Nathan P

The best headphones under $100 by a longshot in my experience are the Crossroads MylarOne X3's from Jaben Network http://www.jaben.net/ Read about them on HeadFi and I'm going on my third pair (I break them, they send me new ones every time free of charge... It's my fault most of the time.) They aren't the sturdiest earbuds but they sound AMAZING.

We use the 3031s at church for choirs and such that aren't in the designated choir area with the suspended mics. I love their sound. We actually had a little mishap today because the kids that were doing the song stood in the wrong place (The adult in charge told me where they would be, then they stood somewhere else , of course, the mics were turned up too loud to try and pick them up, and they fed back, and of course, it isn't their fault, the sound crew always gets the blame grrr...) anyway, they are a great size and really sound good, if you don't mind the size or hassle of dual mics.

I haven't heard that about single points, mostly I've heard that single points are less versatile (can't go from a spaced pair to a Jecklin disk setup etc.), but there is one thing to consider, and that is if you are going with duals, your need for a phantom power supply goes up, as most small condenser single point mics require it. If you're not against spending a little extra, I've heard that these here: http://www.audio-technica.com/cms/wired_mi...e27e/index.html are great little mics to use in a stereo pair. The 3032 is a omni, the 3031 is cardioid, it just depends on what types of stereo recording setups you're looking to use.

If it's frequency response only goes down to 100hz than you aren't really picking up alot of the bass in alot of settings. A bass guitar easily goes below that. My home system doesn't cross to the sub until 90hz, so that's really only picking up the midbass. Not that that is always a bad thing, for vocal recordings it can be good because it reduces the chances of getting noise from wind etc. Look at the AT Pro 24 or Sony MS-907/908, they are great budget mics, and sound good, but are inherently limited by the reduced frequency response.

Do you want single point or two separate mics? Two mics are porable but setup is harder.

Okay, so the batt box only goes to line in if it is at a rock concert. okay. Got it.

Yup, It was more apparent to me on the second clip, I head some clicks, almost as if it was pausing for a split second right after the louder part started. I stopped listening cause I've got to get to school, but yeah, thanks for the examples.

Maybe I miss stated, I wouldn't exactly call it fading in and out, it's just certain songs had it going on, others didn't. This may be an example of one that didn't. I promised the violinist that it was for personal use only so I can't post up any full length stuff. I'll try to find some clip that have it more tomorrow. I have the Canon Elura 100, so it probably has AGC. I am looking into getting a minidisc recorder, but I'm kind of lost in the dark as coming here was the first time I've even heard of them. Any suggestions for a good low cost one I could pick up off of ebay etc. would be great.

I tried to do a recording with these and a jecklin disk the other night, but I got barely any input. I checked the batt, it was good. I plugged them into the line in on my laptop, but the levels were very low so I just quit. I thought these outputted a line level signal? Or is the line in on the MDs more sensitive than a line in on a laptop? I had the recording levels on the laptop maxed out.

I haven't had time to really play with the settings in the camera, I just plugged it in and went. I don't find the bass sound too irritating, I just notice it a little bit, it's almost as if there was a bass note that had been played in the accompaniment track that started a loop going. Sometimes it seems as if it is just part of the music. Of course, I will probably be listening to it most with headphones, and my headphones don't really pump out the bass, so I won't worry about it. I didn't notice any compression artifacts, could you point out some times and tell me what to look for? Some say ignorance is bliss, but getting good sound requires you to be able to hear the problems. I did notice when I looked at the waveform that there were some clicks(points where the waveform went to the edge of the scale), most were during the applause, but some were just randomly in the performances, but I can't really hear anything there, I can just see it. I may have noticed the standing wave because of my music background, I can always tell when a piano is the slightest bit out of tune, or when people are singing, I can hear the slightest pitchiness. It's a blessing and a curse, from one point, it is easier to determine when I sound good, whether singing or playing trombone, guitar or piano, but sometimes non professional (and some professional) singers really irritate me during performances because I can hear every single time they go off key the slightest bit.

