MD Recorder Suggestions

[Super8freakazoid24]

Anyone have any suggestions as to what MD recorders are good for recording sync sound? I was thinking about an R37 but if anyone has a better suggestion?

[Super8freakazoid24]

Forgot to mention about uploading the recordings to a Mac.

[super8man]

Call me old fashioned but I have not yet embraced HD minidisk or whatever it is called. I like good old fashioned regular minidisc with atrac4 works fine by me - I have a MD deck in my car and I also swear by the Sony MDS-JE520 - if you can swing it. Makes CD/DVD players look dumb.

On my website, there is a picture of the MD portable I use...I don't do sync sound in so far as using crystal controls or anything. Just recording sounds before, during, and after the rolling of super 8 film (or regular 8 for that matter - and soon to be SINGLE 8! Woowhoo).

Cheers,
m

[edjski]

I have an MD and love it. If you are looking at getting one, make sure that it has a mic input and not just a line input or just a headphone jack. Some of the less expensive models do not have a mic input but they might have a usb port to allow the transfer of MP3's from a computer. This isn't as important as a mic input of you are going to use it on location for recording. I think they are a great, inexpensive digital recording device. Many radio stations use them to record interviews on location.
Good luck!

ed

[T-Scan]

Get the HI-MD, uncompressed audio and USB crystal clear upload for the same price reg MD's were selling for. I own both, and the HI-MD generates far supurior audio recordings.

[Super8freakazoid24]

Thanks,
Yeah, as far as sync sound I'm doing it El Mariachi style. I'll keep looking for a recorder. I see a ton on ebay all the time.

[FourFourForty]

Anyone have any suggestions as to what MD recorders are good for recording sync sound? I was thinking about an R37 but if anyone has a better suggestion?

I have the R37 and am very happy with it. For the price, I believe you will be too. I still prefer analogue, but a good system is a lot more money that the R37 will be.

Good luck.

[christoph]

Anyone have any suggestions as to what MD recorders are good for recording sync sound? I was thinking about an R37 but if anyone has a better suggestion?

been researching this myself recently and i'm tempted to go with the Sony MZ-NH900. it has Hi-MD (uncompressed recording), supposedly pretty decent mic-preamp and A/D convertor (same guts as the NH1, but cheaper) and an extra battery pack for use with an AA batterie.

the downsides: No USB upload for Mac (so i'd have to do it at a friends place), no illuminated display, fiddly menu structure...

you can get them for 200EUR, so i'm not complaining... i'm just wondering if i shouldn't get a nagra instead, and save the money for a proper mixer/phantom power/mic preamp (which is necessary for best results and will be another 300 EUR).
cheapest professional solution would probably be the Marantz PMD 670, but that's nearly 1000 EUR.

++ christoph ++

[mattias]

make sure that it has a mic input and not just a line input

although if you want the best quality you should use a separate preamp with balanced mic inputs and phantom power and feed it at line level to your recorder.

/matt

[edjski]

I agree, a condenser mic and a pre amp will definitely produce tbetter results.. My point is that if you're going to look at mini disc recorders, having one with a mic input is better than one without and not all them are so equipped.

[mattias]

and i agree. i've used various sharps before.

/matt

[super8man]

Do you two have any part number suggestions for a preamp and mic to use with a MD recorder? Hyperlinks to a website will be fine...Would like to know what the more professional approach would be!

Thanks!
m

[mattias]

preamp: http://shure.com/mixers/models/fp23.asp
mics: http://www.lafcpug.org/reviews/review_shotgun_mic.html

/matt

[DriveIn]

Any suggestions on a mic and recorder to be used in a room full of people, talking in turn, with overlapping conversation. Mic or mics probably should not be very directional. Topic for this would be for interviewing a group of people for a documentary. Stereo recording would be a possiblility as well, if that would help the recording situation. Curious what people may do for such a setting. :?: Don't mean to change the whole subject of this thread.

[T-Scan]

A good preamp can be found at sound professionals for about $200.. not all that necessary unless your recording loud concerts. a decent mic would be the Sony MS-957 stereo condensor.