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Post by trev on Aug 27, 2004 17:13:23 GMT 7
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Post by anti on Aug 28, 2004 8:19:13 GMT 7
wow!
let us know how the hi-md's go, ive been wondering what they would be like.
do u think you also would need a pre-amp for recording concerts?
how much did u pay for this?
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Post by trev on Aug 29, 2004 9:56:35 GMT 7
Well i paid $661 for the lot, got a pretty good deal since retail was about $1,000 for both and the jb hi-fi shelf price was $950 for both. The mic is the same one i had last time back in 2001, before my old MD and mic got stolen at the Big Day Out 2002. It's not too bad, doesn't need a pre-amp, handles loud levels really well with not much popping or distortion and is pretty cheap. Only down side is the frequency range, it's only 100 - 15,000 hz But actually sounds better than what you would expect. I'm probably gonna save up for the big brother version of that mic, identical except bigger and better  50 - 18,000 hz, which is pretty damn close to CD frequency 20 - 20,000 hz But that's about $500, so i'll definately do my research first. Yeah the HiMD looks awesome so far, no problems using the old MD discs re-formatted and you still get nearly 3 hours of recording at HiSP mode on a 74 min MD, which is at better quality than old MD atrac. I was able to boot jebediah at the hi-fi last night, may have been recorded at too high volume, i haven't listened to it closely yet, but sounds better than average. i might try and put up some samples if i can. |
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Post by anti on Sept 1, 2004 18:54:13 GMT 7
how would you position the mic? would you just hold it?
have you tried transfering the hi-md to the computer yet? ive heard different things about the difficulty to do this
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Post by trev on Sept 5, 2004 12:31:42 GMT 7
haven't tried the PC transfer yet, I read somewhere in the manual that some discs might only be allowed one USB transfer, so I want to experiment with some un-important recordings first, all i have are my own demos or boot masters at the moment.
Yeah so far all i've done is found a good spot for stereo sound, and held the mic around head height near my shoulder so it get's the same sound my ears would. but if i have access to a table or something that's high enough to get good treble I use that instead, like at Jebediah i was able to use the mixing desk.
Friday night at the espy i experimented with the mic hanging out of my jacket breast height pocket, and that sounded pretty good too, but i haven't listened to it properly yet.
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Post by corgancobain on Jul 20, 2005 10:25:15 GMT 7
Hey, I'll be going to Billy corgans solo show next week and im thinking of bootlegging it. ive never bootlegged before so i just wanna get som good pointers,
First of all im only 15 so i dont go to that many gigs and dont have much money to be buying mds and all that.
I have a Sony microcassette clear voice plus recorder and i also have an mp3 player, both have built in mics, so im just wondering your opinion on which one to use and also where to possition them, im sitting 7 rows from the front.
I also read that someone puts it on thop of their head then puts a beanie on then puts the hood from their jumper on, would this work well?
