[Harp-L] recording your own practices

[Eric Chard <jeric@xxxxxx>]

Subject: RE: [Harp-L] recording your own practices

"Thanks Richard (and everyone else who has responded).  The main reason I
took the cassette recorder back was the recordings included the sound of
tape wheels winding during the recording process.  <SNIP>"

"I'm not necessarily looking for studio quality, but I'd like something that
avoids excessive background noise, and at the least the noise that the
machine makes itself.  I agree the minidisc option is much more expensive."

1) mechanism noises: this is directly related to using the internal 
mic -- even the cheapest mic will eliminate that.  I happen to have a 
cheapo lavalier from Radio Shack and it definitely improves the 
quality at a minimal price ( <$10).  It requires a small watch 
battery, so that make is a ??? condenser mic?  (Keep a spare handy 
for that invevitable time you leave it on:  OTOH, I left mine on for 
four days and it didn't run down.)

2)  I musta been mistaken in thinking that mini-disk had been 
discontinued as an active format.  Have any new MD machines hit the 
market in years??



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