Topic: Battery life on Micro Track

[Pokey1]

Hello. I just purchased the battery powered Microphone from the Sound Professionals that was designed to be used with the micro track to utalize the 1/4 inputs and headphone jack. First thing was alot more hiss that I expected and if this thing came with a battery already installed I would assume that it would not drain the battery as fast.I would say I got about 3 Hours of recording time in wav. Does using the wave file draw more power? I recorded at 44.1 / 96 in wave. I still haven't downloaded all of the new firmware. Will that make a difference? Also L/M/H will that deal with the hiss? I thought that it was backwards.L was H and H was Low? The letters mean Frequencys like Lo-sensativity H for High sensativity. I will try out the mike tonight with some loud recording and a blues jam. Any suggestion on using this mic at the recording? Thanks

[bconnolly]

What "battery powered" microphone are you using? Is it a pair of mics and a battery box? You said you're running into the TRS inputs... are you using Sound Pro's 1/8" > 1/4" TRS adapter or something different?

I think 3 hours is a decent running time for the Microtrack without an external power source.  Recording to wav probably gets your more battery life than recording to mp3 because it takes less processing power.  You might get more battery life running at a lower sample rate, though (p.s. what does 44.1/96 mean? Do you mean 24/96 or 16/96?)

[Pokey1]

Yes 24/96 my bad. The mic I'm using is the same as the SP-PSM-6 just the parts were placed in the Micro Track casing. http://www.soundprofessionals.com/cgi-bin/gold/item/SP-MICROTRACK-MIC [/color]