Guest Anonymous Posted January 22, 2003 Report Share Posted January 22, 2003 My problem is this: I need to record live speach and sounds in my little village. South of Italy. Here people speaks Arbersh the albanian of 5 centuries ago. Unfortunately the new generation is losing this language, so I want to live a record of it. I'm not a professional linguist, but I have a degree in linguistics, so I know that the language to be authentical need not to be interfered by any means of recording. That is it is better if the recording takes place stealthily. I'm not sure which means must I use. Digital voice recorders seem good, but, for the songs and live musical events they are not so good. The Dat, digital audio tape, is another choice but it is a little bulky and, besides, it a bit dear for me, I tried the tape recorder, but I was prevented by the bad quality of the sound, so many hisses and crackes, finaly I'm interested in the MD. This sees the best medium so far. what do you think. Which technques would you suggest? Thanks to all bye Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EVHShawn Posted January 22, 2003 Report Share Posted January 22, 2003 On the previous page there is a question about clandistine recording(stealth recording), look at that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Anonymous Posted January 22, 2003 Report Share Posted January 22, 2003 Go to www.soundprofessionals.com and look at the SP-OTTER-1 mic/box. I have this thing and it is an incredible sounding device. Perfect for my Sharp MT-200 Mini Disc recorder. I recommend the battery module and bass roll-off options. Very stealthy and will protect your recorder, as well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Anonymous Posted January 23, 2003 Report Share Posted January 23, 2003 Follow this link: http://www.minidisc.org/in_ear_mics.html It took me about US$5 and 15 minutes to put these together, and I'm certainly not technically savvy. The microphone elements I used (and I think he mentions) I purchased at Radio Shack (part #270-090) for US$2.50 apiece, and I bought some cheap ear buds at a dollar store (um...for a dollar). The quality is great for voice, and not too shabby for music, if you're not picky about fidelity. It requires an MD recorder with a microphone jack featuring 'Plug-In Power' capability, since it's not a powered microphone (my Sony MZ-R900 likes it quite a bit). The in-ear design is very subtle, so whomever you speak to won't feel odd with a mic shoved in their face. Just ask nicely if they mind if you record your conversation. Here's the specs for the microphone element: Supply voltage: (V+) 1.0 to 10VDC Nominal supply: 4.5VDC Current drain: 0.3mA (max) Signal/noise: 60dB (min) Sensitivity: -64 +/-2dB Output impedance: 1k-ohm Hope that helps a little. This microphone must be heard to be believed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Anonymous Posted January 24, 2003 Report Share Posted January 24, 2003 I wish to thank all you for the interesting tips. Particularly Stoneskipper for the intersting suggestion on the SP-OTTER-1 mic/box for live recording in a stealth manner. I thing I'll buy one as soon as possible. I've read, it's realy great. The task I've decided to undertake is a difficult one. I want to trasmit to posterity the voices and the sounds of the Arbersh people. A scattered community of people which, from the Albanian coast migrated to the South of Italy from 1450 to 1500, under the guide of the Albanian hero Skanderberg, to escape the ottoman invasion. Our fothers kept language and traditions for four centuries and in this last 20 years, we are losing both. The arberesh will be an extint language in less than 20 years. I began describing our people, the places and traditions, with pictures and writings, all this can be found in the site www.carrodeigiovani.com, but I realised that they were somewhat lacking something, without the sounds of our life, the voices, the songs, the lullabies, but also the cries, the howls, the thundering speaches of our leaders. That's why I turned to the neccessity of having the cristall clear recording of all this. And luckily I ralized that we have now the techincal possibility of doing that. So I'm sure I'll do that. Once again, I thank you all for helping me. Regards Teodoro Musacchio Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Anonymous Posted January 25, 2003 Report Share Posted January 25, 2003 You may want to check this site out: http://www.ldc.upenn.edu/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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