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Here is the one I was looking at that's on sale for £10 - £35 - not sure about whether it has a switchable limiter though: http://www.minidisc.org/manuals/shar...t80_manual.pdf |
the H2 drift rate may also be a function of the chosen sampling frequency. When I got 4 frames/hour I was using 48KHz. The crystal pulses are divided down to provide the required clock, like 48KHz. Some of these synthetic frequencies will be less accurate than others.
It would be an interesting experiment to record an hours worth at each of the available sampling rates and measure the varying drift rates. It would only take a day or 2! Ian Festival Video and Audio Previews - Festival Previews Ltd |
I had this very same Minidisc recorder Peter - but it was 'lifted' from the top table. The thief left behind my table-top mic and the mic itself, but of course he took all my speeches on the disc itself. Thank goodness for backup.
Know what? I can't remember if it does have an AGC built-in, but I guess it has as I can't remember having recordings spoilt by distortion. The instruction book doesn't mention it though. tom. |
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Yep as far as I'm concerned the more backup the merrier. If I can pick up a couple of these Minidisc Recorders as backup I think I'll be much more relaxed about each wedding shoot. They're all being old pretty cheaply! I suppose not that many people use them anymore since the advent of 'hard drive' MP3 player/recorders such as the ones from Creative etc |
Isn't 2 microphones good enough for a wedding ?
1 wireless for the groom and 1 directional microphone on top of the camera. No complains from anyone so far and the sound were very good. The more microphones you use the hassle there will be. |
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I've done one wedding before only, my sister's, 8 years ago, on a boat in San Francisco, and I experienced wireless crackle and hiss just as they were about to say their vows with the captain! I immediately had to disconnect the wireless mic and resorted to the handheld shotgun I had. Ultimately I guess the sound turned out okay but that was only because I was close to them with the camera. |
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A camera mic certainly isn't good enough, and having the mic placed where the camera happens to be is invariably a huge audio compromise. Shotgun mics are still designed to be used close up to the noise - shotgun simply describing the pick-up pattern. tom. |
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As for one mic on the groom and shotgun, that's not a good setup for a professional production, but not everyone is pro. The sound you get off that groom mic is terrible, it echos, and sometimes the bride and groom whispers sweet things to each other that can't be included, if that was your main audio source you are screwed, it's only good for vows. As for a shotgun, like Tom clearly points out it's pretty useless for quality sounding audio unless you have it right in front of people or on a boom above their heads. Simple concept: expensive mic far away from speaker sounds crap, cheap mic right in front of speaker sounds awesome, placement is critical :) |
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Peter - Minidiscs are about a pound wherever you look now. You won't need to buy in bulk - they can be reused for years and years.
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