"Mike Rivers" wrote:
David@liminal wrote:
I've been using soundman OKMII
binaural mics for some years, first with a sharp 702 minidisc and then
with a sony mz-n710 minidisc (both basically bottom of the range, bog
standard recorders). Given that the edirol is 24 bit and can record
uncompressed, I naively thought that it would be an improvement on
these machines. I have to say though, it isn't even on the same page!
Hiss is way higher and the sound is brittle and confused by comparison.
Do your mics require power? And does the R-09 provide the right type of
power? Most minidisks provide 3V "plug in power" for a certain type of
condenser mics that are typically used with that sort of recorder. If
your mics require that powering configuration (I don't knkow) and if
the recorder doesn't provide it (I don't know that either, but it
appears to do so based on the accessory microphone that Edirol offers)
then you might indeed get the sort of performance that you describe.
The R09 provides 5V plug-in power.
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