Topic: Help me decide my next purchase....

[Nick's Picks]

i voted for the caps.  nothing is keeping you from recording 24bit right now anyway.  the MT can do it for you.  sure, its not the cats ass in a/d, but i'm sure its ok.

nothing worse than high res shitty bars and patron conversation.

[bgalizio]

I voted caps too. It sounds like you'll appreciate them more, taping in rooms with unfavorable acoustics/loud drunks.

[F.O.Bean]

mk41's all the way, like brian said, if you dont have the right caps for the room, you'll just end up w/ a VERY DETAILED shitty room sound, go w/ the mk41's, 16-bit isnt too shabby

[TNJazz]

Well Nick I don't know what YOUR yard looks like, but if it were me I'd put it into landscaping. 

Metro Water has destroyed my front yard and the end of my aggregate driveway in the last 2 weeks, installing new sewer lines or some shit.  I'm going to need some professional help here in the next couple of days, otherwise my front yard will be trashed all summer (they have been parking their damn bobcat on it at night, so it looks like a construction zone!) 

There's something to be said for a well-landscaped home.

Of course if you're hell-bent on spending it on taping gear, it should be the Mytek.   

[jeromejello]

the mytek is overkill for the microcrapper, imo.

Care to explain this?  If all you need is a place to dump your digital data, what's the problem? 

In my mind, "overkill" would be running something like a 722 after a separate pre and a/d.  All I need is a bit bucket, and the MT has been nothing but reliable for me.  No reason lug around a larger box that costs two grand more and does the same job.

EDIT:  Sorry for the hi-jack. I voted for the hypers, FWIW. 

i guess i should qualify why i said that... with nick's current set up mk4>sax>mt it is very stealth and small.  adding the myteck would significantly increase the size.  and while the myteck maybe all that and a bag of chips, the track record of the microtrack would have me thinking 722 before that box.  ymmv.

[Rick]

How about sell the MK4 caps and M1 (to me ) and buy the MK41s and Mytek 192.

 

[twatts (pants are so over-rated...)]

I would get the 722...as someone who only has cards available for my use, I have found that venue positioning and configuration changes have helped take average tapes from shitty bars, and make them fantastic with the cards.  I agree that hypers is another way to address the issue, but for the longest time I operated under the premise that if you only have cards, you are out of luck in the shitty bars...not true at all...just takes some experimenteation.

And as for the 722...easily one of the greatest taping purchases I have made...ease of use, sound, etc...worth every dime.

You gotta help me with the Pour House - after 2 years, I am STILL unhappy with any tape I pull from there...

My vote is new mics...

Terry

[nickgregory]

You gotta help me with the Pour House - after 2 years, I am STILL unhappy with any tape I pull from there...

all about placement....chatty crowds can be a bitch, but as loud as Jac runs it now, they are less of an issue

[sygdwm]

i voted for the 41's. screw the mytek and the 722. get a stock 671 and be done w/ it. 

[scb]

i'd get the 722 if i were you

[Geoff G]

caps.  you can record now, but you don't have hypers

[scb]

the 722 is the best investment i ever made with my rig

[nickgregory]

the 722 is the best investment i ever made with my rig

I'll second that motion

[terrapinj]

722 - I ran Ian's last night for the first time...running that thing is like smoking crack - the second it powers up your hooked 

[dgodwin]

I also voted for the 722.  Sell the microtracker and m1.  Also include the savings for not having to buy DAT tapes for the M1 anymore.  As for shitty venues.. .get closer (do a stack tape?)