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Bloody hell, The idea of a portable large capsule that records as well is incredible.

― Ed, Thursday, 1 March 2007 18:35 (seventeen years ago) link

I've got an Edirol R-1. It's pretty good, but I think I'm going to sell it and go back to recording on cassette.

S- on Wednesday, February 28, 2007 7:47 PM (2 days ago)

i'm feelin ya on that. i wanna go back to 4-track. i hate recording with cubase/nuendo/protools crap and i h8888 how it sounds so much

― am0n, Saturday, 3 March 2007 00:56 (seventeen years ago) link

not that the above has anything to do with field recording ;o{. i still have a md for that but its a pain in the ass doing transfers to hard drive

― am0n, Saturday, 3 March 2007 01:01 (seventeen years ago) link

IIRC there have been more than a few interviews/articles/rumor pieces in gearhead fora in which pro engineers such as the dust bros or weird pioneers like the basic channel dudes used analog tape, even cassettes, as a stage in mastering process because digital recording sounded shit

― TOMBOT, Sunday, 4 March 2007 18:14 (seventeen years ago) link

DDA 4 life

― TOMBOT, Sunday, 4 March 2007 18:15 (seventeen years ago) link

I am getting stoked about the idea of using nothing but DC metro field samples to make an instrumental. Why do I have to dream up big dumb ideas before I've even budgeted the fucking gear

― TOMBOT, Monday, 5 March 2007 18:41 (seventeen years ago) link

I can't see why that'd be too hard? Decent mic, recorder and a fairly basic computer program (like Audacity) would get you a long way.

― S-, Tuesday, 6 March 2007 00:24 (seventeen years ago) link

If you're on Windows, I can't recommend Kristal Audio Engine enough as an alternative to Audacity. It's free, uses real-time VST effects, supports ASIO drivers, and has a much friendlier interface for multi-tracking. I don't know about Mac or Linux, though.

― St3ve Go1db3rg, Tuesday, 6 March 2007 00:35 (seventeen years ago) link

Audacity works with Audio Units on OSX so I'm covered, thanks tho

Whenever I get the Zoom I'll report back. Hopefully with some tracks of street musicians

― TOMBOT, Tuesday, 6 March 2007 15:07 (seventeen years ago) link

Tombot, if you get around to buying the Zoom, email me offthread, and I'll quote you our patented "guy I don't actually know but talk to on the internet a lot" price.

― John Justen, Tuesday, 6 March 2007 17:21 (seventeen years ago) link

yah, dudes, what's a good, cheap analog 4-track? or is the zoom really the way to go with this

(i just wanna be able to record little songs and stuff without having to use my computer...the mic is shitty and the hard drive noise is unbearable)

― gbx, Tuesday, 6 March 2007 22:12 (seventeen years ago) link

I'm thinking of a Zoom H4 as well. I need something for an interface to/from the PC as well for recording and releasing cassettes from this: http://i18.ebayimg.com/03/i/000/85/3b/a371_12.JPG. It looks like it could be a good multi-tool, but I'm kinda sceptical about the build quality.

yah, dudes, what's a good, cheap analog 4-track? or is the zoom really the way to go with this

gbx, Tascam Portastudios should come up from time to time fairly cheaply, or Fostex makes alright stuff as well. [Removed Illegal Link]

― S-, Wednesday, 7 March 2007 01:28 (seventeen years ago) link

Um. That was to an ebay auction for a Fostex X-14

http://cgi.ebay.com.au/Fostex-4-track-X-14-w-power-adapter-USED-MTR_W0QQitemZ120092902637QQihZ002QQcategoryZ41478QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

?

― S-, Wednesday, 7 March 2007 01:35 (seventeen years ago) link

tascam portastudio 424 mkII is gr8, i want

― am0n, Saturday, 10 March 2007 21:00 (seventeen years ago) link

I've actually been looking for something similar. I'd love to be able to field-record decently to uncompressed audio. doesn't seem like that tall of an order but the killer device isn't out there. when I took a look a couple of years ago, people were still talking about minidisc recorders, ugh.

do you kinda get the idea that "pro sound" is increasingly becoming a bullshit term as everything goes digital and everybody listens to music in lossy compressed formats anyway?

maybe its counterintuitive thinking, but I think pro sound is more important than ever. the loss of sound quality caused by conversion to lossy formats is more noticeable on poor recordings. a well-done recording is going to convert to an okay sounding lossy file, a bad recording converts to something nearly unlistenable. if you're going to intentionally degrade the sound somewhere down the line, why not start with the best sound you can get?

and it would be really shortsighted if 100 years of work in audio fidelity were flushed down the crapper just because the first wave of digital transmission and playback devices adopted by consumers had neither the bandwidth or capacity to handle high quality formats.

