I am working on my home recording project and have lots of questions about the recording quality. If you (or you can introduce your knowledgeable friend to me) are living in SF Bay Area (South Bay or South part of the East Bay) and have experiences on home recording, if you (or your friend) don’t mind, I would like to viist you or your friend to see your equipments and discuess my issues in person.
Thanks,
KC
I think this lady lives near you. Her rates for discussing issues in person are very reasonable too.
Stay hoopy,
Mike
I have been looking for some info on recording equipment quality etc too. ive recently tried recording different whistle samples using my laptop built in microphone, but the recording sounds nothing like it does in real life. is there any microphone recommended thats hopefully not too expensive.
CW: Lots of inexpensive mics will ‘work’, but if you are interested in hearing the timbre differences between different whistles, $100 is about the point of diminishing returns. A suggestion is the Audio Technica AT2020.
However…
Audio Technica has just discontinued the big brother to the AT2020. It is called the AT3035. A sales company has purchased the lot of the remaining mics, and they are on sale at this time for the above-mentioned $100. This is a $350 microphone… My studio owns 4 of them, and to be honest, we often go to them instead of some of our frightfully expensive upper level mics. The AT3035 is a winner. I do not know how many the seller has left. This morning, they were taking orders on the last shipment from Audio Technica. Please note that this mic necessitates a 48 volt power supply, as do the vast majority of condenser mics. This 48 volt power can be provided by a mixer, or a small inexpensive stand-alone device.
In case you, or others are interested:
http://www.soundprofessionals.com/cgi-bin/gold/item/AT3035
The best to all.
Byll
I use a Zoom H4 to record and Audacity to edit.
You can also use the Zoom as a USB sound input and record direct into Audacity or any music program direct with it.
The Zoom is great in that you can also plug in any microphone (or pair of mics) into it and use them instead of the built in condensers. The condensers are extremely sensitive, so sometimes i’ll use a SM57 plugged into it instead. Although it does have it’s own mic modelling programs built in to turn its own condensers into other mics.
The mic sockets also provide 24 & 48 volt power for mics that need phantom power.
I’ve also used it plugged direct into mixing desks and it’s done a good job with that as well.
And it fits in ya pocket and runs for hours on 2 AA Ni-MH batteries.
Mutts nutts! 