Hello, I am so grateful for this forum. I have had our R-09 for about 3 months and absolutely love it.
Here is the problem... I have a little sony mike with a battery (don't have the model # in front of me) that worked perfectly with our old minidisc players (we went through several). While this paired with the Edirol sounds good, the sound is *extremely* quiet.... not acceptable. We actually get better sound using the internal mikes, but too much background noise and I am not satisfied with the 'hiss' in the background either.
I need to record voice but in a musical way (archive quality), unidirectional style (little room for background noise) and I also want to eliminate the noise the Edirol itself makes (that slight hiss in the background). I thought about this, the new Edirol CS-15:
http://www.amazon.com/EDIROL-CS-15-Stereo-Microphone-Kit/dp/B000GF9IIOBut I am worried it will not get rid of the self-noise of the Edirol, because it seems it will still need to use a lot of its own power. I will buy a preamp if necessary.
I also need a recommendation for a tripod (or mike stand) that will not take up a lot of space on a table but is flexible enough to move up and down according to how high the speaker is sitting, i.e. I want it to be able to go right in front of the speaker's mouth.
Any suggestions would be super appreciated.
Many thanks!