LowMach

I attached a spreadsheet I got from taperssection that will help you figure out the cap values needed. Rolloff_calculator.zip

*On another not - how do you guys stealth record without any backlight on the unit ot remote. I found it annoyingly difficult. I open my cell phone to use for a light source to check the recorder. Like I was checking for a call or something.

jeddeth- did you go line in or mic in?

Hi- Thanks for the reply and the advice. I found the service manual for my unit and after looking at the schematics I found 47k ohm resistors in seies with the line in input. My battery box that I constructed is to provide the mics with 9 volts of power. I've played with my battery box capacitor values and went with a bass rolloff of 72hz (.047 uf caps). My mics seem very bassy to my ears. I will record this week some live music this week with the bat box / rs gizmo and get a better feel for the settings. I will install a switch for the rolloff values later. Now for a couple more questions my md doesn't indicate record volume as xx/30, but has a slide meter. I assume I need to set it manually to 20 out of 30 possible bars which is about 2/3rds of max? Did you have the mics on your head or on your body? I'm nervous about the wires running down the back of my neck and being seen, so I'm hoping to tape with the mics peaking out of my collar or something. Is their anyway around this hideous rec/pause manual volume thing? Are you recording in lp2 mode, so you want have to switch discs? Cheers

Hello- I went to the yahoo mail box and listened to tore down by john mayer and the english band show. I think they sound great, so I would like to pester you for some info!? So this was recorded with your omnis plugged into the mic in? Did you max the md's recording volume and use the rs switch to control the levels watching the md's level meter? Or is that what AGC does? What do you mean by 20/30? the rs = 20 the md = 30? How far from the stage where you? I'm a total noob and just collected some gear: mz-r900 and some omni microphones based on the panasonic AM modules. I've also built a battery box, but not sure which capacitors to run in it. I don't know the the line in impedance of my unit. Right now I have 2 - 1.0uf capacitors in it nad have no clue what the roll off frequency is? Anyways I like the recordings using the RS unit and may use that instead of the battery box at a loud show I'll be going to next week. 8-)

hello- I've enjoyed hanging out and reading so much great info here, but now I have a question. Trying to figure out capacitor ratings for my DIY battery box and I'm looking for the impedance rating of both the line in and mic in for my unit? Thanks in advance -LowMach 8-)