deracine

Yep, total blare of noise pretty much. That was the first time I've ever had that happen so I was really shocked. What do you mean completely by overload; does it just mean a big blare of noise, or will the preamp/mic be broken and always record like that from that point on? I will check out the radio shack thing. I am making it difficult for a good recording; but in the past I've never had a problem setting it on the floor and getting a decent recording. At this show; I had no other option. Our legs were literally against the stage so the bag went slightly under the curtain so that it wouldn't be kicked. The shows I attend don't offer opportunity to keep a microphone high (without being seen or the recording messed up) so I'm trying to take what I can get but not get a completely shoddy recording. I am going to try to see if my friend will trade with me; she currently uses her microphone for Skype and if I take hers, she is microphone less but if I give her one in exchange.. The headphone volume control thing was what I'd been asking about; if this would help my situation so I didn't get another complete blare of noise. Now your directions on how to adjust the md volume to 2/3 -- is that universal? Because I don't know that we have the same models. Maybe you can download the sound clip here; I attached it. crap.mp3

I know, that's what is so cool! That's what really makes me like them. But am I right -- will they pick up singing if clipped on me and I am singing along?

Yeah that's what I'd been doing with the mono mic - I turned my stereo up high and held it only like 2 inches or less from the speaker. For a mono, sadly it did a pretty damn nice recording. I was thinking about this when I was out running errands and it also occurred to me exactly as you said, it would pick up close conversation - so I am singing along with the words, I bet money it'd pick my voice up if I was wearing it which would be awful. I didn't think about the clothing rub, good point. But again on the top of a shirt collar, it is still going to bump slightly if I am jumping around or moshing and would pick me up talking/singing I'd assume. I agree I think the bag clip is more practical, but yes I definitely am going to try and come up with a plan to have it more raised. I've also thought about perhaps using just a tiny shoulder purse but in that situation again it might get banged around and it's really only at a little below shoulder level at that point. The worst part is, I haven't been to many of the venues I am attending before, so I can't really plan a strategy how I am going to do this prior. I usually push for the front though; and I've noticed that usually being along the bar and setting the bag between the stage and the bar the sound is pretty decent. It's comparable because it's still on the floor, but it is a little clearer but I don't know why. That is so cool about those little microphones. I definitely bookmarked the link and am going to consider picking them up. My biggest worry honestly is someone searching my bag which they do to almost all the venues I attend. I keep my MD and my Ipod in a separate bag inside my purse, but it is still worrisome. (Though in Japan, feigning ignorance to the language can really do wonders in tight situations... )

Yeah, thats basically how I feel about most of my recordings; however with these ones I'm a little more stressed as this is a "I don't know if/when I will ever get this opportunity again". One of these shows is an all night event, it will never be the same line up again. This new mic that I just bought isn't the same type as the one in that recording. Hers was similar, it was just a little black slip on microphone. She can't give me any information on it and said that it was just the first microphone she saw and bought it when she had her MD player, so she never did any research like I am. Are most microphones sensitive (or will they state they have high sensitivity if they are?) Alot of my recordings were all like that with a bit louder on the vocals. I'm okay with the "squished" sound for now, I am going to try and persuade my friend to perhaps trade me her microphone for the mono one I have now since she no longer does recordings and just uses it for skype. The techno show I am going to 3 of their events so the first I was going to try w/o the headphone control, see how good/awful it was and then pick it up if I felt necessary for the second show, try it again, see how good/awful it was and then decide to use it with or without for the third show. As for the mono to stereo jack, is that something I could pick up from Radioshack? Yeah the venues I go to I don't know if I could get away with the BMC mics. I am not stealthy at all and especially at the Japanese shows, I am literally crushed against other people and all I'd need is that microphone getting loose or constantly hitting someone (or some shorter girl's head pressing right against it on my shoulder and screaming into it the entire time). That's why I keep my mics in the bag and keep the bag tucked to the side, doesn't get trampled or touched so the sound tends to stay more constant. I do agree though its extremely muffled. That makes sense why the recording would be that way since it is so much lower. I tend to try and set it in more of an open area where there is no people around; that way the sound can be a little clearer possibly. Now in the case of event like with this new microphone. obviously it's white and a little more obtrusive, but if I were to keep the MD in my pocket and ran the cord up my shirt and clipped the microphone to say my bra strap or shirt collar on the inside; would this muffle my recording alot or still make it pretty decent? I mean obviously I don't wear black constantly to shows and I take my jacket off; but once the lights go down and the show starts people really wont be paying attention to things anyway. And with me moving around/dancing or bumping into someone/bumping the microphone, is the mic going to pick that up every time or will the loud sound of the music cancel out the noise of the bump? The same goes for this binural mics you're talking about where you clip them to you, if I have someone crushed to me or i'm moving around constantly, will they effect my recording? I'm considering picking this microphone up before I go to Japan. That battery module is really that small? It looked so huge in the photo I thought it was around the size of the MD player itself! Now if I were to buy those microphones and clip them to my bag, six inches apart and set my bag down like normal, would the recording go down considerably in quality? I don't monitor my recordings at all. I start it about when I think the lights are going to go down and I don't touch the bag until the end of the show. Mainly a) because I don't want to get it messed up, and because I'm paranoid, lol. And I agree, MD recording is quite addictive, as you can see I'm really trying to learn as much as I can about this, I swear I was like a kid on Christmas playing around with my player when it first arrived.

