Hello, I'm new here. I've read some interesting topics here but I still have plenty of questions.
The reason I got here was that many years ago, when I did my first festival, I hated it I couldn't relive that experience I had back then. I wished there was some way of recording it but I didn't know how without crap sound. After thinking about this a few times, I finally got where I am now (here, LOL !) and I want to take it from the idea to the execution.
I bought a ticket for a summer festival this year (a few months away) and I'm planning on buying a recorder and getting it in. Those are also my questions: which recorder and how. Which recorder WAS simple, I decided on the
Tascam DR-40 until I saw it's dimensions: it's a brick ! It's bigger than the box my phone came in. I like to think the DR-40 is a decent beginner's choice but this thing has to get INSIDE the venue. And no security mammoth is going to let me in with professional looking equipment the size of the stuff walls are made out of.
I saw the
Sony PCM-M10 being mentioned, it is very compact and easily hidden in something else like a digital camera pouch and it looks that way too. But it costs almost double and I want to keep
My First Recorder © about 150 €/$. Since it's a large summer festival, regular pat-downs are ensued, along with backpack checks. So I need something that I can actually hide in something else (not my but crack).
How are you thinking about the
iPod Touch + Tascam iM2 addon ? Getting both inside is not a problem but I don't know what I should expect from the microphones. I don't know what I should expect from the onboard mics on the Tascam or Sony recorders mentioned above, but I'll see if youtube can help me with that.
EDIT:
this was recorded with the Tascam what I presume with the standard microphones. Would small and affordable (~50 €/$) omni's be an option to improve the sound or do I need to look at 200 €/$ ?
I'm also thinking about a thermos bottle with a hidden compartment to get stuff in. Any advice is welcome, I've searched this forum but it seems I can't find most of my answers that way.
Thanks in advance for your time !