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Title: small mic to tape classes with?
Post by: vegeta_ban on July 30, 2007, 12:31:24 AM

Can anyone think of a good mic to tape a class with. I don't want to have to bring in my whole rig to every class. Too much to carry with all my textbooks.
Thanks for your thoughts.
Jeremy
P.S: It would just be going into a jb3, either optical or analog. Thanks again.

Title: Re: small mic to tape classes with?
Post by: stantheman1976 on July 30, 2007, 09:26:40 AM

Something like the Sony ECM-907 should work well.  It's fairly small and affordable.  The only problem is that you must have a preamp.  I don't know if the JB3 has one built in or not. 

Title: Re: small mic to tape classes with?
Post by: run_run_run on July 30, 2007, 02:29:30 PM

you could use the pre on jb3

Title: Re: small mic to tape classes with?
Post by: Church-Audio on July 30, 2007, 04:00:10 PM

Quote from: vegeta_ban on July 30, 2007, 12:31:24 AM

Can anyone think of a good mic to tape a class with. I don't want to have to bring in my whole rig to every class. Too much to carry with all my textbooks.
Thanks for your thoughts.
Jeremy
P.S: It would just be going into a jb3, either optical or analog. Thanks again.

Minidisc recorder with one of my cheap reporter mics $15.99 = CHEAP audio that sounds very good. You can pickup a cheap minidisc with a mic input for $20-$50 on ebay.

Chris

Title: Re: small mic to tape classes with?
Post by: rdflash on July 31, 2007, 10:45:29 PM

Iriver mic that comes with it, sounds decent and super small, I actually taped a concert just for the heck of it.

Iriver mic (external) > Iriver 120

*it came out ok, except that the bass couldnt be handle, just boomy, but listenable.

Also, tried:

Iriver mic (internal) > Iriver 120

*another concert while in my pocket and it sounded ok, lol

Far better results for both of them! (than I expected, just did it for fun :))

Title: Re: small mic to tape classes with?
Post by: DSatz on August 02, 2007, 07:25:45 PM

vegeta, with whatever microphone(s) you choose, I just hope that you'll record in stereo.

People sometimes don't think of recording spoken word material in stereo, but often you can't get a good miking position in the hall, so the recording is swamped in room reverberation. Even (or perhaps especially) in conditions like that, stereo recording and a good pair of headphones for listening will increase the intelligibility of the recording enormously.

Please pardon me if I'm preaching to the already-converted, but I'm amazed at the number of people who think that stereo is just an esthetic enhancement for music, rather than a practical issue for all types of recording.

--best regards

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