Of Course, I've got a copy of it on my computer, plus it's still on the tape. Here's a sample. I'm not sure of the bitrate, I just used Audacity to encode it. Mic_Sample1.mp3

I made my first live recording last night, with my Nady CM-2S and my camcorder. It turned out great, but I have a few questions. The recording was done in my church, an amazing violinist was visiting. He comes every year, he's friends with some people here. Anyway, I noticed that in the recording there is some bass that seems to be almost feeding back, but not quite, it's like there's something humming that frequency. It was probably the mic's position combined with the room acoustics. I have played around with audacity, and a bass roll off makes it sound a lot better. What is the proper procedure for doing a bass roll off, and what kind of curve should I use? I was just using the eq and rolling it off manually after 100hz, there has to be a better way to do it. Secondly, due to the heaters going and the number of people, I got some background hum. During the music it isn't really noticeable, but in some quiet parts and the speaking parts, you can hear it. I tried using the noise removal in audacity to get rid of it, but that made clapping and the speaking parts sound funny. Is there some other way to get rid of it or at least minimize it? Maybe find a different spot to choose the noise to remove or? Overall I am very happy with the recording, and I knew these two things may come up to begin with, as no live recording is going to be perfect. Thanks, Nathan

I think something like this would work. http://www.bhphotovideo.com/bnh/controller...oughType=search

Here are my boxes, the first one is to the left, it is using nonpolarized caps, but wired wrong and not layed out very well so I built a new one. The new one is using extra resistors from the first one (They are carbon film, but I measured them and they were exactly the same, so it won't matter), and the caps and plug came from an old computer speaker amplifier I took apart (That's kind of my speciality, making stuff from old stuff lol, I built a speaker set from the drivers that were in the computer box, and used an old amp I was given to power it), anyway, the new caps are polarized but they are much smaller and I really can't hear the difference. Overall, the second one turned out much better.

I've seen foam heads in art and craft stores, do you have Micheals or Ben Franklins where you live? (Ben Franklins used to be my second favorite store-they had models! The Hobby Store was the first. actually, it still is-useless info over) Anyway, I've seen them around, kids have used them for projects. I've learned that mic placement is critical, and that the individual building makes a big difference too. I recorded in one church from the back, and it sounded great (Other than the 60hz hum from the ground loop grr), I recorded in another church from the back and it just sounded okay because the church was layed out differently, the first was a semicircle and not that deep, the second was very long and basically a big box, so I got a little bit of echoiness.

Don't they make balanced to unbalanced cables? I've seen them at Sound Professionals and B&H Photo. I think they work but it's not quite optimal?

Looks and sounds great. Could you give me a link to the wm-63/linkwitz mod? I'm curious as to the difference between this and the wm-61 that seems to be the standard.

PSB is made in Canada too, another wonderful product. Oh, and Art and Lutherie guitars, and...

I agree, Bose my sound good to the uneducated listener, but it's not what the artist intended, the frequency response is tailored to hide the defects in the small cone speakers. They do that frequency response on purpose because otherwise it would sound like crap no matter what you did. I do have an iPod, but would I buy one now? No. I got it free, and free is free no matter what it is, it's better than my walkman, so hey, I'll use it. It's just like the racers etc that are sponsored by companies. It may not be their personal favorite company, but it's better than paying for it yourself.

Okay, I found out that the noise was caused by the plug in power, I had the camera hooked up to the charger so the batt wouldn't die during both of the performances where I got the noise. I tested this theory with my new box, and it's the problem. I guess it is a ground loop or something. Why is the 60hz (Which seems about right actually from listening to it) frequency going to my mics or to the mic in jack or whatever? what would cause this?

look up PSB speakers, they're one of the best values out there right now.

blose is quite possibly the biggest, no rephrase that is the biggest ripoff in audio equipment, period.

Oops, forgot the link http://forums.minidisc.org/index.php?act=m...m&album=293

A friend of mine made one of these himself for his iPod, He used a 9V and resistors to step it down to 5V (what a normal USB supplies), It actually worked pretty good, and he put it in an altoids tin, which is quite possibly the most classic thing to put homegrown electronics projects into.

which are quite