Topic: on a budget

[pfife]

What are you recording with?

I just got a SONY MZ R900 MD recorder.  Have not used it yet....like I said, a total newbie! haha!  I will be going to a show next week at a small lounge though....gonna use it for a practice run.  Just purchased it on ebay yesterday. 

Do you know if it has a mic input?

[Vally1978]

yup it does, checked into that for sure!

http://minidisc.org/part_Sony_MZ-R900.html

[pfife]

Those mic's don't have a battery in them, do they?  I don't think they'll work if they don't have a battery.

[Vally1978]

I have no idea...it says they are for use with minidisc tho....I've not bought one yet, still looking around. 

[pfife]

a mic w/o a battery in it is not going to work.  I found that out when I used the mic's I am trying to sell w/o a battery box.  There was nasty static all over the whole tape.  Completely unusable.

[mirth]

If you're looking at mini clip-on type mics then give SoundProfessionals a gander... They have many similar microphones, and they read the board (I think... right retailer?)

[pfife]

He's looking at cheaper than SP... I already tried to shill him my used SP mics...

under $50.... gonna be tuff to do.

[jpschust]

maybe the giant squid stuff?  dont recall how cheap that stuff is

[Vally1978]

I went to the Giant squid site...and this is what I see....now which type of mic do I want? 

"Specialists in Miniature Stereo and Mono, Cardioid and Omnidirectional Microphones"

I have no idea!

[Vally1978]

Something like this?

It says u just plug it in, so I imagine it doesn't need a battery.

http://www.giant-squid-audio-lab.com/gs/gs-oak.html

[bl6216@yahoo.com]

Here take a look on here they only cell md and they have low end mics. http://www.minidisco.com/mics-headphones-mics.html

[hoobash]

When I 1st started taping I had this mic with my d6 analog. You'll be suprised how good it sounds for $33.

http://www.buy.com/retail/product.asp?sku=90099950&loc=12435&sp=1

[Sanjay]

Something like this?

It says u just plug it in, so I imagine it doesn't need a battery.

http://www.giant-squid-audio-lab.com/gs/gs-oak.html

to be quite honest anything you do with that is going to sound like absolute shit, it won't even be listenable.  Instead of dropping 50 bucks on a piece of trash, just save an extra 40 and buy these: http://www.giant-squid-audio-lab.com/gs/gs-poweredbattery1.htm I made great tapes with almost these exact same ones and it will actually be a worthwhile set of mics.   The battery box is so small it shouldnt be a problem to hide, and to get anything worth listening to again you are going to have to get a battery box.

[Brian_CT]

This is my first mic (and the place I got it from). I bought it because a MD taper friend of mine also uses it. I just started this summer, but have gotten some pretty good sounding shows using it.

http://www.thetwistergroup.com/product/ECM-719%2520D11514.html

It's only $64 and it's small enough to stealth with.

[Ed.]

don't mind me while i try to make a sale here 

http://www.taperssection.com/yabbse/index.php?topic=26377.0

i bought these as a step up from my sony ecm mic back in the day.  and they were a huge improvement.  if i were you, i'd go for a battery box, it might be a bit of a pain, but really, its worth it.  with the battery box the mics can handle higher SPLs (sound pressure levels) and they'll sound a lot better.  these are omni's, which means they'll pick up things around them, however, i've taped many a concert with them and have never really had problems with them picking up the conversation of the people behind me.  I'd usually always wear them in binaural fashion - clipped on the bill of my baseball hat right where the bill meets the hat itself and they worked like a charm.

I'd let them go for $80 and I'd pay shipping.  Its a bit more than $50, but I think you'll find it to be worth the money.  These are dynamic audio mics, and in my opinion they sound better than the giant squid mics - but thats just my opinion.

I ran these right into my nomad jukebox's line-in, if you'd like to hear some samples...

http://www.archive.org/audio/etree-details-db.php?id=8784
http://www.archive.org/audio/etree-details-db.php?id=12999

...there are some plus a bunch of others in the fuzz section.  good luck and happy taping.