Subject: Re: [linux-audio-dev] sound studio setup
From: Steve Harris (S.W.Harris_AT_ecs.soton.ac.uk)
Date: Fri Feb 09 2001 - 14:08:42 EET
On Fri, Feb 09, 2001 at 03:35:01AM +0100, David Olofson wrote:
> > The RME9652 is fantastic. Don't forget to get a couple of cheap
> > ADATs (LX20s are nice) and maybe a digital mixer that can read ADAT
> > signals. A DAT machine (not ADAT, but DAT) is nice too, but some
> > may prefer minidisc.
>
> Note: MD compresses to some 20% of the raw data size. I have no
> personal experience of the actual quality, though.
The sound is definatly different, and I wouldn't use minidisc's for
copying masters, but I actually quite like the subtle expanding effect
you get from the best codecs, and the format is very durable, and
convieninet. DAT is just so icky, helican scan, yuk.
> For vocals in not-so-quiet environments, the Samson Qmic is an
> incredibly affordable alternative. Then there are the Shure classics
> and "remakes" of course, SM-57, SM-58 etc. A bit on the harch side
> was my first impression, but you really have to take a mike home and
> do some serious recording with it before you know.
I would go with a cheap condenser, rather than a dynamic. Something like
the Rode NT3, not that much more than a SM5x. Never seens a samson qmix,
is that samson as in amps?
FWIW you get the proximity effect with all cardiod mics, it's a side
effect of the way cardiod filtering works. High end mics tend to be
switchable between omni/bipolar/cardiod.
- Steve
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