Rockbox Ports are now being developed for various digital audio players!
I haven't used the supplied mic in ages, but my recollection is that it is "better" only in that it will pick up less noise from the hard drive. I wouldn't use either one for anything other than voice recording. If you plan to record music, invest in a decent stereo mic.
there is a recording thread on misticriver, and you can also go to www.taperssection.com, but the latter only really talks about good mics...I used to have a skytronic lapel mic (see misticriver) that was quite good and dirt cheap
I just went out and bought the Radio Shack tie-clip omnidirectional microphone #33-3013, a $25+tax investment. I heard it's very good. Don't know about a preamp for it. It uses a 357 cell, but I think it will maybe work OK with the H1xx with or without the cell. In any case, I already have extra cells.
Is it possible to use a flash card with an H1xx alternately with a 1.8" HD? I don't know that I'd want to permanently use a card with it because of limited capacity.
Question: What jack would I plug this microphone into?
The Radio Shack mic's performance is marginally superior to that of the supplied external mic, if at all. Maybe I just wasn't talking quite as loud when using the supplied mic.
The internal microphone's recording (all were done using MP3, 128 kbps, 44.1 khz) was louder, sharper, less muffled and had better crisper high range, which counts a lot for me because my hearing is about 50% attenuated from 3500 khz on up.
Now, for some reason my tests using Rockbox weren't good. For source, all I saw available using Rockbox were Optical, FM, Internal Microphone and Line In. Obviously, when using the external microphones nothing could possibly work other than Line In. I somehow think this isn't what is supposed to happen. I looked for a setting somewhere that would allow me to choose External Microphone as a source, but failed to find one.
Quote from: Muse on May 25, 2008, 12:25:04 PMThe Radio Shack mic's performance is marginally superior to that of the supplied external mic, if at all. Maybe I just wasn't talking quite as loud when using the supplied mic.well nobody here recommended it to you so I'm not really surprised...If you manage to get on taperssection (no idea why you can't), have a look at the offerings of Chris Church (or look at his ebay shop CHURCH-AUDIO). Quote from: Muse on May 25, 2008, 12:25:04 PMThe internal microphone's recording (all were done using MP3, 128 kbps, 44.1 khz) was louder, sharper, less muffled and had better crisper high range, which counts a lot for me because my hearing is about 50% attenuated from 3500 khz on up.If you're doing tests to comapre quality, always do them in WAV, so you hear what the mic delivers and not the artifacts of our mp3 encoder (there is a better version of it on the way)Quote from: Muse on May 25, 2008, 12:25:04 PMNow, for some reason my tests using Rockbox weren't good. For source, all I saw available using Rockbox were Optical, FM, Internal Microphone and Line In. Obviously, when using the external microphones nothing could possibly work other than Line In. I somehow think this isn't what is supposed to happen. I looked for a setting somewhere that would allow me to choose External Microphone as a source, but failed to find one.Of course you are refering to the original firmware here, which is just giving you the false impression that it is treating your mic differently if you set it to 'external mic'The only thing the OF changes is the gain range, so if you set it to mic you get a higher gain.Rockbox gives you the full gain range to use (which is way more than what the iriver firmware gives). Just select line-in and set the gain until the peakmeters show a full signal. If you need more than 20dB gain the expect to have a fair amount of noise. In that case you need a more sensitive mic and/or an external amp
When I try to login at taperssection it says I need to respond to an activation email. In red it says I can have another such email sent to me. I click that and a message comes up that seems contradictory. Two sentences:1. An error has occurred!2. Activation email has been sent.I get no email. I have no idea what email address it's using for me, although I know which one I thought I entered. As I say, I see no contact method for those folks. If you know how I can contact an administrator or moderator at taperssection, please tell me.
The Radio Shack mic was recommended to me by a poster at Anandtech Forums. It has 16 reviews at Radio Shack's website and from the sounds of them, it's a very good mic and a great price. Anyway, so far I haven't been impressed but I'm completely ready to concede that I may not have used any of the 3 mics correctly. One thing about the Radio Shack mic bothers me. It barely returned any sound at all with the battery removed. With the battery installed, it was OK, a little better than the internal mic. However, the battery is an LR44 button battery, and AFAIK there's no way for the user to know whether that cell is dead or about to die. Thus, it seems to me, the user is apt to suffer bad recordings by virtue of the button cell dieing in the middle of a recording or even at the beginning. I'm almost sure to return it in a couple of days.- - - -Thanks. I'll try the mics again with the new information and see how things turn out.
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