holodude Posted June 21, 2004 Report Share Posted June 21, 2004 I bought a Sony MZ-NF610 and am loving it. But I want to make live recordings of my piano playing and lectures and stuff. Is it possible to do it? According to a review here: http://att.dealtime.com/xPR-Sony_MZ_NF610~...RD-109744393860 it says you can use a self-powered mic. Is this true? It seems to be the only place on the net that says this. Most say it is not possible to make live recordings. All I know is that I'd have to use the line in (optical) jack for whatever recording I can make. If I can indeed record stuff, what kind of microphone do I need? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Syco54645 Posted June 22, 2004 Report Share Posted June 22, 2004 what u would need to do is get a mic and a battery box. since it is a sony u would probablly want a battery box with level controls (since u cant control the levels whilst recording with the sonys. battery boxes range anywhere from 50 (for basic) to 150 (for a nice pimped out one that i have my eye on. soundprofessionals.com is probablly my favourite mic/accessory site so far. hope this help -Syco54645 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnty Posted June 26, 2004 Report Share Posted June 26, 2004 two points: 1.) A self-powered mic plugging into the line-in will work. The 610 doesn't have a mic preamp so you can't just plug in any microphone into the line-in (thats why some people say you can't do live recordings with this unit). However a powered mic will work in the line-in. This will probably be the cheapest option if you can find a simple powered mic. However for better quality (or louder sounds) I'd try use a batt box + mic combo. 2.) You can actually control the recording levels on recent Sony portables. You just have to set it before you start the recording. (Put it into pause-rec mode - hold pause and press record, and then go through the menu for recVolume and select manual. After this FF and RW will be +/- for the recording volume. The normal volume control is the monitoring volume and doesn't affect how loud the recording is). When you press stop the manual recording volume will be reset - so you may want to keep it in pause-rec mode (pause instead of stop), or remember to set it the next time you start recording. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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