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I've been asked to do some quick and easy recording of various singer's vocals. It doesn't have to be studio quality, just a good level, and I think it would be easiest taking the signal straight off the mixing desk. I'm thinking of something like a [url="http://www.roland.com/products/en/_support/om.cfm?ln=en&dsp=0&iCncd=1072"]Roland Edirol R-09[/url] as it's quick, easy and pocket-size portable.

Any thought's / experience?

Ta

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I use the Edirol R-09. The built-in stereo mic is great for recording a band in a room for example. However, it can be a bit 'hissy' if you're recording say just a single voice, for example spoken word. I'd recommend plugging in a mic for that kind of thing. I think it's great for informal recordings though and highly portable/pocketable and very light.

The Zoom H4 has a few more pro features, like XLR inputs, but i here the pre-amps aren't that great. It's also a bit bigger. There's a review here [url="http://digitalmedia.oreilly.com/pub/a/oreilly/digitalmedia/2007/02/01/review-zoom-h4-handy-recorder.html?page=1"]http://digitalmedia.oreilly.com/pub/a/orei...der.html?page=1[/url]

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[quote name='Hamster' post='6283' date='May 25 2007, 08:50 AM']I've been asked to do some quick and easy recording of various singer's vocals. It doesn't have to be studio quality, just a good level, and I think it would be easiest taking the signal straight off the mixing desk. I'm thinking of something like a [url="http://www.roland.com/products/en/_support/om.cfm?ln=en&dsp=0&iCncd=1072"]Roland Edirol R-09[/url] as it's quick, easy and pocket-size portable.

Any thought's / experience?

Ta

Hamster[/quote]

I have a micro br and it is brill with drum patterns, effects inc reverbs and delays and amp modelling, mp3 and 4 track recording and 32 virtual tracks you cant beat it
cheers glenn

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MB1. :)

the boss br takes a lot of beating,great for recordng at the bar ala pink floyd "ive been mad for f+++++g years" very small piece of kit/very james bond/as the ad says" no guitar case should be without one"

MB1.

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Just followed that link to the H4 review, and it appears there's going to be a smaller, simpler (and cheaper) version coming out - [url="http://www.samsontech.com/products/productpage.cfm?prodID=1916&brandID=4"]the H2[/url]. Interesting!

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The new zoom h2 is on my shopping list.

Like a smaller verison H4 but lacking the xlr sockets for using your own mics, and with 3 internal mics.

and a lot cheaper - we've got a H4 at work and it's very nice but the H2 will suit me perfectly - I'll be buying one (and give a review) as soon as they hit the shops - any day now.

Cheers
John

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Hey - I'll just add this as I got one in New York when I was there and bought an iPod (my first) as I'd seen someone using a mic on one before and asked if there was anything that was compatible - and there is from Belkin - the TuneTalk™ Stereo Mic for iPod- [url="http://catalog.belkin.com/IWCatProductPage.process?Product_Id=277661"]http://catalog.belkin.com/IWCatProductPage...oduct_Id=277661[/url] - obviously if you don't have an iPod then this is pointless, but I have one of the 30GB video ones and it works a treat, just stick it in the slot at the bottom and hit record.

The quality is really good - you can transfer the recordings straight into iTunes and the edit them as AIF or MP3 files - and as far as fitting in your pocket, this vertainly does.

Amazon sell them:
[url="http://www.amazon.co.uk/Belkin-iPOD-TUNETALK-STEREO-BLACK/dp/B000IZTCQA/ref=sr_1_6/026-2722678-3159614?ie=UTF8&s=electronics&qid=1180119383&sr=1-6"]http://www.amazon.co.uk/Belkin-iPOD-TUNETA...9383&sr=1-6[/url]


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Mike

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Thanks for the replies all. I'm going to have a look at that H2 if it comes out soon. Boss Micro also looks the business. I'm off down Denmark street / Tottenham court road on Friday to see if I can play with them all.

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