Tierce Posted January 10, 2005 Report Share Posted January 10, 2005 Well I successfully managed to record the Brass line I teach with my MZNH-900 and Sony ECM-MS907 microphone. In general the recording was not bad, quality of sound was excellent.BUT!!! Recording to Line produced a very quiet, at times inaudible sound and had a problem of the MD recording splitting a single recording between tracks.If I used MIC, I would get generally good sound, but at the louder segments it would cut out which I believe is the pre amp overloading.Therefore I am lead to believe I will have to use Line In recording for the quality but need to use a pre-amp so I can record the sound at a good level without any cut outs.The problem being is this, after working this out I have trawled the net looking for pre-amps, unfortunately all the ones the look any good are in the US. I am looking for a good MD pre-amp which can be bought in the UK.If anyone has any recommendations, and/or suppliers please let me know. Unfortunately I am in quite a tight budget.Many thanksMike Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dex Otaku Posted January 10, 2005 Report Share Posted January 10, 2005 You might try moving the mic farther away, and using the mic preamp with sensitivity set to low, and manual record levels.Mic farther from subject = lower level from the mic; no preamp overloads from blasting horns. Though admittedly, I don't think you would be overloading that mic anyway. Seriously, though. If that's it, then back off with the mic, problem solved. Why buy a preamp when you can spend $0 on moving the mic back half a metre. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tierce Posted January 10, 2005 Author Report Share Posted January 10, 2005 Thanks for the reply, unfortunately I would have to knock holes in the wall to move it back being a small room.I will need to do a bit of messing around with levels to see what works best.The recording is incredibly clear apart from the clipping. I think the overloading is from the Mic on the MD player, so I am going to go for Line In recording from now on.Shame I am not in the US, some easily obtainable pre-amps there Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AllanH Posted January 10, 2005 Report Share Posted January 10, 2005 TierceA possible option would be contact FEL (www.felmicamps.co.uk). They do an 'MP3' battery operated preamp. Gives a fixed 30dB gain and boosts the mic signal enough to feed into the line-in socket. You would then use the level control on the MD to get the best results. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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