No, I have no experience of the Sanken mic, but I have heard some good about it. For 2500 USdollars (price in Sweden) it ought to be good. Besides that, it is...
5742
datacult
Jul 1, 2002 1:55 pm
I just picked one up new over the weekend for about $420ish USD (major US music chain) I did a few controlled tests in my home studio....and was quite...
5743
JVMNATREC@...
Jul 1, 2002 2:27 pm
I have used the ME-66 and 67 series in all conditions. The only trouble I have had occurred on 2 occasions. Both were in humid, cold environments....one in the...
5744
Dennis Hysom
dhysom@...
Jul 1, 2002 2:49 pm
on 7/1/02 4:09 AM, [dhysom] at [compozarts.com] wrote: No I'm not sure. You may be right about it being an electet. Thanks for your feedback. Dennis...
5745
Wild Sanctuary
chirp@...
Jul 1, 2002 3:02 pm
The MKH series of mics are the most reliable systems we've found in the field...and that's after 35 years of recording under the most extreme...
5746
1GDW
Jul 1, 2002 7:43 pm
Everyone, I spoke with the Wilderness Press about the book today 7/1/02 and they said the book would be ready in about two weeks and the price was $19.95. ...
5747
Walter Knapp
waltknapp
Jul 1, 2002 8:54 pm
... This is the real thing about MKH, it's got the track record. Spending the chunk of change for one is a bit easier knowing about that track record. There...
5748
Syd Curtis
sydc@...
Jul 2, 2002 12:38 pm
Anecdote. Not serious, so delete now, if you are! Walter, writing in praise of MKH mics, said: "I still have no plans to abuse mine unnecessarily." Nor had I!...
5749
Syd Curtis
sydc@...
Jul 2, 2002 12:39 pm
Warning! No electronics or wildlife sound. Delete now if not interested in a crocodile attack under unusual circumstances. In my last email I told of the...
5750
Wild Sanctuary
chirp@...
Jul 2, 2002 2:25 pm
Great story, Syd. I've had my MKH 30/40 combo exposed to full-blown monsoon rainstorms head-on. Fully soaked, I set my tripod and mics over a kerosene lamp...
5751
Marty Michener
enjoybirds
Jul 2, 2002 2:27 pm
... Dear Syd: Uh, me too, the above warning . . . Great tales, thanks much. We have always heard salt water is death to all electronics. . . .metals in...
5752
Walter Knapp
waltknapp
Jul 2, 2002 4:09 pm
... Or, try ... I've been mucking around in swamps for some 50 odd years. Frogs are just the most recent fun. And really the only swamp life I've chased with ...
5753
flawn@...
flawn1951
Jul 2, 2002 4:12 pm
To detract just a tad bit from the image of perfection being painted of the MKH series mics: I had one (MKH40) develop a clicking sound last fall after...
5754
Walter Knapp
waltknapp
Jul 2, 2002 4:44 pm
... Rotating drum recorders not only have the electronics that are vulnerable, but the drum assembly is a very high precision device, with delicate parts. I'd...
5755
Wild Sanctuary
chirp@...
Jul 2, 2002 6:35 pm
There may be an answer on the horizon with solid state recording, especially if Marantz (or folks like them) can figure out how to store information on their...
5756
Dan Dugan
dandugan_1999
Jul 2, 2002 7:04 pm
Bernie, you wrote, ... Wasn't that your Nagra III? Memory clue: synch cable. A few years ago a college brought me a Nagra 4.2 that wasn't behaving right. When...
5757
Dan Dugan
dandugan_1999
Jul 2, 2002 7:04 pm
Walt, you wrote, ... When I visited Tiritiri Matangi Island in New Zealand, it started to pour as soon as I got out on the trail. Since it was my last day in ...
5758
Wild Sanctuary
chirp@...
Jul 2, 2002 7:21 pm
But for those few moments in the Antarctic, Dan, I never had a III. Only a IVs, which you serviced during the late 70s and 80s when it was still being used....
5759
matt.jarvis@...
Jul 3, 2002 8:11 am
Although we can't promise to be as unbreakable as the old Nagra's the Marantz solid state recorders do record uncompressed, and if you are using the...
5760
Scott Shepard
kmkm101
Jul 3, 2002 11:01 am
But once you put a microdrive in, it's not solid state, ne? -- Scott Shepard bearcom@... +1310-399-6515...
5761
matt.jarvis@...
Jul 3, 2002 11:17 am
Yes, that is a good point. Compact Flash manufacturing is leading rapidly to 1gig + using special high density layering, and they expect to reach 2gig this...
5762
Klas Strandberg
telinga@...
Jul 3, 2002 12:38 pm
I don't think it is a patent, but the design - with all specially wired coils and transformers - is too complicated to copy in a profitable way. Klas. ... ...
5763
tterapin
Jul 3, 2002 2:58 pm
I just recorded a turkey gobble in mono with my D7 Dat and put it into cool edit _ what would the proper save as file be - There are to many selections and I...
5764
Jim Morgan
kingbird@...
Jul 3, 2002 3:12 pm
Tom - What I use is the "Windows PCM(*.wav)" format Jim...
5765
tterapin
Jul 3, 2002 3:58 pm
If I use this format do I save it at 41,000 HZ and 8 Bit. Tom ... [Image] ... -- <@}}}}}< <@}}}}}< <@}}}}}< <@}}}}}< <@}}}}}< <@}}}}}< [Non-text...
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Jim Morgan
kingbird@...
Jul 3, 2002 4:08 pm
Cool Edit recommends saving at 32 bit, 8 bit would be noisy. What I do is save all my files at 44.1 kHz 32 bit on. Edit them at 32 bit and convert the edited...
5767
Doug Von Gausig
dougvg
Jul 3, 2002 4:16 pm
... You need to save it as a 16-bit file with a sampling rate equal to or greater than twice the highest frequency you want to save. You can usually be safe...
5768
Walter Knapp
waltknapp
Jul 3, 2002 6:06 pm
... I've used MD for quite a few years for scientific recording. I would not use it for elaborate and complex bioacoustics tests where very expensive ...
5769
Walter Knapp
waltknapp
Jul 3, 2002 6:10 pm
... I've looked at it, not complex to make, a small circuit board with maybe two dozen components. Nothing any competent custom order board maker could not...
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Walter Knapp
waltknapp
Jul 3, 2002 6:29 pm
... Save your archive copy as .wav, uncompressed, save room by leaving it mono. (If you were mac, or unix it would be .aif) If you expect that you will be...