^stuff I think / worry about a lot

― Edward III, Monday, 12 March 2007 19:03 (seventeen years ago) link

three months pass...

bump cos i want to make some field recordings, and my portable minidisc player/recorder has died. i just want something simple & cheap(ish).

― zappi, Wednesday, 13 June 2007 19:50 (sixteen years ago) link

one year passes...

hey guys, i may need some field recording equipment for a summer project. more like interviews w/people and stuff and not so much crickets and blowing wind, but I'm not sure if it makes a difference.

help me IMMers

― i like to fart and i am crazy (gbx), Wednesday, 10 June 2009 15:43 (fourteen years ago) link

Aren't you planning to get an iPhone? If so, there are apps that should work for this. I have "Record" which is too sensitive to record loud music but would probably be good for interviews. You can email the recordings to yourself or transfer them if they're too long.

― congratulations (n/a), Wednesday, 10 June 2009 15:47 (fourteen years ago) link

h'mmm...i am yes, but i think i might need something a bit more industrial? like, "works in Africa"

― i like to fart and i am crazy (gbx), Wednesday, 10 June 2009 15:53 (fourteen years ago) link

Still vouching for the Zoom stuff - there is a new H4n that adds some features (um and is more expensive)

― AMYL NATHRAKH (jjjusten), Wednesday, 10 June 2009 17:39 (fourteen years ago) link

Just about to release album comprised fully of binaural field recordings from a Zoom H2, so repping for that. Lent it to a friend also who got good results for recording some interviews.

― ambience chaser (S-), Monday, 22 June 2009 05:40 (fourteen years ago) link

eight months pass...

still really want one of these

― drink more beer and the doctor is a heghog (gbx), Saturday, 13 March 2010 18:00 (fourteen years ago) link

any updates in the world of portable field recorders, btw?

― drink more beer and the doctor is a heghog (gbx), Saturday, 13 March 2010 18:05 (fourteen years ago) link

zoom still wins price/performance battle hands down imo

― First and Last and Safeways ™ (jjjusten), Saturday, 13 March 2010 21:26 (fourteen years ago) link

which one, h2 or h4?

― am0n, Saturday, 13 March 2010 21:30 (fourteen years ago) link

both really, just depends on what your needs are

― First and Last and Safeways ™ (jjjusten), Saturday, 13 March 2010 22:48 (fourteen years ago) link

H2: Better in built mics, smaller, cheaper, can record surround sound.
H4: Works as a four-track recorder.

― Slacker Bilk (S-), Sunday, 14 March 2010 08:18 (fourteen years ago) link

the new edirols are nice. seems like the same thing as the zoom.

― Tracer Hand, Thursday, 18 March 2010 11:38 (fourteen years ago) link

except twice as expensive. not heard about quality comparisons. could the edirol really be twice as good?

― Tracer Hand, Monday, 22 March 2010 18:14 (fourteen years ago) link

still interested in H2 vs Edirol

― Tracer Hand, Friday, 26 March 2010 11:54 (fourteen years ago) link

one year passes...

any updates in the world of portable field recorders, btw?

― drink more beer and the doctor is a heghog (gbx), Saturday, March 13, 2010 12:05 PM (1 year ago) Bookmark

so i actually have a film project that will require a field recorder. collaborator has an H1, and we're both shooting video on GF1s (because that's what we've got). it's cheap, it syncs well with video apparently, and i guess maybe there's something to be said for keeping our equipment consistent? basically tell me why i ~shouldn't~ get the H1?

― g++ (gbx), Tuesday, 5 July 2011 15:58 (twelve years ago) link

H1 is fine for a basic hand held stereo recorder. If you want more features, ability to use powered electret condensors, record in 48/24 (or even 96/24) etc I'll continue to recommend the H2. Mine (mentioned upthread) is still going strong.

― Circlework de Soleil (S-), Tuesday, 5 July 2011 17:04 (twelve years ago) link

three weeks pass...

want a h2 so bad :(

but synths need taking to the doctors :(

wahhhhh

― Crackle Box, Friday, 29 July 2011 07:14 (twelve years ago) link

ten years pass...

Thread of field recordists doing their thing!!

https://timber.fm/stories/pictures-of-podcast-microphones

― Tracer Hand, Thursday, 28 October 2021 09:07 (two years ago) link

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