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Gear / Technical Help => Ask The Tapers => Topic started by: adam_777 on May 21, 2007, 06:28:11 PM
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I have been doing some reading on here about the Microtrack and it sounds very much like without additional gear the recordings are terrible.
Right now I have the microtrack itself and a 4gb hitachi microdrive for it, plus an additional power source for the MT itself. For those who own and use a microtrack recommend for decent quality recordings of shows without breaking my bank?
Do mics that directly plug into the MT produce good quality recordings? Do you recommend a battery box or preamp?
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I don't think that anyone is going to recommend just going mic in on the MT 24/96. It is an option, just not a particularly good one. Better move would be a preamp, or preamp/ADC so that you can take advantage of the digital in on the MT, which is really its strongest point among the lower cost bit buckets.
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Do you have any particular pre amps you would recommend?
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That would depend in large part on your budget. You can look up the Church Audio preamp as a lower cost option, or look for a Sound Devices Mixpre or MR-2 (discontinued model number), or a UA-5. Check out the yard sale for used gear at more reasonable prices (usually). Also read some of the preamp threads, and use the "search" function.
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Ok thanks. I had been using search, But none of the threads I found seemed to relate directly to what I needed to know. I'll check out those models and see what works, thanks for the help.
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Ok thanks. I had been using search, But none of the threads I found seemed to relate directly to what I needed to know. I'll check out those models and see what works, thanks for the help.
There are several modified UA-5 at the YS
http://taperssection.com/index.php/topic,84898.0.html
or for a few bucks more
http://taperssection.com/index.php/topic,84453.0.html
This is all you need (outside of some good mics)
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There is also an AD-20 and some relatively cheap mics in this post http://taperssection.com/index.php/topic,84675.0.html