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

[Phil Driscoll]

On Wednesday 29 November 2006 18:01, gARetH baBB wrote:
> On Wed, 29 Nov 2006, Phil Driscoll wrote:
> > In terms of getting the audio into your computer, and particularly as you
> > are just experimenting at the moment, you could do much worse than buy
> > the Behringer UCA202 for £18
>
> Warning, the TI-based USB things Behringer sell are ok, but do not have
> any form of software gain/volume control (though the UCA202 I think has a
> physical control, as opposed to the cutdown UCA100 they bundle with desks)
> - they are mainly designed for using from a mixing desk, rather than
> directly from the sound source.

Indeed - but given the high likelihood of the use of condenser mics, a mixer, 
or a mic channel in a box, will have the requisite gain control, and Dave 
will have a pocket full of cash :)

> Our (www.hebradio.org) stock device for such things is an iRiver H120,
> unfortunately discontinued, but does an ok job of mic (both dynamic and
> electret) input (with a bit of post-processing) and a good job of line
> input. It is much cheaper than those listed, and far more versatile. It
> doesn't have balanced inputs, but who needs balanced inputs when the cable
> is a couple of feet long to record a talk from mics or even less for line
> input from a desk ?

I use an iRiver H120 with a pair of electrets for recording band practices. It 
is pretty good for something little bigger than an iPod. Sadly they suffer a 
periodic glitch which manifests itself as a click on one recorded channel. 
It's easy enough to clean up manually in a sound editor or with Gnu Wave 
Cleaner though.

-- 
Phil Driscoll