Topic: Edirol R-09 HR Question

[Boedi-taper]

After years of taping with dat,I switched over to an Edirol a few months ago.I've used it 4 or 5 times now.I've noticed that it is sensitive if you happen to use the internal mic,and it will pick up noise if you happen to be hand holding the deck when using the internal mic and move your hand,etc.My question is this: Will using an external mic still pick up noise if you happen to move the deck around while taping? I've used the Edirol for taping "Taper friendly bands",so I don't need to be hand holding the deck and don't have to worry about picking up external noise,etc.,plus I'm using an Edirol UA-5 pre-amp w/Nak 300 mics. But what about using an external mic,and then leaving the Edirol in,say a fanny pack.Will it still pick up noise if the deck moves around in the fanny pack? I will be seeing Rush in another month and a half and will have to stealth.Don't know if I want to be hand holding the Edirol for a 2 1/2 hour plus Rush show,and would prefer to just set my levels and leave the deck running in my fanny pack.I'm debating on running Dat and leaving the Dat deck in the fanny pack because the Sony D8 dat will not pick up noise from it moving around in the fanny pack.
Any help is greatly appreciated!

[rastasean]

what you are experiencing has a highly technical noise called handling noise. The mics for the unit are those silver things on top so when you touch them and most any other part of the recorder while it is recording, that sound will be picked up. I would hate to hear what the recording sounds like if you try to record a show with the recorder in a fanny pack.

using external mics connected to the 09hr will end the handling noise so long as your mics remain stationary and are not rolling around on the ground. 

[Boedi-taper]

Thanks for the reply! I think I will run an external mic into the Edirol and have the Edirol in the fanny pack.I shouldn't be moving around alot,so the "Handling noise" will hopefully be kept to a mininum.Thanks again!

[fmaderjr]

Thanks for the reply! I think I will run an external mic into the Edirol and have the Edirol in the fanny pack.I shouldn't be moving around alot,so the "Handling noise" will hopefully be kept to a mininum.Thanks again!

As rastasean says, when using external mics you get no noise from handling the recorder at all. If you let something brush against the externals, you will get similar noise though. If you clip mics to a shirt it's not hard for something to brush against them occasionally (even the shirt itself). If hidden in the liner of a hat it's not going to happen (unless you forget and touch the hat in the wrong place yourself).