Suitable and affordable mics for field recordings.

[Nunavut]

Hi everyone.

I was wondering if anyone knew of a suitable and affordable mic for making field recordings (environmental sounds, both natural and urban) with. I was going to use my Minidisc player to record onto which has a 3.5mm mic input.
Also, does it need to have a fluffy thing on it so the wind doesnt affect it?

Thanks!

Michael.

[jgourd]

Have you considered the Core Sound Binaural mics for this task.

[DJL]

Originally Posted by Nunavut

Hi everyone.

I was wondering if anyone knew of a suitable and affordable mic for making field recordings (environmental sounds, both natural and urban) with. I was going to use my Minidisc player to record onto which has a 3.5mm mic input.
Also, does it need to have a fluffy thing on it so the wind doesnt affect it?

Thanks!

Michael.

For a task like this and with the type recorder your using the first thing that comes to mind is one of those stereo mics for about $200... AT and Sony make some.

[hydroflare]

Careful, some of the minidisc recorders have power wired to the mic connector in different configurations to make use of their own condenser mics. You should reverse-engineer it first before hooking up anything to make sure you don't damage your equipment.

[junplugged]

i have the sony stereo mic, it was about $80 but i don't really like it

i'm thinking of trying that other one that has a battery and is x/y and is condensor.

need to look it up again...

(old thread !??? )

[BigRay]

Originally Posted by junplugged

i have the sony stereo mic, it was about $80 but i don't really like it

i'm thinking of trying that other one that has a battery and is x/y and is condensor.

need to look it up again...

(old thread !??? )

the SP-PASM-2 from www.soundprofessionals.com is great for that application.

[DigitMus]

I've done some respectable field recordings with this AudioTechnica:

http://www.sweetwater.com/store/detail/AT822/

[Richard Monroe]

Affordable is relative. I don't like the cheaper Sony stereo mics either, but I like this one quite a lot-

http://www.8thstreet.com/product.asp...gory=Microphon

-Richie

[junplugged]

the one i have is the sony ecm-ds70p kinda sucks i think

looks like they replaced it with the ecm-719