Consul
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In an effort to swing the discussion away from politics for a few minutes, I've been entertaining some ideas on making a very portable field recording setup for grabbing samples and impulse responses out in the big bad world for my evil musique concrète numérique purposes.
The Mic
I'd imagine field recordists prefer directional capsules. I have a collection of directional electret capsules to use in something or other, and it might as well be this. Electrets are nice and flat, and in a good circuit can really shine. This could be wrapped up with a clean and straightforward mic preamp for an all-in-one mic that can go straight into a recorder.
The Recorder
This is where I'd probably have to buy something. It can't be expensive, but it also doesn't need a built in mic or mic preamp. 24-bit at 44.1khz would be preferable, and the ability to record raw (ie, no data compression) would be, I would say, vital.
I suppose a laptop with a decent USB AD/DA would do the trick. It would be really nice to have something that could just slip into my pocket, though.
Piezo Pickups
For those times when I'd rather slap and tape on the mic for recording, a handful of piezo discs would be pretty handy. I'd need to figure out a buffer circuit for these so the signal can feed an A/D to avoid letting the magic smoke out of my precious field recorder.
This just might finally be my chance to dive headfirst into this "making things" addiction and be just like Bre Pettis only less dorky. If nothing else, the brainstorming is always fun.
The Mic
I'd imagine field recordists prefer directional capsules. I have a collection of directional electret capsules to use in something or other, and it might as well be this. Electrets are nice and flat, and in a good circuit can really shine. This could be wrapped up with a clean and straightforward mic preamp for an all-in-one mic that can go straight into a recorder.
The Recorder
This is where I'd probably have to buy something. It can't be expensive, but it also doesn't need a built in mic or mic preamp. 24-bit at 44.1khz would be preferable, and the ability to record raw (ie, no data compression) would be, I would say, vital.
I suppose a laptop with a decent USB AD/DA would do the trick. It would be really nice to have something that could just slip into my pocket, though.
Piezo Pickups
For those times when I'd rather slap and tape on the mic for recording, a handful of piezo discs would be pretty handy. I'd need to figure out a buffer circuit for these so the signal can feed an A/D to avoid letting the magic smoke out of my precious field recorder.
This just might finally be my chance to dive headfirst into this "making things" addiction and be just like Bre Pettis only less dorky. If nothing else, the brainstorming is always fun.