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Author: nagrom on March 20 2007 Viewed 2837 times. 9 people liked this blog. You can rate it below if you haven't already.
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In light of the budget field-recorder explosion of late, I'd like to ask your opinion.
I just sold my MD and I'm planning on purchasing a solid-state recorder.
Though Mini-Disc worked fine (especially when Hi-MD came out), there were the usual annoyances: bad interfaces, clicky motor noise, low quality jacks+pre-amps, and insufficient metering+dynamics control.
An overview of the currently available models: link
At this point, the Zoom H4 seems to be the best bet. I can't find detailed information about the microphones, but people seem to think they're "really good!" At least they're bigger and more strategically placed than the other models'.
That's the selling point for me. Microphone quality. I'd really like to avoid, at all costs, having to carry around two separate entities connected by a cable.
From what I've read, the microphones/sound-quality of the Edirol R-09 isn't on par with the H4, despite the unit being apparently of higher quality. Can anybody vouch for this?
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03/20/07
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antman
Interesting to hear that the M Audio is no good!
I was gonna buy one after watching BT's (GOD) blurb on it:
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Seems like the H4 may be the go.
03/21/07
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multitude
My workplace has the Zoom H4. I've tried it a few times. The microphones are OK quality I think, haven't tried it outdoors nor with any loud sound sources. Haven't tested the inputs either. Tried to use the USB soundcard mode, but it didn't work out of the box.
03/21/07
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license
BT is a puppet and will say whatever M Audio wants him to say.
03/21/07
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nagrom
His kid isn't real. They made her up to make that story more endearing.
05/03/07
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flies
i recently learned of this company, which is doing mods to make certain digital recorders sound better, basically replacing the preamps. link
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flies
this place is selling used h4's for 200 bucks! link
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