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You have an ex girlfriend still in luv that has cast a spell ,???? and is telling you to look "SHARP" at your surroundings ?? Sorry I couldn't resist ............

I guess I am allowed to chime in , It would in my opinion depend on how mobile you wish to be , ...... on one case not needing to be mobile , a Mackie 402VLZ3 mixer , two decent mics , and a Compressor between the Mixer and the Md , will give you a lot of control , over what goes into the MD , a little fatter ,and crisper , than just Mics direct . Second case needing some mobility but still needing control - A Fostex MN06 Hexamix , Battery Powered 4 channel mixer that has an effect loop ( I have one and use it a lot ) two of the inputs are Mic level , an although there is a little noise , it doesnt sound to bad , and what hiss there is is easily removed with the Noise removal in Audacity . These are just two VERY SMALL footprint semi Studio quality setups . I am actually waiting for the Mackie 402 to make it to Japan , there are already in the US , and very cheap , but the quality of the Mic pre's are there . Go to Mackie's website and watch the video about the 402 Several Compressors I would recommend for a small footprint If you can find one , the Alesis Smashup , ( I have one and really Like it ) also the FMR products RNLA stereo compressor I would love to have this one , and at 220 or so it cant be beat for a studio quality compressor http://www.fullcompass.com/product/230968.html and for the 402 http://www.mackie.com/products/402vlz3/index.html

No I was just happy finding it , I have confirmed the serial , It was mine . 30 million people , and then getting something back that belongs to you is worth the ticket .

A hello when i moved to Japan , we had two refridgerator Boxes of stuff. 1 box was household , and 1 Box my gear ( Audio gear , effects processors, Tools for Guitar work etc) The box that had my stuff was shredded and everything gone ,The box of Household stuff was unopened , 5 years ago Today I went to Ishibashi music , One of my effects were in the Used section , a stereo compressor , serial looked familiar , and it had English owners manual with it . I of course bought it on the spot ,................. I have one of my pieces of gear back . Hello old friend ......

Do you want to RECORD , Or PLAY ??? what is the main purpose?

I would be Particularly interested in Prince's performance Man being in Japan really Sux sometimes

Must have been a very good beer ! Welcome to MdCF

Look , anyone with common courtesy to go into the bank and ask the teller about a 500 dollar check , that never made it to the account , is going to get help . It is a Big problem , and not one to be ignored . But the Person who comes in screaming and ranting and throwing stuff is going to go to jail . Same 500 dollars Issue hasnt changed . I would have been happy to dig a link up for you and have done so many times for many different people on this forum I quote you "If that's the case I'm logging out for good right now, it's silly to make a supposedly free forum then force members to pay for the downloads." Your still here ................ There are plenty of people having problems with SS , and there are experts here to fix it . They have MORE experience with SS , than I do With Studio Gear , and if you even remotely knew who I was you would know the respect of which I just referred to these people with . I think that a little respect , when walking into the door of someone else's house is deserved . And if you walked into my home that way ................ I understand about the 100,000 pulls ....... and as for others understanding the first words he typed was " Lose the Ill Temper" 1968 posts to your 1 ........... well ,.......... 2 excuse me . have a beer , or two then come back and talk . (Suggested by the Term "Mate " I would say Killians Red , or Abott Ale would do nicely)My Treat

you need a "Hyper Cardioid" or Cardioid mic , with a Narrrow pickup pattern This is a Directional mic Omni directional mics , pic sound up from ALL directions Hemisherical Mics = pickup in a half Spherical pattern Cardioids pickup in an Oval directional pattern Hyper Cardioids pickup in a narrower Oval directional Figure 8 pattern is front and back with side rejection Hope that helps .

Wow , 1rst post and no introduction , no real questions , just straight to Blasting ???? hmm Logging for good huh , good riddance See ya

I have already answered that .

I will add one last thing to all this . I still like the SOUND of my MD better .............. Overdubbing is cool and helps me with a lot of Ideas , But My MD is what my headphones get connected to when I leave the house .

