Catskills week - digital recorder
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Catskills week - digital recorder
I'm going to be attending the Irish week in the Catskills next month. Can anyone suggest a digital recorder to take with me? I don't have one so I'd like to know what others like. Thanks!
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You have a wealth of choices. In the past I have used cassette recorders and digital voice recorders. The casstte recorder worked well but was cumbersome. The digital voice recorder was meant for transcription and the microphones didn't do an adequate job of capturing the sound across a room. I would suggest one of the many hand-held digital recorders currently available. Edirol makes the R-09. Zoom offers the H-4 and H-2 handycorders. Olympus offers the LS-10. Tascam has the DR-1. Sony provides the PCM-D50 and others. Marantz has the PDM620. I am sure I have left some out too. These all have good microphones and more features than most people would use. All will give you good results. Prices range from under $200 on up. I have a Zoom H-2 and am happy with it so far.matahari_1946 wrote:Can anyone suggest a digital recorder to take with me? I don't have one so I'd like to know what others like.
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Mark Nelson, a folk musician who dabbles in a wide variety of traditions, has some good in-depth reviews of a bunch of handheld digital recorders here:
http://digitalmedia.oreilly.com/pub/tag_general/112
Just scroll down and look for all the reviews by Mark Nelson.
Really it depends on whether you want good sound quality or just a useable record of what you heard. If it's the latter you can get away with a cheap dictaphone-type recorder, but otherwise check out Mark's reviews.
http://digitalmedia.oreilly.com/pub/tag_general/112
Just scroll down and look for all the reviews by Mark Nelson.
Really it depends on whether you want good sound quality or just a useable record of what you heard. If it's the latter you can get away with a cheap dictaphone-type recorder, but otherwise check out Mark's reviews.
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Hiya Tiff,
Dani had a Zoom H2 at the Salt Lake Piping Club tionol this weekend, and from what she said it really does the business: http://digitalmedia.oreilly.com/2007/0 ... rder.html
See you soon,
Mark
Dani had a Zoom H2 at the Salt Lake Piping Club tionol this weekend, and from what she said it really does the business: http://digitalmedia.oreilly.com/2007/0 ... rder.html
See you soon,
Mark
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Thanks, all, for your suggestions. Mark, I saw Dani's recorder but didn't realize that was a Zoom. This is why I'm asking about recorders. Since I didn't think I was going to be participating in the workshops this weekend I didn't bother finding a recorder. But now I'm kicking myself cause I missed recording all that great stuff Liz was throwing out there, not to mention the great stuff I couldn't be there for. I won't make that same mistake next month!
They both suggested I record some good sessions as well. Has anyone recorded a session with either Zoom? What did you think?
They both suggested I record some good sessions as well. Has anyone recorded a session with either Zoom? What did you think?
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Where do I go online for the firmware update?plunk111 wrote:I highly recommend the Zoom H4. It's even nicer with the new firmware update. Feadoggie - if you haven't installed the new software (and it's available for the H2), do it! Lots of new features...
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H4 update / H2 update. I think my H4 is on 2.1 instead of 2.2, but either way, the crazy thing is that with the 2.x firmware it can handle SD cards bigger than 2GB. As soon as I find a good price I'm springing for a 8GB or 16GB card....mahanpots wrote:Where do I go online for the firmware update?
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Pittsboro session clips Recorded on H4andyras2 wrote:Does anyone have examples of recordings from sessions on the Zoom 4, I'm kindof toying with this one myself, not not sure if it will performa any better with background noise than my current tools, N95 and Archos Fm20.
I'd like to hear the quality of a session type environment.
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Surely that can't be a very noisy session? I mean, I'm a big fan of my H4, and it makes great recordings, but I'd be really shocked if I could make a recording at our session and the background noise level was that low... I would expect a very faithful recording of a very noisy environment.mahanpots wrote:Pittsboro session clips Recorded on H4andyras2 wrote:Does anyone have examples of recordings from sessions on the Zoom 4, I'm kindof toying with this one myself, not not sure if it will performa any better with background noise than my current tools, N95 and Archos Fm20.
I'd like to hear the quality of a session type environment.
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The "Pittsboro session" wasn't a noisy session. It was held outside that day and not a lot of folks listening and milling about outside.
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Olwell Pratten.
Paddy Cronin's Jig
Limestone Rock, Silver Spear
Blasting, billowing, bursting forth with the power of 10 billion butterfly sneezes
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Blasting, billowing, bursting forth with the power of 10 billion butterfly sneezes