Re: portable hand field recorders

[Per Boysen <perboysen@gmail.com>]

Hi Luis,

Of course it's 100 percent live! We recorded it with the stereo mic  
of the H4 to a 44,1 kHz stereo wav file. We actually played for two  
hours. Or more actually, but the batteries of the H4 stopped after  
two hours ;-)  Then we divided the long improvisation into twelve  
shorter parts that make sense as pieces in their own right. It was a  
great experience to set up a good PA sound and record it acoustically  
with stereo mic's in the room. You can hear me and my buddy making  
some acoustic noise while playing, one guy to the left and one guy to  
the right. And then you hear our noise coming out of the stereo  
speaker system with reverb or wicked Mobius rate shift effects etc. I  
have always found it difficult to achieve that close-up presence when  
taking a bunch of line-out signals and mix them into a stereo  
master.  I will definitely record more acoustically with the H4. We  
also wanted to go to a nearby temple and record acoustic flute duo's  
with the almost infinite reverb of that building but time became too  
short to make that on the same day. Since that temple have only a  
floor and a concave ceiling on pillars we have to do it on a day with  
almost no wind at all, because the H4 mic's are sensitive to outdoors  
(that is if you don't use the covering, but I don't like the covering  
because it alters the high frequencies recorded).

Per


On 23 apr 2007, at 11.04, L.A. Angulo wrote:

> Per i am impressed man thank you for the
> recomendation!
> are these 100% live or did you do any post mastering?
> cheers
> Luis
>
>
>
>
> --- Per Boysen <perboysen@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> On 23 apr 2007, at 10.11, L.A. Angulo wrote:
>>
>>> gang,
>>> i got rid of my marantz CDr300 i realized that it
>>> weasnt really practical and quite bulky to be
>> carrying
>>> i need something really portable and easy to
>> operat
>>> like the old portable tape recorders(too bad i got
>> rid
>>> of my old one) that fits in my hand but digital
>> with
>>> mic and 1/4" inputs usb options and all the new
>>> goodies with a good sound without the need of
>>> connecting x-tra micros or xpensive xtra battery
>>> charge device to record sounds,
>> rehearsals,speeches
>>> etc.
>>
>>
>> Luis,
>>
>> Check out the Zoom H4. I bought one last year for
>> the same purpose
>> you are up for. I can't recommend it enough! I can't
>> recommend it to
>> use "as soundcard" though. The built-in stereo mic's
>> are excellent.
>> To give a sounding example, I recorded the two Lo Fi
>> Lazer pieces
>> with the H4:
>> http://www.looproom.com/listening.php
>>
>> Greetings from Sweden
>>
>> Per Boysen
>> www.boysen.se (Swedish)
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>>
>>
>>
>
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Greetings from Sweden

Per Boysen
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