maybe its a secret or something, but electret condensor microphone
elements are dirt cheap. i bought some from radioshack, and they have a
very flat frequency response. panasonic sells better elements, with a dead flat line from 20 -20khz, omni directional, sensitivity of -35db, S/N of 62db.
(Wm-61a). all you need is a battery, resistor, capacitor, metal casing
and rubermounts using epoxy to mount to the metal case. i am using
a sony digital 8 camcorder that records sound into 16 bit digital. since the camera is small, and the microphones too, why even buy a DAT? no microphone preamp is even needed, as you can see these mics are very sensitive. once i am done recording, i download to my computer with firewire.
then i can use any audio editor i want, burn to dvd. i just cant see
spending thousands on equipment for live shows. would like some feedback to why this setup wouldnt be good enough for live shows, and im using this for studio recording.