq cut, etc. The Pro24 is what I use when actually recording music or interviews. With a small stand it's fairly unobtrusive and the results are pretty good. My only concern is the fixed cable, which past experience tells me will develop a short at the base no matter how well I treat it. -kiwanda |
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