Hey Guys;
A friend of mine is currently traveling the
orient and wants to use his IPod for some sampling.
What or which microphone would you recommend he use?
Another friend will be meeting him in the Philippines
in a week or so, and he wants her to bring it.
It should be small and not too expensive.
The purpose will be for recording music (instruments and
chanting/singing) and maybe animal noises so, it should
make for a decent all purpose mic. as well... maybe even
amplified?
Thanks
Tweed8
mics.
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thecontrolcentre thecontrolcentre https://www.kvraudio.com/forum/memberlist.php?mode=viewprofile&u=76240 - KVRAF
- 37262 posts since 27 Jul, 2005 from Scottish Borders
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- KVRian
- 1028 posts since 20 Jun, 2007
blue makes "the ball" for $100 bucks. It's meant to be a podcaster. Don't know anything about it's quality but is blue capable of making crappy mics...? i don't think that would be their style.
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- KVRian
- 1440 posts since 16 Jul, 2003 from Zwollywood, The Netherlands (Europe)
Binaural / 'in ear' mics can capture stuff while no-one notices that you are making a recording. And, they are small and weight next to nothing (easy to take on any trip / walk).
But, they have the 'hole' in the middle effect...
But, they have the 'hole' in the middle effect...
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- KVRAF
- 2910 posts since 26 Jul, 2005 from dun unda
What I'd do is grab one of those earphone-with-microphone thingamajig's and record with the minijack put to the mic instead of the speaker.
Course, if you're looking for high quality stuff, chances are you're better off buying that handheld USB recorder a certain company is selling. (saw it in my Computer Music special magaszine.)
Course, if you're looking for high quality stuff, chances are you're better off buying that handheld USB recorder a certain company is selling. (saw it in my Computer Music special magaszine.)
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- KVRAF
- 20922 posts since 22 Nov, 2000 from Southern California
I'm curious to find out how your friend intends to plug the mic into the iPod. There's the Belkin Universal Mic Adapter http://catalog.belkin.com/IWCatProductP ... _Id=169368 but it's mono and records at 8kHz sampling rate.
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- KVRAF
- 12235 posts since 18 Aug, 2003
Perhaps he is merely using the term "iPod" for "portable mp3 player" in the same way some people say "Kleenex" to mean "tissue." I have a portable mp3 player that has line in and can record to 16/44.1k .stereo .wav files.
I use a stereo Sony mic, not bad for just recording sounds on the fly. I wouldn't use it to record the dialogue for a big budget movie or anything, but it's good for grabbing sounds here and there. And cheap enough that if I ever were to lose or break it (something very easy to do when travelling) I wouldn't regret the loss.
I use a stereo Sony mic, not bad for just recording sounds on the fly. I wouldn't use it to record the dialogue for a big budget movie or anything, but it's good for grabbing sounds here and there. And cheap enough that if I ever were to lose or break it (something very easy to do when travelling) I wouldn't regret the loss.