What are you wanting to record? Do you want omnidirectional or cardioid mics?and yes, you can do this going into the 1/8" line in on most budget portable recorders, but you'll need a small preamp, probably running on a 9V battery, to both power your microphones and boost the signal going to the recorder.
If you're looking for small cardioids that you can clip to your lapels or shirt or whatever, and a small preamp to power them, I recommend you check out Church Audio, www.church-audio.com. For a pair of cardioids and a preamp that fits in your pocket you'd be looking at about $300 Canadian, which is something around $280 US.
I record lots of concerts using DPA 4060's, tiny omnidirectional microphones, a Church Audio 9100 preamp in one pocket, and a cable running through the beltloops on my jeans to my other pocket containing a Sony PCM10 recorder. You'd be looking at a couple hundred for the recorder, about $150 for the preamp, and maybe $450 for a used pair of DPA microphones.
Chris At 05:00 PM 4/15/2014, you wrote:
Hello,What is "a good stereo mic setup" that you can use with a recorder with a line-in? I didn't know you could do stereo through a small eighth inch set-up. Do the olympus recorders have 2 eighth inch jacks?thanks, Brandon Keith Biggs On 4/15/2014 9:00 AM, D!J!X! wrote:Nowadays, stereo sounds and even 5.1 are a common thing. I'd say the budget way to do it is use a recorder with good low noise levels, like 1 of the olympus line, with a good stereo mic setup. If you want to go pro, you'll unfortunately have to spend more than 500, as allot of sound libraries are done with multiple mics at multiple locations, multiple pickup patterns etc. You also want to make sure your card can do high-quality sounds at high rates, say 24 bits at at least 48k, though 88 and 192 are also becoming the standards for these kinds of stuff. If you are just recording to use in a personal project, then you should be fine with what you can get, as long as you are happy with the results. But if you are serious about it, then you'll need to invest, just like anything else. HTH, D!J!X! -----Original Message----- From: ddots-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:ddots-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Brandon Keith Biggs Sent: Tuesday, April 15, 2014 2:35 AM To: ddots-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [ddots-l] Recording sound effects in the field? Hello, I am really starting to get into recording sound effects and would like to get some people's thoughts: I have several devices and I am wondering what the best way of putting them together would be. Also, if anyone has any ideas on what equipment I should get, please let me know: recorders: Braille Sense (not the typical recorder, but with a line-in it sounds fantastic!) Braille Plus (not typical, but has some pretty good built-in speakers as well as a line-in feature) I also have a Sony recorder that has a really bad built-in mic, but also has a line-in and is probably as good as the other devices A windows 7 laptop (has a loud fan, so I would rather not use it, unless I can make sure the computer is not in the room I'm recording in) I also have an IPhone (Has a really good built-in mic for vocals, but the mic has a compressor that is annoying) Mics: I have the onboard mics for each of the above devices and I also have: Shure PG 42 USB mic Shure SM 47 (typical) Shure SM 58 (typical) typical means that they are connected through an xlr cable. I am not 100% sure if this is a good idea, but I plugged the USB of the PG 42 into the Braille sense and strung an eighth inch to eighth inch cable from the mixer plug (the pg42 has its own sound-card and that has a headphone jack) to the line-in of the Braille sense. That seemed to come out really great, although it was not stereo. I don't know if the Braille sense is the right power for the PG42, but I didn't have any explosions when I tried it... I am trying to figure out if I should invest in an eighth inch mic, or if I can possibly use what I have. I don't currently have a sound card, but I was either thinking: 1. the Roland Duo-Capture or 2. Roland Quad-Capture the duo has batteries that are strong enough to provide mics like the SM47 with power, so I could then either take my computer along with me to the sound recording place, or do the USB hook-up that I did with the PG 42 on the Braille Sense. The Quad would stay home and I would just use it for instrumental recordings, sound effects that are able to be recorded in the studio and if I did get a new computer, I could take it to a few places where I need to grab sounds. It would not stay in my backpack. I am mostly wanting to do sound effects, but I am a musician, so I do currently use the PG42 or IPhone to record me for competitions and what not. If I did get good at editing, I may explore recording other music, but that doesn't seem too likely at the moment. I really would like to get stereo sound, but if the cost for stereo is prohibitive (over $500), I will probably just use Haas Effect in all my mono recordings. I would eventually like to get a couple omni directional mics and strap them together with a foam disk in between them, so it sounds like human ears. But that is kind of expensive and I'm not 100% sure how I would record something like that. For sound effects, portability and quick set-up time is very important. I'm not sure carrying around a sound card would be the best idea, but I would like to know what other people think. thank you, -- Brandon Keith Biggs PLEASE READ THIS FOOTER AT LEAST ONCE! 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