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thank you for your help, i think i'll go for the solution of a stereo mic on battery and MD recorder. cheap, and the good thing about having something not too valuable is that you can have it with you all the time. not like my expansive akg. thanx everybody. stéphane http://www.clumsybeats.org --- William Walker <billwalker@baymoon.com> a écrit : > I would suggest a different route. You may not need > the absolute best mics > for field recording. I use an ECM-MS907, that runs > on one double a battery > and has two polar patterns and is capable a 120 > degree stereo field. I > recorded everything from woodpeckers to parades with > that little mic, into > my sony mini disc player, and guess what, a > waterfall sounds like a > waterfall, and singing swallows sound like singing > swallows. My point is we > have all become so spec and bit resolution > conscious. I have recorded some > of my best stuff onto mini disc direct off a mixing > board and when I listen > to it, I'm not thinking, hmmmm that sounds > compressed, I'm more likely to be > thinking , ouch there was a mistake in my playing. > Ha Ha, so I say, save > your good mics from the elements , save your money > and time trying to find > an good sounding, inexpensive battery powered mic > pre (I'm not sure they > exist), and buy one of the sony mics designed to > plug in to the 1/8th stereo > pre on the mini disc recorder. They sound good and I > own some very good mics > myself. The one I bought cost about $120 US. > Bill > > -----Original Message----- > From: obadia [mailto:firlgriend@yahoo.fr] > Sent: Thursday, August 11, 2005 9:09 AM > To: Loopers-Delight@loopers-delight.com > Subject: [OT] preamp for MD and fieldrecordings > > > hello, > this is completely off topic but... do you have any > good tips about portable preamps? > i have 2 excellent AKG mics, xlr static mic, they > need > a preamp and i'd like to use a mini-disc to record > outside. i know mini-disc are not the best because > of > the compression but i can't afford a DAT or these > nice > m-audio recorders. > any tip? > > thank you > > stéphane > > > > > > > ___________________________________________________________________________ > Appel audio GRATUIT partout dans le monde avec le > nouveau Yahoo! Messenger > Téléchargez cette version sur > http://fr.messenger.yahoo.com > > > > > ___________ Stéphane Obadia obadia@clumsybeats.org http://www.clumsybeats.org http://www.12rec.net/release_robsteady_019.htm ___________________________________________________________________________ Appel audio GRATUIT partout dans le monde avec le nouveau Yahoo! Messenger Téléchargez cette version sur http://fr.messenger.yahoo.com