Topic: R-09 for standalone stealthing

[olyrc]

I am impressed with the performance.

Just tried this for the first time last Friday night.  I was dead-f%$#ing center in the front row of the venue's balcony.  R-09 with electrical tape over the REC & Peak lights, inside an Oakley sunglasses bag, inside the breast pocket of my North Face jacket (inside of the jacket is mesh), jacket folded inside-out and set on my knee for the entire show.  This choice of materials was great because I got no noise from shifting or crinkling fabric.  (FYI, the room was nowhere near pitch black and I could still see the screen a little bit during the show through all the layers - not enough to monitor levels, but enough to probably get busted if they'd been looking)

I had the R-09 set on low-sens with the levels at 29 (out of 30).  Lithium batteries, 4gb transcend, 24/48.  Rolled in with no problems, hit the stall to start the recorder, back to my seat, jacket on my knee & the show started 5 minutes later.  This was a spoken word/music variety type show with a number of different artists reading and performing so I got a good idea of changes to make next time.  The PA was never up too loud, so the level setting at 29 wasn't really enough and I had to boost the levels in post.  Not bad, but next time I'm thinking hi-sens and a level of maybe 15 for a similar room.

Anyway, as I said, I'm sufficiently impressed.  Now if I could just format the 4gb card without hooking up to the desktop...

[lbgspam]

Sounds great! Can't wait to get mine.

Why do you have to format the card more than once?

[kgreener]

just to confirm...you were using the built-in mics, correct?

[olyrc]

Yes, built-in mics only.

[olyrc]

Sounds great! Can't wait to get mine.

Why do you have to format the card more than once?

I format the card every few shows just for shits & giggles to clean off the bits & bytes.  Started doing it a long while ago with the JB3 and have just kept doing it.

[lbgspam]

Sounds great! Can't wait to get mine.

Why do you have to format the card more than once?

I format the card every few shows just for shits & giggles to clean off the bits & bytes.  Started doing it a long while ago with the JB3 and have just kept doing it.

Lol, that's funny.  Then your complaint is really your own making
No need to format it every show

[olyrc]

Yep, pretty much.  It is a minor complaint.

[kgreener]

Yes, built-in mics only.

cool, thanks.  reason i asked is i downloaded a bruce hornsby show recorded with the internal mics and was really surprised at how decent it sounded.  not perfect, but pretty damn good for such a small device. 

http://bt.etree.org/details.php?id=29233

[olyrc]

Yes, built-in mics only.

cool, thanks.  reason i asked is i downloaded a bruce hornsby show recorded with the internal mics and was really surprised at how decent it sounded.  not perfect, but pretty damn good for such a small device. 

http://bt.etree.org/details.php?id=29233

Yeah, I've got Hornsby tix for his Seattle show next month, but I'll be running the DPAs for that one.  Standalone sounds good, but I will always use the externals if given the choice.

[kgreener]

Yes, built-in mics only.

cool, thanks.  reason i asked is i downloaded a bruce hornsby show recorded with the internal mics and was really surprised at how decent it sounded.  not perfect, but pretty damn good for such a small device. 
http://bt.etree.org/details.php?id=29233

Yeah, I've got Hornsby tix for his Seattle show next month, but I'll be running the DPAs for that one.  Standalone sounds good, but I will always use the externals if given the choice.

absolutely, externals the only way to go fer sure. 

good luck Ryan! +t

[el-kabong]

 olyrc wrote: "Not bad, but next time I'm thinking hi-sens and a level of maybe 15 for a similar room."

When I set my R-09 to high gain the resulting background noise (hiss) is annoying.  You can minimize it with the lowered input level, but probably not eliminate it.