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Is the supplied external mic of the H1xx better than the internal?
Muse:
--- Quote from: Febs on May 24, 2008, 08:29:28 AM ---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.
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I will be recording voice, but I want it to be as quality a recording as possible. The results I got yesterday using the Internal Microphone were noticeably superior than the ones using the supplied External Microphone, except for the noted HD noice, which happened occasionally. I think I prefer that occasional annoyance to the inferior pickup of the Ext Mic.
I'm actually considering buying an external microphone. Someone in a thread a year or so ago (or maybe older) suggested this ~25 mic from Radio Shack:
http://www.radioshack.com/product/index.jsp?parentPage=search&summary=summary&cp=&productId=2102927&accessories=accessories&rpg=1&kw=lapel+microphone&techSpecs=techSpecs¤tTab=custRatings&custRatings=custRatings&sr=1&features=features&origkw=lapel+microphone&support=support&tab=summary
Anyone know if that's a wise choice?
petur:
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
Muse:
--- Quote from: petur on May 24, 2008, 03:04:50 PM ---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
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Thanks for suggesting taperssection.com and misticriver. I tried both taperssection.com today and misticriver (where I've been registered for more than a year, but haven't visited for months), had nothing but problems.
I am aware of a recording thread at Misticriver, and participated in it some a little over a year ago.
I registered today at taperssection.com and failed to receive the email activation. I went there and asked several more times for another email activation and still have not received it. It's not in my ISP's bulk folder for me, where assumed spam is diverted. Nor is it being filtered or blacklisted in my spam filtering on my local machine. I see nowhere at taperssection where I can ask them what's wrong or even find out what exact email address they have for me. ???
www.Misticriver.net has been impossible for me to hit since yesterday and I must have tried 25 times. I get page not found errors in Firefox. Can you hit it? I'm wondering if they died or something.
Edit: I'm told they've been having problems the last day or two and will probably be up and OK soon (this from Anandtech Forums: http://forums.anandtech.com/messageview.aspx?catid=38&threadid=2190798&forumid=1
Davide-NYC:
I use the internal mic for classes and meetings all the time and it is sufficient. For any sort of high fidelity applications forget it. Do what BigBambi said and invest in external mics and preamps.
When using the internal mic, you can get around the HD spinup noise by replacing your HD with a Compact Flash Card. See http://www.rockbox.org/twiki/bin/view/Main/CFModGuide
Muse:
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.
At least for the time being an omnidirectional microphone is what I want since I'll be recording voice that will emanate from varying locations with respect to the recorder. Eventually I might get a stereo microphone solution, since the H1xx supports that.
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?
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