Let me know
Thanks
Rhys
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Post by *Shard of Glass* on Jul 20, 2005 10:28:43 GMT 7
Well i paid $661 for the lot, got a pretty good deal since retail was about $1,000 for both and the jb hi-fi shelf price was $950 for both. The mic is the same one i had last time back in 2001, before my old MD and mic got stolen at the Big Day Out 2002. It's not too bad, doesn't need a pre-amp, handles loud levels really well with not much popping or distortion and is pretty cheap. Only down side is the frequency range, it's only 100 - 15,000 hz But actually sounds better than what you would expect. I'm probably gonna save up for the big brother version of that mic, identical except bigger and better 50 - 18,000 hz, which is pretty damn close to CD frequency 20 - 20,000 hz But that's about $500, so i'll definately do my research first. Yeah the HiMD looks awesome so far, no problems using the old MD discs re-formatted and you still get nearly 3 hours of recording at HiSP mode on a 74 min MD, which is at better quality than old MD atrac. I was able to boot jebediah at the hi-fi last night, may have been recorded at too high volume, i haven't listened to it closely yet, but sounds better than average. i might try and put up some samples if i can. hmmmm, you do notice the difference between the distance of 20hz to 50 hz though. |
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Post by Josh on Jul 20, 2005 12:53:26 GMT 7
Hey, I'll be going to Billy corgans solo show next week and im thinking of bootlegging it. ive never bootlegged before so i just wanna get som good pointers, First of all im only 15 so i dont go to that many gigs and dont have much money to be buying mds and all that. I have a Sony microcassette clear voice plus recorder and i also have an mp3 player, both have built in mics, so im just wondering your opinion on which one to use and also where to possition them, im sitting 7 rows from the front. I also read that someone puts it on thop of their head then puts a beanie on then puts the hood from their jumper on, would this work well? Let me know Thanks Rhys yeah i dont think that will do the job... to get good quality or anything...  |
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Post by *Shard of Glass* on Jul 21, 2005 9:50:11 GMT 7
Hey, I'll be going to Billy corgans solo show next week and im thinking of bootlegging it. ive never bootlegged before so i just wanna get som good pointers, First of all im only 15 so i dont go to that many gigs and dont have much money to be buying mds and all that. I have a Sony microcassette clear voice plus recorder and i also have an mp3 player, both have built in mics, so im just wondering your opinion on which one to use and also where to possition them, im sitting 7 rows from the front. I also read that someone puts it on thop of their head then puts a beanie on then puts the hood from their jumper on, would this work well? Let me know Thanks Rhys yeah i dont think that will do the job... to get good quality or anything... Yeah, that's gonna sound muffled and crud. You'll lose all the highend frequencies, that are hard to get recording bootlegs as it is! |
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Post by hummer on Jul 23, 2005 16:08:00 GMT 7
Does this mean we could expect a recording of Billy's gig in Melbourne. If so.................. I want to place an order..........  ?? Stuart |
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Post by corgancobain on Jul 24, 2005 10:09:54 GMT 7
ive decided to go with the mp3 player, which is very small, so that i can hold it in my hand, then transfer it to pc, ill b in row H seat 34 in the stalls if anyone wants to say hi.
I'll let you know about copies, when i listen to it ill c how good it is
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Post by Josh on Jul 24, 2005 12:52:35 GMT 7
dont think your going to get a very good recording
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Post by *Shard of Glass* on Jul 25, 2005 8:21:43 GMT 7
dont think your going to get a very good recording I agree. |
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Post by whir on Jul 26, 2005 19:45:54 GMT 7
I have an iaudio X5 which i got because it can handle lossless FLAC files. it has a line in record MAX bitrate of 320 in MP3... i wouldn't expect a great recording from it, however, it would be better then none.
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Post by corgancobain on Aug 7, 2005 9:32:07 GMT 7
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Post by corgancobain on Aug 7, 2005 12:25:05 GMT 7
sorry to leave so much posts (is that why im getting so much bad karma?, please leave me some good karma!) anyway Ive seen this mic at dick smith, is it any good?
Directional characteristics: Omnidirectional
Frequency: 70 Hz - 16000 Hz
Impedance: 1000 ohm +- 20 % (at 1000 Hz)
Sensitivity: -65 db +-3 db
Control box with On/Off switch (Material: Plastic)
Operating volt: DC 1.5V (LR 44)
Plug: 3.5mm plug
Cord length: 1000mm Length - Connecting cable
350mm Length - Output cable
With Battery
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Post by corgancobain on Aug 10, 2005 18:13:56 GMT 7
got me a sony minidisk MZ-R70
Anybody got a good mike they want taken off there hands?
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Post by *Shard of Glass* on Aug 17, 2005 13:46:40 GMT 7
Probably not.
The fact its from Dick Smith should probably tell you that.
The frequency range is quite poor.
And any mic. with a on/off switch, and built in cable = cheap and nasty.
But go with what you can afford of course.
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Post by corgancobain on Aug 17, 2005 17:50:09 GMT 7
nah ive forgot about that one, ive just bought a sony stereo unidirectional ECM - ds70p from ebay, for 55 bucks (which is pretty good they are 140 in shops)
It seems alright, it has a SPL of 110db
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it's been too long.
