What is the best outdoor digital recorder (stereo preferred) to capture live, outdoors concerts? It has to be pocketable of course.
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Best pocket digital recorder for outdoor concerts?
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I've been thinking about getting a little flash recorder for a while now but have beeb hesitant because I don't know what the quality would be like.
How would it fair when having to record a *very loud* live performance?
How would it fair when having to record a *very loud* live performance?
The price/performance ratio on flash-based recorders over MD just doesn't make sense to me for for casual use.
You clearly have a specific task in mind.
Try posting your budget and goals. We can help ... we just need enough info to do so.
You clearly have a specific task in mind.
Try posting your budget and goals. We can help ... we just need enough info to do so.
Budget is <£40. My goals are simply to get the best/clearest possible recording quality of a live band (drums, bass, guitars, vocals) in a crowded indoor venue.
No, gigs I go to cost in the £5 - £15 regions. I don't with to record at these gigs though, I want to record university bands that play live shows on campus.
anything approaching a decent recording starts w/ mic placement, up near the instruments and away from the crowds. if you're doing a kind of engineering thing for the band (i.e. with their permission), 40 quid will get you a couple mic cables and not much else.
if you're planning on recording on the sly from the crowd, save your money and borrow a video camera to try out as a recording device. that's what a handheld recorder from the crowd will sound like.
if you're planning on recording on the sly from the crowd, save your money and borrow a video camera to try out as a recording device. that's what a handheld recorder from the crowd will sound like.
M-Audio, Zoom and Edirol also have flash recorders but you're looking at $300 $400 and up, plus microphones if the built in ones don't cut it.
I know that this is the best way to record a band, but I was simply wondering if you can get a sound that is anywhere near acceptable using just a handheld recorder. I'm a Music and Sound Technologu undergraduate, I swear I'm not completely ignorant in this topic, I've just had no experience whatsoever with handheld recorders
Okay thanks, I'll do a bit of research and try it out in a couple of weeks, I'm sure I can borrow a Minidisk recorder from someone. Thanks for the help.
Yeah there's a cheaper copy of the Sony device above. One that is only like $300, but looks and operates similarly. Works quite well I've heard. I cannot recall the manufacturer.
Edit: I think it's the Zoom one. Someone mentioned how it works pretty good.
Go to www.taperssection.com and browse around there. Lots of options here, but very few in that low price range.