#747

I’m looking to up my field recording game. I have an H4N and a dynamic mic. I would be willing to consider upgrading my field recorder but assumed it’s fine for now. I want to use my recordings to mangle and process mainly.

Would people recommend some usis, an ab stereo mic or new field recorder?

Thanks in advance.

#748

Dynamic mics are hardly ever used in field recording so I’d invest in a better mic first.

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#749

Brilliant, thank you. It should arrive early next week - excitement!

#750

I dont really have a budget for a new recorder right now, but would the Usi Pros be a good mic for (and compatible with) a Zoom H1N?

#751

Right. Id only mentioned it to give an idea of what I already have.

So the question is xy or ab mic?

#752

So, there is no such thing as an AB mic, I assume you mean a pair of omnis which is what id recommend as the h4n has an x/y already; even if it’s not the best x/y, diversity is important.

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#753

Yes. Thats what I was referring to. I misunderstood a post above. Thank you.

#754

Yes, the Pros paired well with my H1 and offered a perceptible jump in quality that I enjoyed until I bought an H6 a couple of weeks ago.

#755

I’m picking up this new friend tomorrow. RQ-J36. stereo mic.

Only had a little zoom H1 before, and I know that the mic on this is much, much less sensitive, but i like the One Button to Record, and from what I read, it’s a classic bootlegger recorder, and I’ve been wanting to do some re-amp to tape stuff, so this might get fun.


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#756

What’s the cheapest, half decent, portable, digital field recorder with 2 x XLR mic ins and real 48V phantom power on both? The Zoom H4n Pro? Quite fancy taking my pair of KM84s out into a field!

Also for ambient field recording, do people generally prefer Cardioid or Omni mics, or does it depend?

#757

Zoom H4N Pro is a good start. Be sure to use a 8GB or smaller SD card to get a reasonable boot time, or if you don’ mind the slower boot time larger SD card is also supported.

Cardioid/ Omni/ Supercardiroid, etc, with different polar patterns you have do different stereo miking techniques, i.e:

a pair of omni: A-B
a pair of cardioid: A-B, XY, ORTF
cardiod with figure eigth: Mid Side

Different miking methods have its own pros and cons, I think most field recordists (including me) prefer XY and AB for ambience stuffs.

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#758

A rycote brother from another mother…

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#759

Thanks for very informative reply!

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#760

I use a pair of Uši Pro’s with a Nagra 7 recorder, and I always carry an Olympus LS-p4 with me.

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#761

i’d like be to hear you’re thoughts on this recorder. Does it have plug-in-power for something like the Usi 3.5mm?

I currently have an H5, which is … fine? I don’t love it for a number of reasons and would really like something more portable, better sounding, and will still work with my Usi’s.

I’m also trying to figure out how the ls-p4 compares to something like the sony pcm-m10 or other small recorders.

#762

It does have plugin power, although I have never used it myself. The recordings I made with the built-in microphones are perfectly usable. Not as nice as my Nagra, of course, but definitely of good quality. I have no experience wit a Sony m-10, but it does sound better than the Zoom H recorders (to my ears at least). And the fact that it is so tiny makes it easy to carry wherever you go.

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#763

The plug in power works great. It is a VERY nice recorder. Even the auto gain, wich I would normalt never think of using is really good.

Also the mic in can take a pretty decent hot signal when set to gain 1 so it can work as a line in. At least it pairs very nice with my Mixpre-D preamp.

Would very much recommend the Olympus!

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#764

Thanks for the recommendations @KristofferLislegaard and @Vunz. The price is definitely right, since a used PCM-M10 still sells for around $300 USD.

#765

So after thinking it over for a while, I finally bit the bullet and ordered a pair of Uši Pro’s and a pair of mikroUši’s, as well as a MixPre-6. While I know it might be overkill, are there any interesting 4-mic stereo setups I should try for environment recording?

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#766

Would you mind saying why this is important for you?

I’m ready to purchase a pair of mikros and curious if anyone else has input on what differences to consider between the two (besides sound).