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Title: Help decidiing on first mic for my new Sharp MS722
Post by: Nex on September 24, 2004, 03:34:16 PM

I just bought a Sharp MS722 Minidisc, and needed help deciding on which mic to get.

I wanna stay under 100 dollars, and i need to know if my Minidisc has plug in power, and if i need a battery box. I havent got the unit yet, so im not sure.

Heres what i was choosing from:

http://www.buy.com/retail/product.asp?sku=90099950&loc=12435&sp=1
http://www.giant-squid-audio-lab.com/gs/gs-poweredbattery1.htm
http://www.minidisco.com/sp-bmc3.html

Or i was thinking i would go with any standard stearo sound professionals mic.

Any feedback would be greatly appreciated.

Title: Re: Help decidiing on first mic for my new Sharp MS722
Post by: Zaphod on September 25, 2004, 11:50:18 PM

That Sharp unit should provide plug-in power (mic-in). However, unless you are recording real quiet acoustical music, it will overload and distort quite easily.

For most folks recording loud shows microphones powered by a battery box ran line-in (not mic-in) will improve results. A pre-amp and phantom powered microphones will imporve results even more so.

I suggest the SP-CMC-4http://www.soundprofessionals.com/cgi-bin/gold/item/SP-CMC-4 (SP modded Audio Technica 853s) and the SP-SPSB-6 battery box w/ selectable bass roll-off filter http://www.soundprofessionals.com/cgi-bin/gold/item/SP-SPSB-6

Those will run $260 without shipping. You can also browse the Yard Sale for people here selling their mics, pfife has some starting mics for sale, I don't know what he's looking to get though.

Hope this helps.

Title: Re: Help decidiing on first mic for my new Sharp MS722
Post by: deadhoarse on September 27, 2004, 10:35:46 AM

As a starter mic, I was impressed with the performance of the Sony ECM-717.  Its a bit lacking in bass, but its not too bad for the price (around $75.00).  Its powered by an internal watch battery, and run into the mic input.

Title: Re: Help decidiing on first mic for my new Sharp MS722
Post by: pfife on September 27, 2004, 10:54:35 AM

I'll sell you this stuff for $75... will work in the line in, and sound pretty decent:

http://www.taperssection.com/yabbse/index.php?topic=26796.0

Title: Re: Help decidiing on first mic for my new Sharp MS722
Post by: hoobash on September 27, 2004, 01:50:57 PM

You might gave pulled the audio tech atr-25 from one of my posts. You cant go wrong with that for the price. Its a great starter mic. Its only $33 and you cant go wrong with audio tech products

Title: Re: Help decidiing on first mic for my new Sharp MS722
Post by: Nex on September 28, 2004, 08:08:03 AM

Thanks for the advice... i went with the standard binuruals from soundprofessionals, with the battery box that Zaphod reccomended. I went with the "Low Sensetivity" option, was that a good choice?

Title: Re: Help decidiing on first mic for my new Sharp MS722
Post by: Zaphod on October 01, 2004, 01:35:51 AM

Yeah you should be satisfied with the results. Those were my first mics, only recorded one show and then my luggage got stolen.  :o

The low sensitivity version is good for recording really loud music, best ran into the battery box then into the line in on the recorder. Good luck and a +T for getting started.