You need to post pix , and closeups , so condition can be clearly seen , otherwise noone will answer

I live in Japan , Bought in Japan , on the Back it says "Made in Malaysia " I wish it was Japan made ,

RH1 silver = Malaysia as well

I love Sarcasm

One nice thing about the RH1 , is that with the 40ELK remote , you can Label and Title all the Regular MD's with much greater ease . The Jog wheel on my RH1 is VERY glitchy and has been since I got it , but it was my first HiMD , so I was reluctant to take it back , after getting the 40ELK it took the stress off immediately and I rarely bother with the Jog wheel , except for menus that are RH1 specific . I can record on my Standard MD's ........ Title them on the RH1 , and have discs that will play in ANY player ......car or otherwise . What's not to like ? it is a good combo

Thanx , there needs to be more appreciative people in the world , The Mic 2 input , is going to make you smile , If your into Podcasting , ......For just Mono recording , or Mono thru a Stereo Effect on the go , Mic2 is very very cool . Close micing practically no noise , You will figure it out , Level control works for Mic 2 , Limiter does not (Mic 1 input only ) but for a controlled setting your wont need it . Podcasting on the GO >>>>>>> Mic 1 input can be Made useable , with some extras , in a really quiet place , where there is a little activity , The internal mics are just fine , it is really just the Very QUIET room where the noise levels rise ( and dramatically ) .......the Subroutines in the program are constantly isolating noise , similar to the Isolative Adaptive Recording routine the Edirol uses but a different codec and program , and it still needs work , but it will get better , just going to take a little while . I use small Battery powered mixers, that have a Lower than line level out , it is like a very high impedance Mic level out ,run it to the Mic 1 input , and the DR1 likes it cleans up considerably , so then I can get fairly good stereo recording of strings intsruments in a quiet room . But the Overdub feature , and the Mic 2 in will drive you nuts ......... Load an mp3 that you want to talk over into the Music folder on the DR1 , then set Record Mode to 16bit wav.... and in Mic settings ( the button on the right side ) turn Monitor "ON" select the mp3 and have it loaded to play , but hit record instead , a little window opens and asks you "Overdub / Yes/No?" select yes and go ( to rehearse with monitor on , just play the file and talk in the mic , adjust settings till it sounds good to you . then hit record) have fun , and yes the H2 will be on eBay soon . Mine has not been missed , not 1 minute

If your on a Mac , and have AOL Radio , you can copy the song titles Shift+Command+C will copy the song info from AOL Radio for whatever song is playing ( AOL needs to be your active window for this) Then paste the info to Text Edit , or Omni Outliner , in List format , or Checkboxed Then shorten the Song title , if you wish ( it will have Albumn title and all kind of info ) Then With the RH1 Your Tracks cleaned up , and commercials erased , markers in the right spots , Open MD Import All the files show as "Untitled " Copy the first song title from your editor , then double klik the first filename in MD Transfer window , and Paste the song title , hit your enter key . continue this for all titles and your done . Close MD Transfer , Eject the Md Icon on the desktop , push stop on the RH1 then unplug it from the USB , put on your 40elk remote and watch the titles scroll sweet , I just did two hours of stuff , which would have been ALL day on the Md itself titling from the remote . about 15 minutes . And you can print the song list off afterwards to make a notebook of the songs

make sure to use a standard USB A/B cable , I have a Filco 4.4 amp USB pack that works very well with the RH1 , Hours and Hours and HOURS of time , leave it on all day not even think about it .

That means that that port on the Toshiba doesnt supply enough power . Some laptops are that way .

Is it already charged ? there is an ON/Off switch to turn it on , and it should show whether it is charged or not . Also the best way to charge it is from the 5Volt dc input , the first few times , Lithiums have to be broken in ( Like good headphones )

Good looking improvements , they fixed the Battery cover issue , and nicer mics than the previous model . I wonder about the Limiter , it says Limiter/AGC on the back switch . Menu electable?????

