Steve House |
February 13th, 2008 05:03 PM |
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Originally Posted by John M. McCloskey
(Post 825835)
very close to making a purchase for the Sound Devices 702T to use in conjuction with a AT4050. From what I have heard and read this would be a great duo in recording broadcast quality studio V/O. I would like to make sure I am not leaving any rock unturned as to options I may have overlooked. Please if you would do something different I would enjoy hearing your suggestions. THX
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If you're doing VO you'll probably also be editing the recording and possibly mating it to video. While the 702 is certainly a great recorder and does a thoroughly professional job in every respect, if you're in the studio and have a computer with audio interface and editing software, as it's likely you would if you're doing VO work, the separate recorder becomes redundent. Why record to the SD and transfer the file to the computer for editing when you can record directly into the computer and cut out the middleman? Set up a recording chain of microphone->small mixer with good preamps->good audio interface->workstation and add your choice of audio editing software such as Sony Soundforge or Vegas, Adobe Audition, or what have you.
I personally chose a Mackie 1642 mixing desk and an Echo Audiofire 8 interface to feed my workstation but there are a number of other similar options you might explore. For the price of the SD recorder you could buy both of those and still have money leftover to get a passable set of monitor speakers and some acoustic conditioning.
If you have the need for field or location recording that's another story altogether. That's where the stand-alone recorder comes into its own. (Although even there, there's a lot of excellent work is being done with a good mixer/interface combination feeding a laptop.)
Just some thoughts to help you decide....
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