What do you mean by "squished"? I went to your profile to look at the recordings - one of them in there sounded professional, are you serious that those microphones and the battery thing did that? What type of envior. was that concert in? Was it a venue or an outdoor show? My problem is obviously though that all of this is bulky and I try to carry as little as possible, I take this into concert halls and it stays in my bag so I am trying to use as little equipment as possible. When I recorded before, this is a result of what I got: (this is just a 10 second clip) http://www.sendspace.com/file/7j3epl That recording I was actually 100% OK with, and was just hoping to find something of similar quality but I am really intrigued by that one recording of yours and would really like to get a crystal clear recording if it is possible. A few questions though.. Why does that microphone though have 2 little microphones? I've never seen one like that before, do you need to keep the mics seperated when recording? I was reading about these and I don't understand how to use them. "Binaural recordings are two channel recordings created by placing two Omnidirectional microphones in or as close to the ears as is practical. Using this technique, the location information contained in the frequency, amplitude and phase responses of the left and right channels closely match the cues required by the human auditory system to localize sound sources. Positioned in this way, these Binaural microphones accurately capture sonic information coming from all directions and will produce extremely realistic recordings when listened to through headphones." Like I'd said, I leave my microphone clipped to my bag and my bag on the floor or against a wall. I don't listen to it as it's recording or keep it on my person at all, and if I am understanding right, for these microphones to work right it needs to be recording like as if I was wearing headphones? That wouldn't work for me, at all. I mean.. I really don't want to be dropping another 100+ on a microphone and other accessories to record as my funds are limited; all my friend used was a lapel mic and thats the recording we got. On super-high ranges it got a little staticy but it wasn't anything that I was like "this is trash", unless I was in a very small venue with a poor sound system to begin with. The bigger the place, the nicer recording I got. When you mean squished, do you mean sounding more like that? This is just really stressful as I only have a short time before this first show and I can't keep spending money on the wrong microphones; but if you are telling me that microphone above is going to give me a crystal clear almost professional sound I might have to get it. Also, the first shows I'm attending is a techno show. I assume this headphone controls thing might be a good idea? Like I said, all the shows I've recorded were loud rock shows, and I've never had a problem with bass issues so all of this is new to me.

Planning to record live music when I am in Japan. I am not looking for perfect quality, it is impossible to get anyway when its just a little microphone with all the static and the feedback from speakers, etc, but I am looking for a coherant play back where I can relive the experience without my ears bleeding, basically. My big concern which occurred to me this morning, is that I cannot find any information anywhere on if this is a normal stereo jack or the type to plug in to the bottom of the ipod. I THINK it is a stereo jack but the lack of photos and every site selling it using the same description makes me ansy.

That's the exact thing the seller suggested that I bought my equipment from. It makes complete sense, and you're right, I think it's mono, as on the metal there is only one ring. I went ahead and purchased this microphone today.. http://www.amazon.com/gp/offer-listing/B00...2743&sr=8-2 It says it was a stereo microphone so hopefully that will work and fix my problem. I feel like such an idiot, it really seems like such a simple solution but the friend who had been helping me buy this to begin with told me any microphone would do and never explained there was just a mono feed. I was completely unaware. Thanks so much, I really hope this fixes my problem.

Hi! I did some recording with a friend's MZR700 a year ago and finally got around to getting one of my own because I really loved the machine. So the first one I bought; I went to check the recording aspects (via microphone recording sound) and in LP2 and LP4 during playback the sound would only play in one ear phone, but played fine in mono. I tried a second set of headphones and a second microphone. Same problem. So I returned the first MZR700 I received and bought a new one. I received it today and wanted to test out the recording aspect ... and I am having the same exact problem. I ran it on a cable to my computer and recorded the audio back to my PC, and on playback, it is going to both speakers in my computer but just one in my earphones. Does anyone have any advice with this? I never ran across this problem with my friend's PC, and I asked the seller prior to purchase if he could record the testing and playback in all 3 and he said they worked fine. Help please! Thank you!