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Field Recording

Posted: Sun May 23, 2010 7:34 pm
by 2manynoobs
I'm interested in buying equipment, altho, I'm not going to spend a fortune but I sure do want stereo quality!

So if anyone knows a bit of this art, please help me with my quest of finding the perfect price/quality stereo field recording setup.


Oh and if anyone has some home recorded stuff or maybe tracks based on you own recorded shit, please spray them here. I'm very interested!


thanks in advance!

Re: Field Recording

Posted: Sun May 23, 2010 7:53 pm
by WhosZena
I don't really know much about it.. But I want to get a mic soon.
From seeing my dads studio flat I say get a good mixer, flat response speakers, an alright microphone and foam wallpaper.

..Oh and a bunch of wacky instruments

Re: Field Recording

Posted: Sun May 23, 2010 7:57 pm
by 2manynoobs
euh... i'm talking about field recording. Meaning recording all kinds of stuff in the field with portable equipment

Re: Field Recording

Posted: Sun May 23, 2010 8:11 pm
by DZA
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Re: Field Recording

Posted: Sun May 23, 2010 8:13 pm
by 2manynoobs
DZA wrote:zoom h4n
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yeah those are pretty basic ones i'm looking into them.. but dunno

Re: Field Recording

Posted: Sun May 23, 2010 8:16 pm
by esfandyar
the m-audio microtrack is decent, bought it new for around 200. you can get some really interesting sounds from it. sit in a subway station and hit record.

Re: Field Recording

Posted: Sun May 23, 2010 8:58 pm
by WhosZena
2manynoobs wrote:euh... i'm talking about field recording. Meaning recording all kinds of stuff in the field with portable equipment
Okayyy.. even better.

Re: Field Recording

Posted: Sun May 23, 2010 11:33 pm
by wolf89
DZA wrote:zoom h4n
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I've used these before.

They're actually surprisingly good.

Re: Field Recording

Posted: Mon May 24, 2010 6:29 am
by boomstix
field recording is a hobby of mine. i use a laptop, soundcard and mics. its less portable than a pocket recorder but the quality is way better and i can use the gear for other things as well.

here's a blog post about a trip in the jungle where i took some recordings. you can listen to the sounds of Bokeo national park in Laos.

http://freewaterandammo.blogspot.com/20 ... ature.html

depending on what gear you have already, the laptop is a nice portable set up that delivers pro results. also good for playing live on stage!

Re: Field Recording

Posted: Mon May 24, 2010 8:11 am
by belb
binaural mics are the one, got mine for about £35 from here years back but i'm not sure they sell the same model any more, can't find them. try taping a bus/train journey then listening back later in the dark, feels like you're actually moving, really weird. i'd advise you to buy a pair calibrated for high sensitivity unless yer going to be recording very loud stuff

Re: Field Recording

Posted: Mon May 24, 2010 8:30 am
by tomm
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Re: Field Recording

Posted: Tue May 25, 2010 4:14 pm
by 2manynoobs
boomstix wrote:field recording is a hobby of mine. i use a laptop, soundcard and mics. its less portable than a pocket recorder but the quality is way better and i can use the gear for other things as well.

here's a blog post about a trip in the jungle where i took some recordings. you can listen to the sounds of Bokeo national park in Laos.

http://freewaterandammo.blogspot.com/20 ... ature.html

depending on what gear you have already, the laptop is a nice portable set up that delivers pro results. also good for playing live on stage!
oh man that's sounds really good! I'm getting a macbook pro in a few months and i allready have an echo audiofire 4 sound interface with pretty good sounding preamps and phantom inside! :)
gonna have a listen to your recordings later