[Wylug-discuss] Seeking Advice: Quality Mobile Sound Recording

[Peter Nix]

_The_ book:

The Sound Studio: Audio Techniques for Radio, Television, Film and  
Recording (Paperback)
by Alec Nisbett

Paperback: 400 pages
Publisher: Focal Press; 7th Edition edition (7 Jul 2003)
Language English
ISBN: 0240519116



On 28 Nov 2006, at 14:40, Dave Fisher wrote:

> On Tue, Nov 28, 2006 at 01:58:39PM +0000, Gareth Eason wrote:
>> 	What do you want to use it for? What type of recording are you
>> 	doing? What kind of microphones / instruments / audio are you  
>> hoping to
>> connect in and capture? What is your target media? CD? weblog?  
>> podcast?
>>
>> 	What you should and should not purchase depends almost totally on
>> 	what you're trying to achieve. Do let me know and if I can help I  
>> will.
>
> Hi Gareth,
>
> There's an awful lot of questions there. I'll try to answer them in
> turn, but please be patient, because I'm quite ignorant of even basic
> concepts in sound enginering.
>
> I'm planning a podcasting project as a learning exercise.
>
> I don't expect to be able to produce quality output for quite some  
> time.
>
> The initial objective is, rather, to 'learn by doing'.  Not least,
> because, merely reading-up on the subject gives very little useful
> insight into the practical mechanics.
>
>   1. What do you want to use it for?  What type of recording are you
>   doing?
>
>      Field recording, initially interviews, later acoustic music.
>      Often in places with lots of ambient noise (e.g. pubs).
>
>   2. What kind of microphones?
>
>      I don't understand the technology well enough to be sure, but
>      dynamic microphones sound like the right thing (unintended  
> pun) for
>      basic voice recording.
>
>        http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ 
> Dynamic_microphone#Dynamic_microphones
>
>      Several people have recommended the Shure SM58:
>
>        http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SM58
>
>      Eventually, I'll want to record acoustic music.  I imagine that a
>      suitable form of mic will be needed for that, since most
>      instruments won't have electric pick-ups.
>
>   3. What sort of instruments are you hoping to connect in and  
> capture?
>
>      Traditional instruments. Guitar, mandolin, fiddle, accordion,
>      harmonica, ... all the 'folky stuff'.
>
>
>   4. What is your target medium?
>
>      Ogg podcasting initially, possibly using bittorrent for larger
>      files.
>
> In effect, the first milestone is to capture interviews with
> singers/musicians and publish edited versions as podcasts.
>
> I hope that makes things a bit clearer.
>
> Dave
>
>
>
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