Re: ipods for field recordings

["Art Simon" <simart@gmail.com>]

I'm very pleased with the $30 miniature electret stereo t mic I got
from "chris_in_wood_green" on ebay.
http://cgi.ebay.com/STEREO-MINIDISC-LAPTOP-ELECTRET-MICROPHONE-MIC_W0QQitemZ250111991241QQihZ015QQcategoryZ15056QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem
It works great with my iRiver ifp-895 for collecting ambient and
nature sounds. It uses the same Panasonic mic elements used in many
other mics. I haven't used it for live music, but I'd assume it would
do fine at reasonable volume levels. The rubber mounting would
probably dampen the vibration of an iPod's hard drive, though I use it
with a flash based recorder so it's just a guess.

On 5/11/07, Per Boysen <perboysen@gmail.com> wrote:
> On 11 maj 2007, at 10.42, L.A. Angulo wrote:
>
> > on my quest ofr a compact field recorder i have one
> > more question,how good is the quality of these new i
> > pods with plugin mics for field recordings?
>
>
> As good as the mics you plug into it. And also as good as the mic pre
> amps sound. The worst component in the chain is setting the fidelity
> of the resulting recording. But it's hard to tell when not knowing
> which specific unit we're talking about. Over here I'm using a Zoom
> H4 and my recordings with the built in stereo mic sound so good that
> I don't think it will get any better by using other mics. But I have
> other mics, two CM2 condenser mics including a dual mic amp. I
> haven't done any A/B testing but as I remember them they do not sound
> any better compared to the H4 built-in mics. I used to record with
> them and a DAT back in the pre H4 days.
>
> Greetings from Sweden
>
> Per Boysen
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>
>
>


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