MD preamps

[BobHaymond]

I am new to home recording so I don't know what I'm talking about but maybe some of yawl can help me. I am setting up a home studio for hard disk recording. I will prbably be using two C1's and either a Mackie 1402 or somthing like a PreSonus MP20. Now to the question: my son in Atlanta is into bluegrass and intends to use MD recording. Do the mics us in MD not require preamps? If I had my mics and the Mackie could I run it to a MD? Are there MD's that are higher fidelity than others with or without preamplification? Any help would be appreciated.

 

[The Green Hornet]

Yo Bob: Did you know that Bob spelled backwards is BOB?

That's called a palindrome.

Like, radar spelled backwards is, of course, RADAR. So much for The world of English.

I don't quite understand your question. If you use an MD-8 recorder by Yam, it does have mic preamps built in. Oh, like man, they are not the best, but they do a nice job. I use an ART mic pre and boost the signal by 20 dbs. Great vocals if you know how to control the input/output/reverb/etc. Lots of work involved in mixing down to any format.

So, if you make your question clearer, I might be able to answer you in a succinct manner.

Green Hornet

 

[BobHaymond]

Able was I ere I saw Elba

You did indeed give me much of what i was asking. Not being familiar with MD, it was not clear to me whether or not there was any preamplification. It could have been that one simply used a different type of mic. As you replied, there is built in pre amplification. I also gather from your reply, that I could very likely use my mics and pres with such units.

Again, are there accepted units with better fidelity than others?

Thanks for your attention. BH

 

[GraveRocker]

There's lots of MD recorders on the market, but only a few multitracks. I think the Yamaha MD4S 4-track has the most recent ATRAC version. I've only used my MD8, so I don't have any experience with other units. The link below may offer some help on other MD multitracks. I've done some acoustic recording with the MD8 and got pretty good results. I don't think there's a whole lot of difference between units.

http://www.minidisc.org/

BTW I saw a reconditioned MD8 at my local GC (Falls Church, VA) for $499.00 this past weekend.