killerisme Posted February 20, 2003 Report Share Posted February 20, 2003 I have Sony ECM-DS70P Single-point stereo T-mic, Sony MZ-R700, and SP-SPSB-7 SUPER BATTERY MODULE WITH MIC PREAMP OPTION. I use Line-In with manual volume to record, but the volume and quality isn't what I expected. It sounds muffelled to me. I've download other recordings with way better sound and would like to get those results. Is the T-mic just not good enough or is there something I'm missing or doing wrong? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Anonymous Posted February 22, 2003 Report Share Posted February 22, 2003 i bought a sony net md 707 and ECM-DS70P mic. i recorded my first show last weekend. theres no battery to this mic so i had it plugged into the mic line on the md player also because i wasnt too familiar with how to work the whole system yet i did the recording with the md on the auto settings rather than manual setting the result iss the recording is phenominal in some parts but gets a bit distorted when they hit the really high/loud notes. anyone know hoe i can over come this problem - can you set the manual control and keep the same setting for the whole gig? (i dont understand how you can continually manually monitor/change the settings during the show because its dark and you wanna be discrete...) cheers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Anonymous Posted March 10, 2003 Report Share Posted March 10, 2003 Check out the AVLS setting. Look it up in your manual. When enabled, this will clip (reduce) the recorded signal when it gets too hot (loud). This should help to control distortion. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Anonymous Posted July 7, 2003 Report Share Posted July 7, 2003 i think avls only affects playback volume... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Anonymous Posted July 7, 2003 Report Share Posted July 7, 2003 Sony has the ability to automatically adjust the recording level to fit what's being recorded. It's convenient for recording lectures or conversations, but you don't want to do this for a concert, because it shapes the music and eliminates the loud/soft dynamic. It's better to choose a level and record at that. However, if you record it too sensitively, and it reaches the max record volumes, it will distort terribly. So, it's best to be a little conservative, and record at a level that won't go over. Keep an eye on it, and it it is reaching the maximum record level, adjust the recording level down. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BJ Posted July 8, 2003 Report Share Posted July 8, 2003 The 700 has good enough battery life, so see if you can keep it in REC+Pause to adjust the manual record level. Here's what I do... Fiddle with the record level before the gig, when people are milling around--on a Sony the noise should reach about the second bar. As soon as the band hits the stage, the crowd will go nuts--if you're in the audience, this is probably the loudest level you'll get all night, so quickly adjust your record volume so the crowd noise is about 3/4 of the way to max, and hit Play (or is it Pause?) to start recording. Then forget about it--either the recording turns out or it doesn't. And you can always bump up the volume later, but you can't turn down a loud recording after it's been clipped when the levels're too high. I usually wear one of those rainbow pendants that flash and turn colours. It's a festive, concert-y thing to have, and it gives off just enough light to see the screen on my MD. And killerisme, if you're not too proud, see if you can buy/borrow another MD player that allows you to fiddle with the equaliser settings and dub MD->MD with the playback unit pumping up the treble (and volume if need be) a little--that might take some of the muffle out of your recording. Audience recordings usually sound a little canned anyway. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Anonymous Posted July 9, 2003 Report Share Posted July 9, 2003 Wearing the pendent is a nice idea, but why in the hell don't the screens have a backlight? I think that is the biggest downside to my mz-n1. the remote (only useful for playing and not that useful period) has a backlight. I say the remote needs to handle recording or the screen needs a backlight. My tip: these new little squeeze keychain lights by pulsar use LED bulbs, they come in green, red, and white, and they are innocuous and out of the way on your key chain. it does the trick, and lasts about 40 hours or something ridiculous considering it only takes a second or two to check your record levels Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BJ Posted July 11, 2003 Report Share Posted July 11, 2003 I used to have an Aiwa AM-F70--brilliant little unit, and I must've been crazy to get rid of it. It had a nice, large, backlit screen. Also, I think some of the Japanese versions of the JVC XM-R70 have backlight, but not any European/American units. I imagine they get rid of the backlight to simplify the design and conserve battery power.... ...but I'm with you--I'd certainly buy a backlit MD unit. Give this one a try: put your MD in REC+Pause mode on the main unit, and see if pressing 'Play' on the remote starts the record process....wait, wait...maybe it won't, since on Sony's remotes 'Play' and '>>' are the same thing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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