From: Ryan Marino (email suppressed)
Date: Mon Oct 15 2007 - 17:32:37 PDT
Thanks for all of the links and suggestions, I really appreciate the help.
What I am ideally looking for is something that I can bring with me while I am out shooting with my bolex. Ultimately everything will end up on my computer so I am looking for something that is somewhat easy to hook up to a computer and import. I mentioned having a preference to tape because the thought of only having material on a disc or hard drive makes me nervous.
Some one mentioned using primitive 4 tracks which I have used in the past and have gotten good results from. The lofi aesthetic is something that does interest me, but I just don't want to feel limited when I feel like having crisp sound and only being able to have sound with tape hiss in the background. I was considering buying a reporters tape recorder, a sort of high end cassette deck that is easy to carry around.
A Nagra is pretty much out of the question.
thanks
-Ryan Marino
Michael Wechsler <email suppressed> wrote: I know it's not tape based, but you may want to check out the Zoom H4
recorder. Haven't used it personally, but from what I hear it's a
pretty cool little gadget. Records lossless as WAV or compressed in
MP3 to removable SD card up to 2GB (WAV records at up to 96kHz/24 bit
and everything in between). Though it doesn't have AIFF recording
support, that shouldn't really matter because both WAV and AIFF are
lossless formats and a Mac can read both. The sound should be
exactly the same aside from a few bits of data in the file header.
Other cool features of the H4 are its two built in microphones in an
X/Y crossed pattern to give you stereo recording, a USB interface and
its ability to phantom power mics and serve as a USB audio interface
on your computer. It's got two hybrid XLR-1/4" jacks and runs off
two AA batteries. The product page http://www.samsontech.com/
products/productpage.cfm?prodID=1901 might give you some more info.
Like I said, I haven't personally used this one, but an in-the-know
acquaintance has tested it out and raved about the sound quality.
On Oct 14, 2007, at 7:39 PM, Kristine Diekman wrote:
> Hello:
> I use the Marantz recorders with the flash drive. They work well,
> but you can only set them to wav or mp3, no aiff. The other draw
> back is that they only have xlr inputs, so if you are using a
> stereo mic with dual phone jacks or a stereo mini, you need to
> adapt. I also use a marantz which records to a CD. This is really
> my favorite tool, but it is not portable even when it is a field
> recorder. Takes both xlr and phone jacks. I take it into the field,
> but I would not travel with it. Finally, I also have the smallest
> and best tape based sony DAT recorder which I have had forever. It
> sounds great, is very easy to use.
> kd
>
> Kristine Diekman
> Professor, Video
> Art and Technology
> CSUSM
> http://www.csusm.edu/vpa
> http://www.csusm.edu/diekman
> 760-750-4188
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Experimental Film Discussion List on behalf of Leighton Pierce
> Sent: Sun 10/14/2007 2:55 PM
> To: email suppressed
> Subject: Re: Portable Sound Recording Devices
>
> The question is always:
> How portable?
> How much $$?
> For what purpose (to record what)?
>
> Anyway
>
> Check out this website too for a number of interesting options:
>
> www.core-sound.com
>
> --Leighton PIerce
>
>
>
> On 10/14/07 12:59 PM, "Ryan Marino" wrote:
>
>> I am looking for some suggestions on good portable recording devises,
>> something that would be somewhat light weight and easy to
>> transport with out
>> much of a hassle.
>> I would prefer something tape based and I know that there are
>> portable hard
>> disc recorders that are most likely smaller and less of a hassle
>> but the
>> thought of them makes me nervous.
>>
>> Any suggestions would be a great help.
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> Thanks
>>
>>
>>
>> -Ryan Marino
>>
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