[grc] Help me choose a recorder?

[Caitlin Reading]

      Just to add to the conversation> yes the Zooms may be easy to use BUT
do practice with them !!

  I lost 8 minutes of a rare interview with Jackson Browne because I didn't
have enough understanding of

  the device before being under that kind of pressure.      c  ( Riverwest
Radio WXRW )



On Fri, Mar 6, 2015 at 9:45 PM, Susan Raybuck <
wimberleyvalleyradio at gmail.com> wrote:

> We use the Zoom H-6. Balanced inputs, can handle up to 6 mics. Durable. It
> comes with many built in mic options, but you can also plug in any mic.
> Very good sound quality. Not something I'd check out to student interns and
> novice reporters however, not because it's hard to use (it isn't). Not in
> the price range where I'd do that. Between $500-700 (with all the mics and
> options, plus a really durable case). Uses a removable SD card. Considering
> all the quality we are getting, it's a very good deal.
>
> We have used it to record interviews with a host and up to 3 musicians
> with separate tracks for voice and instrument.
>
> Susan
>
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> Susan Raybuck
> KWVH
> www.wimberleyvalleyradio.org
> (512) 722-3266
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> On Mar 6, 2015, at 9:21 AM, David Goodman wrote:
>
> Nobody beats Marantz for ruggedness. But I've dropped my Zoom H4n and as
> they say in advertising: "takes a licking and keeps on ticking..."
> dg
>
> On Fri, Mar 6, 2015 at 10:01 AM, Paul Bame <bame at riverrock.org> wrote:
>
> >
> >
> > Olympus LS-10 can sometimes be found used for a reasonable price.
> > Compact.
> > Metal case, quiet rotary controls for record and monitor volume
> > which can be used
> > while using the internal mics, which are quite decent,
> > without causing case
> > noise. Nice selection of recording modes including
> > pseudo-directional, and
> > automatic, or manual, level control with decent
> > meters.
> > Uses AA batteries which increases flexibility in the field over
> > recorders
> > with custom or wired-in rechargeables. Has consumer-grade
> > low-voltage
> > phantom power.
> >
> > Downsides: external mic connector is stereo
> > mini (no XLR or 1/4"). With an 8GB
> > add-on card, it can take a minute for
> > the USB side of things to warm up.
> > Cost.
> >
> > I find that the high build
> > quality is immediately obvious as soon as one is picked
> > up and makes the
> > Zooms, which are fine in their own right, seem like fragile
> > plastic
> > toys.
> >
> > -p
> >
> > On 2015-02-26 13:46, Brian Shiratsuki wrote:
> >> On Tue, Feb
> > 24, 2015 at 12:05 AM, Frieda Werden <wings at wings.org> wrote:
> >>> My old
> > Zoom H2 is dying (both the external power supply and the line-in no
> >>>
> > longer function) and I'm looking to choose a replacement...
> >>
> >> well,
> > transom likes the sony m10. two other favored models are by
> >> tascam,
> > and the third by sound devices is pricey and weighs ``less
> >> than three
> > pounds.'' B&H offers the sony in three colors for $200.
> >>
> >> no
> > experience here with portable recorders. however i have had two
> >> pocket
> > audio devices (smart phones, as they call them) fail due to
> >> lint. a
> > palm centro collected lint in the headphone / mic jack; the
> >> internal
> > mic connection became flakey and eventually failed. applying
> >> a
> > toothpick restored function.
> >>
> >> more recently a nexus 4 became
> > difficult to charge through its micro
> >> USB charge / data connector. i
> > had a wireless qi charger in my virtual
> >> shopping cart before figuring
> > out how to clean out the connector using
> >> small pieces of thin
> > cardboard.
> >>
> >> so maybe you can save the H2, if only for use as a
> > backup.
> >>
> >> brian s
> >>
> >>
> >>
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