mahler007 Posted October 10, 2007 Report Share Posted October 10, 2007 (edited) I'm looking around at recording options for some field recordings I'm going to make in Papua new guinea. I think MD is about my best bet, since Flash based units would fill up too quickly. I want to do some recordings of birds/ambient jungle sounds for future use in documentaries and some personal recordings of people/local music. I want to spend about $100 on a recorder. So I was thinking of the MZ-NH700 (Uses AA Batteries); what's a good price to pay for this used?Do I need a pre-amp for this?I might as well throw this in too, a decent microphone that can be "hidden" (binaurual?). And another mic for 'up-close' recordings.any help would be very appreciated Edited October 10, 2007 by mahler Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A440 Posted October 10, 2007 Report Share Posted October 10, 2007 $100 is too low a budget. NH700 would do the job but it was about $180 new and is disappearing. They still show up on Ebay, but not for under $100. A good basic concealable omni mic is the Sound Professionals BMC-2, the size of pencil erasers. http://www.soundprofessionals.com/cgi-bin/gold/item/SP-BMC-2But the better the mic, the better the result. Up close, people here have recommended the Audio-Technica AT822 and the Nady CM-25. For good quality with quiet ambient sounds, your birds and jungle noises, you're probably going to need a preamp, unfortunately. Minidisc preamps are good for their size, but they add hiss if they have to do a lot of work. Remember, a Hi-MD disc is only 1 GB. That's 90 minutes of PCM and just under 8 hours of Hi-SP. I don't know what quality you need for your documentaries.You should look at this site:http://www.quietamerican.org/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mahler007 Posted October 10, 2007 Author Report Share Posted October 10, 2007 Thanks for the quick info. I guess my fantasy price was a little too low!I was thinking of using Hi-SP for the music and vocal recordings and PCM for the Ambient sounds.Thanks for the help!The Quite american site started this whole recording idea a few years back. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
raintheory Posted October 10, 2007 Report Share Posted October 10, 2007 (edited) The Quiet american site started this whole recording idea a few years back.fixed: good stuff there Edited October 10, 2007 by raintheory Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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