Re: OT -- Gear for field recording industrial sounds

["Bohus Blahut" <bohus@xnet.com>]

 >A friend of mine("Brian D. Solomon" <brian@goodread.com>) wants to
 >do a project involving field recording of old and very noisy diesel
 >locomotives, and is looking for advice on microphones and recording
 >gear.

    I know a lot of folks who use MiniDisc to record sounds for films,
looping, binaural nature recording, etc.  It's a nice little format, and 
not
as expensive to get into as DAT.  Having said that, you'll find lots of
great advice at the DAT-heads mailing list and also at www.minidisc.org.
You can also write to the mailing list at MD-L@amulation.com

- Bohus Blahut
  (BOH-hoosh BLAH-hoot)

  modern filmmaker