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-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Well, I've sold my Microtrack 11 to one of my piano students and have moved on to an upgraded Tascam HD P2--- and within my limited experience, and in my humble opinion, this recorder kick ass. Dead quiet preamps...

I moved thread to recording techniques

I suggest you do what I did. Use email link on the Oade Bros. website and contact Doug Oade. I discussed my situaton with him in length and what I wanted to accomplish and he recommended which model and which upgrade would be best. He recommended lower priced models that would work for me as...

Oh, I thought you already had the Marantz.Yes the Marantz and many other field (portable) recorders have preamps with 48v phantom power. You need 48v phantom power for most condenser mics which are the type of mics you'll be most likely using. I don't know anything about other types of set ups...

Well, the environment I'm working in is less harsh---my living room--but also a challenge to get a decent sound. I was in the midst of experimenting with positioning two NT1A's as well as a pair of Pulsars when I was rudely interrupted by my Microtrack ll malfunctioning (no suprise.) Anyway...

Samsom makes some inexpensive boom stands for $29.95. They're light weight and easy to store. You'll need two of them because you may want to try a spaced pair a few feet apart (in addition to coincident pair, ORTF, NOS etc.) Cables, you'll need two XLR to XLR (one end "Male" to connect to the...

Oh, I see. A bad hair day 50% of the time. Didn't know recording brass ensembles was a specialty. Guess it would be.

You record nature sounds in the North Pole or somethin'?

man and his microphones, against the elements :D

thanks for the info--I was assuming there wouldn't be any big deal difference but wanted to double check with the Forum.

I'm not going to be doing any mixing, just sending the raw data to audio engineer, no limitng, mixing etc. Just winging it by ear.

thanks. Yeah I'm not saying that I need matched. I just noticed that you never see thaem sold online in matrched pairs and was wondering why. I was just thinking that with two ribbons used for solo piano, there wouldn't be any significant difference. Just wanted to double check-- and I'm...

If not, would their be any problem with using two ribbon mics with slighhtly different frequencies for recording acoustic solo piano?

You can go to wingfieldaudio.com to compare sound samples from all the major portable recorders. The Zoom H4N sounds to me a bit thin and bright compared to the Marantz PMD 661. The Marantz has more body to the sound. Even in the spoken word samples,the words have a "softer edge." I think the...

Well, there are a lot of opinions here and there are lots of people who know a ton more than I do, but then agian, I'm not a sound professional, I'm a musician who dicided I want to make some really good recordings (and have gathered a shitload of information here.) Keep in mind that classical...

Thanks guys for the info.

For recording classical, you don't want to pick up the mechanical noises of the piano--a "no no." Also, the sound doesn't really start to blend untill at least 4-7' out from the fully open piano lid. About 4-7' out from the bend is a good place to experiment, particularly when recording in the...

Thanks Gecko. Any reason why they would say that?

I'm recording acoustic piano solos at home. I spoke via e-mail with several audio engineers a while back about having the music files mastered, eventually, for producing a CD. The engineers told me I should make sure to record in 24/96 format. However I'm considering a possibility of recording...

You could get a Zoom HN4. Pianists on the different piano forums seem to rave about them. Haven't used it myself. They have a lot of features like 4 track and multitrack recording, plus MS decoding----the list goes on and on. Even audio engineers give them good reviews, always suprised how good...