Architecture block is a trade secret issue , I wasnt even privi to thos details , but a very GOOD descript was there that was completely trustworthy , and the Mix control is part of how much circuitry they packed onto the board , I think the use of the 1 processor , for A/D -D/A I/O and Power management and signal routing and control from all inputs , .......... well you get my point ...... it is taxed , and badly . Preamp should be a separate process IMHO ,.... always have felt that way , Integrated everything , is just plain difficult to manage . I brought that up as well . but Technology , moves faster than knowledge at times , and Chipmakers , are making Chips that they think can do everything , and the builder are at the mercy of what the Chips are actually capable of . From there they draw the best they can out of it . In this instance ,.......this IS the case . Actually have to give Tascam Credit on this one . They were thinking about the People , and who would use it , It IS designed for Musicians , not the field recordist , but there are tricks to pull some really good sound out of it . A matched pair of my pre's were hooked up to the AT-822 and into the Mic1 input thereby changing its impedance and gain structure from the OUTside of the processor ........... the result was very nice indeed . he liked them very much , I made a direct comparison the the AT-822 connected to the RH1 , and then to the DR1 direct , in both cases . He got my point immediately that this was the level of mic input that SHOULD be on the DR1 ........ But lets look at the RH1 , the Mic pre .........is a ......Separate circuit dedicated to that one process . Not integrated , so its only job is impedance matching and preamplification . The Impedance of the DR1 Mic1 input is in between line and Mic level, in fact I used the DR1 to fix a low level recording from my MZ-B10 this morning , I recorded an assembly in an audience of over 1000 people , using the B10 , which has a built in mic and No manual rec adjustment . It was Lectures , so we werent talking about Big sound here. Result was a low level audio on the B10 . The B10 Headphone out is not anywhere near as HOT as the other MD models , in fact the headphone out is rather Tame , because it is an educational use MD and Not a mainstream Music model ( even thought it will do that , vie Line I/O and Optical In , plus a Stereo Mic input ) so a Lower level Headphone out I thought I would test my theory and see just where the Mic 1 input was , with My B10 volume set at 6 or so , and the Mic1 gain set to Low , I was able to put the Input level all the way up on the DR1 ............ 10 without getting near the klip zone . I think the 30k impedance listed for mic 1 might not be accurate , it would be a "Summed" impedance and not the Actual impedance , so any mic that you plug into Mic1 is going to be very Low , and will have to be Cranked up to get anything out of it , unless it was a fairly high impedance mic . The AT-822 is 250 ohms per channel My mic pres bring the Output impedance up to 35 kohms or so , and then the DR1 breathes quite nicely . Another test would be , two XLR to 1/4 inch Hi Low adapters ( Transformers inside ) to a small Y adapter with a 1/8 stereo plug on one end and two Female 1/4's on the other , then run two Mics that way Most of those adapter are 600 ohms to 50 kohms , some are lower or higher , you find them at Guitar center or other Music strores that carry PA stuff . If I ever get a Block diagram of the MIC1 pathway , and a circuit layout so I know exactly what resistor or cap I am looking at , I will work on a mod for it , ( a little Parallel Resistor action , and a couple well placed caps ought to do the trick . ) anyway , from here you guys are on your own unless you want a preamp , I am done talking about the DR1 . Time to actually use the dang thing ............ It works good for Getting Legacy Md's into MP3 format , Or Wave , and , you have Reverbs , a Limiter , and Low cut filter , thru Mic 1, so a little imagination and those EARLY recordings that could be a Little HOTTER , or Fatter , can be easily made that way on the Go , ....... without a computer around .. Safety would say to use a special cable ( 1/8 stereo that has resistors built in for attenuation ) or to KNOW what your doing so as not to over power the Mic 1 input and damage the unit ,........... every one with me on that ???? I hope so . It seemed to like the B10 headphone out quite nicely , No Noise at all , nice clean audio , and a very nice fix to some of these lectures , Speaker is at one level so you get the level set , and audience applause is another level , so you have the Limiter , Balance carefully the two , and you get a very nice result , something I couldn't do with my MD's Audience would always clip and have to be cut out . now I can just record a little lower and fix it later , at my Leisure .......... Nice Basic advice , to use Mic1 input , use an impedance matcher ( transformer , XLR->1/4 inch , or build one with Audio Transformers and a small metal Box with 1/8 stereo I/O , I am going to do that for my AT-822) administrators , please lock this thread so that we can get back to MD ..........

The inputs on the DR1 , are much more sturdy than the R-09 , Mic balance is quite a bit better actually , but Mono mode still sux , lose about half the signal level in Mono , must be a phase issue , not sure . It isnt as bad thru the Mic 1 input though , and I think the way it is made , is that Mono was an after thought , and not part of the original design scheme ( who uses it anymore anyway ) well I do ...... but I use Mono Mics when I do , and that is what Mic2 is for , Mono mode in Mic2 is fine Didnt know about the Pocket Track , Got a Link? The R-09 does in fact sound really good , I have a Lute player friend with one and the stuff I have heard sounds very good , he uses it as his mp3 player to and from work . Flimsy covers and Jacks , have a lot to do with the handler of the unit , so that has to be taken with a grain of salt I think. Difference is the DR1 , has functions the R-09 does not , ........do you need those functions , I think that is the question you need to ask yourself . The use will determine the need , the need will determine the use . DR1 is built pretty solid , I like the way it feels , my ONLY , and repeat ONLY gripe is that in a VERY quiet environment you will , WILL get noise , it is a software issue . In a more ambient area , it is quiet and has a good transient response .