Topic: Recommend recorder to buy?

[cybergaloot]

I should have added that Chris also stands behind his products. But don't be in a hurry when you order, it takes a while to get things but its worth the wait.

[sgtcampsalot]

Thanks so much! I got the guy's Church audio C-11 mics.

One last question though (I'm pushing my luck here, haha). I just realized I of course need power for these mics. I have the Edirol R-09. Do I absolutely need to buy a preamp or something now? Everyone just says to buy an Edirol UA-5, but I'm reaching my limit with money and I have no idea how to weigh my options on this.

I've resigned to the fact that, unless I buy retail which I don't want to do, I can't record this show on Monday if I don't get a powersource for the mics. So hopefully the yard sale can help me out.

[cybergaloot]

Thanks so much! I got the guy's Church audio C-11 mics.

One last question though (I'm pushing my luck here, haha). I just realized I of course need power for these mics. I have the Edirol R-09. Do I absolutely need to buy a preamp or something now? Everyone just says to buy an Edirol UA-5, but I'm reaching my limit with money and I have no idea how to weigh my options on this.

I've resigned to the fact that, unless I buy retail which I don't want to do, I can't record this show on Monday if I don't get a powersource for the mics. So hopefully the yard sale can help me out.

Chris Church also sells a small battery box to power the mics for around $30. But you would be better off buying one of his preamps, then you wouldn't need his battery box and you would handle a wider range of recording situations. Chris has been offering an upgrade program, people can trade in their CA-9000 for the better CA-9100. But the part you might be interested in is that he is going to resell the used CA-9000's at a low price for newbies. Give him a PM and ask him about it. Don't worry about the "used" part, he'll stand behind it (ask him of course).

[rastasean]

Again, this takes some time to build but worth the wait when you can stand it. I hope you're able to find something before your show tonight.
The Edirol UA5 has been discontinued and its typically used with XLR style mics and mics that need phantom power--not really 1/8" mics.

GOOD luck buddy!

[ScotK]

You could run the mics without external power, but a power source is generally best.
I thought I saw someone in the yard sale selling a Sound Professionals Battery box. That
would do the job.  Since you're in a hurry, you could also call Sound Professionals and
see how quickly they can get one to you.

Edit: Here's the link - it's just what you need:

http://taperssection.com/index.php/topic,110792.0.html

good luck!

scot

[sunjan]

Thanks so much! I got the guy's Church audio C-11 mics.

One last question though (I'm pushing my luck here, haha). I just realized I of course need power for these mics. I have the Edirol R-09. Do I absolutely need to buy a preamp or something now? Everyone just says to buy an Edirol UA-5

The capacity of the UA-5 is wasted by pairing it with the R-09, since your recorder doesn't have digi-in, and you don't use mics with phantom adapters. There are other more effective solutions, as mentioned by scot and rastasean. I hope you made it...