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Title: Will This Work?
Post by: rholland on June 07, 2007, 06:53:40 PM

I'm going to Lollapalooza this year, and I may try to tape some of the shows.  I haven't ever taped before.  After digging around on this site (which is awesome, by the way), I've determined that I need to buy mics (obviously) and a battery box.  The trip itself is costing me lots of money, so I'd like to do this for as cheap as possible ($100 - $150).  I already have an old Sony MZ-N505, and I'm going to run mics through a battery box and into the line-in (optical) input.  I plan on buying Sound Professional SP-HMC-1 mics:

http://www.soundprofessionals.com/cgi-bin/gold/category.cgi?category=search&item=SP-HMC-1&type=store (http://www.soundprofessionals.com/cgi-bin/gold/category.cgi?category=search&item=SP-HMC-1&type=store)

and a battery box:

http://www.soundprofessionals.com/cgi-bin/gold/item/SP-SPSB-10 (http://www.soundprofessionals.com/cgi-bin/gold/item/SP-SPSB-10)

I plan on wearing the headphone mounted mics around my neck, as these will have to be stealth recordings.  I know the quality won't be awesome, but will this at least produce a decent, listenable recording?  If not, I'll probably just leave the stuff at home and not worry about it.

Title: Re: Will This Work?
Post by: run_run_run on June 07, 2007, 07:43:28 PM

Maybe look at tapes made by that set and decide for yourself, listenable is relative.  My 2 cents would be a set of mics in/on a hat would sound better. Maybe look at church audios omnis or something similar.

Title: Re: Will This Work?
Post by: Todd R on June 08, 2007, 10:53:51 AM

I'd doubt that it'd be too tough to stealth lollapalooza given it's size, so I don't think you'd need something as crafty as those headphone mics.

I'd upgrade the mics a bit, and also get cardioid mics which are more directional.  I haven't found the ultra low cost omni mics to sound all that great.  You might want to think about these mics instead, and opt for the standard battery box with them for an additional $45:

http://www.soundprofessionals.com/cgi-bin/gold/item/SP-CMC-1

Title: Re: Will This Work?
Post by: Nick's Picks on June 08, 2007, 12:37:49 PM

"paging Chris Church"....

Title: Re: Will This Work?
Post by: Church-Audio on June 08, 2007, 12:41:19 PM

Quote from: Nick's Picks on June 08, 2007, 12:37:49 PM

"paging Chris Church"....

You called??  ;)

Title: Re: Will This Work?
Post by: Krispy D on June 08, 2007, 01:01:28 PM

Quote from: Church-Audio on June 08, 2007, 12:41:19 PM

Quote from: Nick's Picks on June 08, 2007, 12:37:49 PM

"paging Chris Church"....

You called??  ;)

That is funny shit right there...

Title: Re: Will This Work?
Post by: rholland on June 08, 2007, 02:05:55 PM

Thanks everybody.  Based on your suggestions, I'll probably get something that will clip onto a hat instead of the headphone mounted mics. 

Title: Re: Will This Work?
Post by: run_run_run on June 08, 2007, 05:05:04 PM

Best of luck to you