Topic: Settings for Edirol R-09

[lprocks]

Hello all. I am a newbie to taping. After reading the suggestions I received from another post, I sold my Sony MZ-M100 Hi-MD recorder and purchased an Edirol R-09. I will be putting this to use hopefully by tomorrow evening. I need help with which settings I should use --everything from sensitivity, to bit rate, etc. Also where do I plug in the preamp and mic? Into the mic slot or the line in?

Your help is greatly appreciated.

[Jamos]

Hello all. I am a newbie to taping. After reading the suggestions I received from another post, I sold my Sony MZ-M100 Hi-MD recorder and purchased an Edirol R-09. I will be putting this to use hopefully by tomorrow evening. I need help with which settings I should use --everything from sensitivity, to bit rate, etc. Also where do I plug in the preamp and mic? Into the mic slot or the line in?

Your help is greatly appreciated.

What other equipment are you using with the R-09?  This will determine how to get your R-09 set up.

[lprocks]

Hello all. I am a newbie to taping. After reading the suggestions I received from another post, I sold my Sony MZ-M100 Hi-MD recorder and purchased an Edirol R-09. I will be putting this to use hopefully by tomorrow evening. I need help with which settings I should use --everything from sensitivity, to bit rate, etc. Also where do I plug in the preamp and mic? Into the mic slot or the line in?

Your help is greatly appreciated.

What other equipment are you using with the R-09?  This will determine how to get your R-09 set up.

I purchased  the Church-Audio STC-9000 stereo cardioid microphone system with preamp to run with the Edirol R-09.

[hyperplane]

What are you planning on taping?


Generally, you want to plug the mics into the preamp, and plug preamp into the LINE Input on the R-09.

As for bitrate type settings, it depends on what your goal is, and what you're after. If you only have a 2 GB memory card, but you want to tape 2.5 hours or more at a single show, you will need to run at 16-bit. However, if you only need to record for 1 hour 50 minutes or less and have a 2 GB memory card, then you can go with the 24-bit setting.

If you have a 4 GB memory card, then you can get almost 4 hours at 24-bit, so it's a no brainer t run at 24-bit in this case (you'd likely go with 24-bit in this situation, unless you don't want to bother with dithering/resampling in post).

Several people have mentioned that using the "AGC" on the R-09 is not a good idea. So you should probably turn that switch to the "OFF" position.

[dorrcoq]

I purchased  the Church-Audio STC-9000 stereo cardioid microphone system with preamp to run with the Edirol R-09.

Me too!  I'm HOPING it arrives tomorrow.  Canada Post said it was expected to arrive today, but it didn't.

[lprocks]

What are you planning on taping?


Generally, you want to plug the mics into the preamp, and plug preamp into the LINE Input on the R-09.

As for bitrate type settings, it depends on what your goal is, and what you're after. If you only have a 2 GB memory card, but you want to tape 2.5 hours or more at a single show, you will need to run at 16-bit. However, if you only need to record for 1 hour 50 minutes or less and have a 2 GB memory card, then you can go with the 24-bit setting.

If you have a 4 GB memory card, then you can get almost 4 hours at 24-bit, so it's a no brainer t run at 24-bit in this case (you'd likely go with 24-bit in this situation, unless you don't want to bother with dithering/resampling in post).

Several people have mentioned that using the "AGC" on the R-09 is not a good idea. So you should probably turn that switch to the "OFF" position.

Thanks for your help. I actually have just a 2GB memory card. I plan on purchasing another rather than go with the 4GB card. Off hand do you know if the show will erase if I take it out of the edirol? I haven't had the chance to read the manual just yet.

The concerts I am planning on taping will be mostly rock/alternative type. They will definitely be loud with ripping guitars.

Thanks for your help and any additional help you could give.

[dorrcoq]

No, removing the memory card from the recorder will not erase the show

[lprocks]

No, removing the memory card from the recorder will not erase the show

thanks