Eq Minidisc

[bluesquidd]

I'm a newbie MiniDiscs and just bought a Sony MZ-M10 for band practice. It sounds good during playback when the 6 band EQ is on but when it's off, it's very bass shy.

This happens too when I upload it to SonicStage 4.2 and burn it to Cd. Is there a way you can set the eq on the minidisc and upload with the usb to SonicStage while the 6 band eq is on?

If that's the case, I have 30 days to take back the Minidisc Recorder because I'm not satisfied with the sound when uploaded to the SonicStage Library and burn to CD. The mic that came with it is a Sony ECM-DS70P. Forgive me if I'm in the wrong forum.

Edited January 10, 2007 by bluesquidd

[The Low Volta]

that mic is pretty bass shy actually... try another mic (some of greenmachines binaurals or something alike) as they do record all the bass you hear

another option is to upload and apply equalization in a program like audacity on PC/Mac

[A440]

Low Volta is right--your problem is the mic, not the EQ. Just adding some links to his post:

The DS70P has a frequency response of 100-15,000 Hz. Your ears pick up 20-20,000 Hz. The bottom note of a piano is 27.5 Hz, so you are losing nearly two octaves with the DS70P (27.5 to 55 Hz is one octave, 55 to 110 Hz is the next octave, A to A).

Audacity is a free sound editing program you will find useful:

http://audacity.sourceforge.net/

You can apply EQ with it, but since the mic isn't picking up much bass, there's only so much you can add.

In Europe, get greenmachine's mics:

http://forums.minidisc.org/index.php?showtopic=14388

In the US., try http://www.soundprofessionals.com .