field recording

b0unce · Post by **b0unce** » Sun Aug 06, 2006 12:09 am

what kind of mic have you got in mind ?
is it another mini-jack one ?

ocp · Post by **ocp** » Sun Aug 06, 2006 2:43 pm

I'm thinking of buying a Rode NT4; it comes with a mini jack adapter.

dm_hawk · Post by **dm_hawk** » Mon Aug 07, 2006 3:54 pm

i have a pair of nt5s (same capsules as nt4) - i'm very impressed with them so far.

elemental · Post by **elemental** » Mon Aug 07, 2006 4:19 pm

I've got a Rode NT4 and an Edirol R1 (think its been replaced by the R09 now)

Very good results with those 2!

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Sales Dude McBoob · Post by **Sales Dude McBoob** » Mon Aug 07, 2006 5:27 pm

filarion wrote:personally I'm either recording on a sharp minidisc recorder or via laptop in the field, but I've been eyeing the Marantz PMD-660 as a solid state recorder.. xlr with phantom power and rugged construction.

for mics I recommend the Soundman OKM II binaural microphones. really nice to capture a true stereo image of what you hear. combine that with a nice directional mic like the Sennheiser ME66 and you've got a nice fieldrecording kit.

Filarion... I wouldn't buy the Marantz PMD660. The preamps are weird. The headphone amp is really weak. You have to wrestle with this machine to get it sound halfway decent. This machine is almost useless when used with a Sennheiser ME66.

The other machines from Marantz (670, 671) work really well. But the 660 is bad news.

b0unce · Post by **b0unce** » Wed Aug 09, 2006 9:59 pm

any one used any of the sony dat recorders ? mainly the Sony TCD-D10Pro II ?

i just uploaded a field recording of rain, 'improvised' a little with live and using live's reverb. see what you think of the quality of the recording - i used a seinheiser mkh60

www.tagworld.com/s0l0qi

track is called 'be yes F'