isfahani

I've got like 3 all region DVD players that handle PAL or NTSC quite easily. I don't do VHS anymore.. lol Actually, I said film posters, which are a little harder to come by for me here. DVD's I can get (oftentimes custom english subbed) no problem.

Nope, not yet, but I have managed to keep up on JP culture somewhat in the past 25 years, most recently being my huge asian film addiction. VHS or DVD what?

Hmnn 90 bucks in the bank in Japan = two coffees, two donuts, it's gone! OK, well, as I need these cables to test out the mic when I get it I'll just have to hook up with them here. However I am not adverse to helping you out with your needs as there are a few other things from over there that I might just want - like if you could find me a Tora-San t shirt (Black T, westerners' sized xxl) that's cool... or old film posters - Fukusaku's Yakuza stuff, or films with Yakushimaru Hiroko (80's) or Misora Hibari (60's Jidai Geki are my favorites) the latter two being a preference. I guess for the moment the only way I am going to try to feed an external mic setup into the H2 is by running them into my Bellari RP220 and then into the line inputs... I can see this H2 going up for sale by December, really, if I think about it a little bit.

You know, I don't mind helping you out, but it's not the actual cost of what you might want that worries me, it's the shipping to Japan added into it. So, if this can be an equitable exchange, sure NP. If it's gonna run me $30-40 for a couple of cables I could make or pick up here in the states for half of that, well...

lol... thanks, but I am well past listening to Dead boots, although I know what you are referring to. My first gig as a kit drummer was in a GD cover band, and I have heard the boots, man, ad infintium! I am 39 years old, so I am very familiar with most pre-digital era recording equipment, since I started recording in the early 80's. However, I never much cared for the sound of DAT at all, especially what it did to things like my cymbals. I have a Korg d1600 mkII now that I really like for portability but the first thing I went out and bought after that was a Bellari RP220 Tube preamp, and then a Presonus Blue Tube - The Korg has OK pre's if you're plugging in a POD or a synth So what is it you need from over here anyways? Besides the cords, there's a few things I could use from Japan, most of them I found out about recently on the New Dotch Cooking Show.

Thanks, I may do that. I'll warn you, I don't own a soldering iron... But I am still wondering about the impedance transformer, if the mic won't work with the H2 even if I am using a transformer then I am going to have to think about what kind of cables I need instead, cause I won't be using it with the H2... and I am starting to hope that my MD recorder isn't as bad off as I think. And that begs the question, if the AT822 doesn't work well with the H2 input structure, how could it with my MZ-M10?

It also looks really BIG! I hope someone else gets the idea that there may be room for something similar in size to the H2 on the market soon. Size aside, I really can't afford something like the D50, and at this point I wish that Zoom had kept all the BS (onboard tuner, metronome, etc) on the drawing board, and provided reasonable preamps for external input. BTW, I just scored an AT822 for $125 used and I was looking around for cables to use with it, the stock ones are unfortunately not included... I came upon this little ditty, http://www.audio-discounters.com/mit-156.html do you think it's worth a try to get the impedance up to use with the H2? Also I am still wondering if these are considered hi-impedance mics, as I am thinking about getting one of these models, but only if they're going to work with the H2... http://www.soundprofessionals.com/cgi-bin/...tegory/120/mics Thanks for the input.

/me rolls eyes... that would just figure, wouldn't it. The reason I bought the H2 is to hopefully replace my HiMD recorder if at all possible, as I am sick and tired of the various errors that have started to occur anytime I want to transfer files over using sonic stage. The last time this happened, I had 2 PCM files on the 'disc and they were both about 35mins each. #1 went just fine, but #2 got to about 66% of the way done, and then... ERROR! Really irritating, as I have babied this MZ-M10 since the day I got it, and yes, I have re-installed SS just for the hell of it. Would those stealth microphones from sound professinals work better than the AT or are they low impedance too?

I am reasonably happy with the H2 as it doesn't give ANY file transfer errors like my MD does while transferring over to PC with sonic stage - rendering it virtually unusable for doing quick and easy transfers in the digital realm. Also, I have noticed that the mp3 at 320 on the H2 sounds a little less sharp than the 256k atrac on my MZ-M10. I haven't noticed any extra noise from the external mic input, but then I haven't really used it a lot yet. Is it that bad? I am going to get an AT822 stereo mic soon, so I guess I may have to find out the hard way.

Heh... I was about to make about the same post here, excepting I am not going to be recording mainly loud things but allsorts of concerts. I am more interested in hearing about the reputation each of these companies have and user opinion of the build quality. I am going to get a stereo cardioid mini setup soon so I thought I'd see about which place to buy from. Thanks.

Great, thanks a bunch. Hmnn, then there's the digital camera... suppose I should go find a forum for that somewhere to ask tho

I haven't done any flying with my MZ-M10 but I will be on Thursday morning, if people here tell me it's not going to harm the unit. Any experience you can relate as to the safety issues will be appreciated greatly, as I would just as soon leave it home than have it ruined. Thx.

In my short experience, it's not true. I got all experimental and combined close to 100 tracks in one program, by hand, before ULing... and it was seamless. Thanks for all the kind help, everyone.

Hooo boy. What a pain... I neglected to mention that I was recording Indian Classical Music, where there are lots of opportunities for track marks over an hour and a half long Raga. Which adds up to 75 tracks worth in group #1. I guess I am having the first taste of love-hate relationship with this thing! Not having an option to turn this off, what WERE they thinking? I will try the SS method, it sounds less physically repetitive than what I ended up doing, which was option #1.... Thanks very much for the info.

So I have this MZ-M10 and tonight was my first attempt at recording off the board into the line in. When I got home and went to transfer the concert onto HD i was faced with a few hundred 'tracks'. Eveidently I forgot to turn something off... "ooops" Now, is there a way to erase all but the 1 at the beginning of the group, fix this in SS or am I stuck doing this by hand? Thanks.