#123

This is a most useful definition of alchemy.

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#124

pues,
Āæwhat do we know about thisā€¦ :slight_smile:
https://www.sweetwater.com/store/detail/MV88

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#125

I just bought a Tascam DR-100 MK3 (recently released) and a couple of Rode M5s and Iā€™m totally hooked.

Time to read/listen through this thread and buy that book.

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#126

Two coats of plastidip usually does me fine. The big key to contact mic sound turned out to be decent pre-amping, rather than just that tinny, hipassed sound you get plugging them direct into a recorder.

#127

hey, can someone recommend a tiny, pocket sized recorder. I already have a sony pcm d-50 recorder plus mics for purposeful recording outings, but would love something that could just live in my pocket on a regular day in case i stumble across some nice sound

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#128

Do you use an iPhone? There are some pretty good mics for iPhone that are pocket size by both Shure and Zoom. Not to mention that Iā€™ve had great results with the built in iPhone 6 and 7 mics. Just like cameras, the best mic is the one thatā€™s always with you.

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#129

This use case is why I funded the MikMe a long while back. Looks like theyā€™ll finally be ready to ship in the next couple of months.

#130

I do, but Iā€™m perpetually almost out of memory.

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#131

i love my zoom h1, tiny and great quality

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#132

Yeah, thatā€™s always an issue with phones. When I needed a new phone I got the largest storage available, and so far so good.

What about iPhone + Zoom/Shure mic + SD Card attachment?

Otherwise the smallest good quality recorder Iā€™ve used is the Zoom h1, as @nuun said.

#133

Came across this guide to recordersā€¦sort of put me off the zoom H6.

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#134

I bet this would sound really interesting if you slowed it down to half or quarter speedā€¦ hm.

edit: whoops, I didnā€™t realize that this was from so long ago.

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#135

yes, that was my guess too but you loose the transients entirely, it becomes a sort of rhythmic soft grating.

#136

Jez helped me settle on some gear and he was very insistent that Zooms are NOT very good. I ended up with the Olympus LS100 after some time talking to him. The input flexibility of Zoom is nice, but if it doesnā€™t sound good, whatā€™s the point?

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#137

Iā€™ve taken a Sony WM-D6C on a few trips with me. Totally impractical, awkward to control levels and loads of noise from movement and wind (at least with my home made windshieldā€¦). But the recordings are really special to me.

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#138

Not sure if this is still a good place to share field recording based workā€¦ I did two records last year that were entirely based on improvised real-time processing of environmental sounds. I did one in an airplane flying from CPH to YYZ, and another in a cafe.

On ā€œOverheardā€ I added some quiet improvised electric piano (also played in real time while in the cafe). ā€œMusic From Airplanesā€ (wink wink) is 100% airplane sounds and made while on the flight.

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#139

Yes agree on that. My experience with the ones (zooms) I have used is that the mics are v. poor sounding. I have had ok results using them with external mics.Still, I prefer my minidisc recordings. 4 /6 inputs would be really useful for some of things I have in mind so the next part of the chain is the preamps and the conversion to digital. I am hoping to put a bit more budget to this so I am still researching. Yes, i have a wariness of Zoom thatā€™s why I was asking.

#140

I love mine; had it since it was new. I will never part with it, and itā€™s been indispensible for me over the years.

Remarkably, the thingā€™s been traveled very hard for months and even years at a time, and itā€™s still in perfect condition.

Those who are avoiding Zooms et al: good call I say.

EDIT: all of that said, my go-to device is a Nagra SD with the stereo card mics. Itā€™s brilliant. I cannot praise it enough, both sound quality and use/ergonomics. Absolutely destroys the Sony something or other I got a few years ago and couldnā€™t stand using.

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#141

@sellanraa @Zedkah
From my experience I also found Jez (Riley French) a really helpful guy, heā€™s knows the tech side very well, his blog is great. He and Chris Watson were on the sound course I took in Norfolk a few years ago and very approachable and I learned a lot from them. Both professional and passionate about field recording and JrF in my opinion has released some awesome sounds. His reproach to field recording and what he calls ā€˜intuitive compositionā€™ is perhaps the most interesting and forward looking of field recordists. I have mentioned this album on these pages before buts its one of my most favourite things everā€¦ Listen to thisā€¦

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#142

The Nagra line sure looks niceā€¦ even the small dictaphonesā€¦