Digital recorder recommendations

Hey team.



I’m looking to go a bit more foley, and therefore am looking at digital stereo recorders. I just wondered if anyone had any recommendations or pointers.



Something like the below:



[url]http://www.dv247.com/studio-equipment/zoom-h2-field-recording-bundle--65896[/url]



[url]http://www.dv247.com/studio-equipment/tascam-dr07-portable-digital-recorder--61513[/url]

A friend has the tascam which he reckons is pretty good - but he uses it for recording meetings and such as he is blind - so I can’t borrow it

I got a really bad cheap dictaphone from argos for 30 euro. Was for an interview that I had to do & write something up for after.



Piece of sH!t.



But I’m going to try recording a few things with it out & about. I’m gonna add a load of FX on it anyway… so who cares.



Recorded myself (with a Mic) opening & closing a cd box & putting a glass down on a shelf. Then making a few MMM noises into the Glass.



Pitched everyting down by an octave & had a really fkn cool rhythm track happening in less than 5mins.



The sounds I made by humming into the glass were put though a ringshifter & sounded v. fkn cool. Like a dark delayed pad.



Am definitely gonna look into it more for a few unique sounds.

i wanted one a digital recorder a while back but couldnt find a decent one cheap enough.

i wanted to be able to record wav.

tascam and edirol ones were really expensive and nothing about on ebay so i quit

Yeah - I was looking at one of those ones that look like a Tazer there a while back - but they’re stoopid money

Especially for something that you’re gonna use like a big kid with a flashlight :hehe:

I’ll wait until the next technology comes out & I can afford my dreams :pinch:

Yeah in many ways I could argue quality is less of an issue as I’ll only mangle the sounds I record with it anyway, but I’m trying to buy the best of everything I can these days as I only out grow it and then buy the more expensive one later anyway…

haha!

Thats true mate. They are actually not that expensive really - but its just I was thinking about buying other stuff! Always the way! :smiley:

That little Tascam one looks v.reasonable.

Cant say I know a lot about them, but it would be nice to get the stereo mic’s happening.

That tascam at the top looks cool, the ones I was looking at before were at least double that price. Still I wouldn’t buy one new I’d be looking on ebay

You can pick up a new one in the states for around £80 if you want to risk customs don’t pick it up and charge you

I went for the Tascam in the end, seems ok so far, not had chance to use it. I’m expecting everythingI do to start sounding a lot more foley tho now!



Am going to the London Tombs on the weekend, gonna try and sneak it in there, should be good for some sounds that I reckon!

I had the opportunity to use zoom h-2 , pretty neat ! It delivers the best quality i’ve heard from a digital recorder , also can be used as mic. Hope this helps.

+1 for zoom h2

[url=http://www.rolandus.com/products/productdetails.php?ProductId=960]http://www.rolandus.com/products/productdetails.php?ProductId=960[/url]



Check that one out by Roland. It’s pretty new. I heard it even avoids any noise from the outside, even if your outdoors. 24bit.


Yo bang,



Have you received your tascam yet? Just wondering if you could give us a review on it?



I’m torn between the edirol 09 and tascam 07 and heard mixed reviews on both :slight_smile:

[quote]Mussi81 (08/11/2010)[hr]Yo bang,



Have you received your tascam yet? Just wondering if you could give us a review on it?



I’m torn between the edirol 09 and tascam 07 and heard mixed reviews on both :)[/quote]



Me too

I have but I haven’t had a proper chance to test it out yet!



I’m nipping out now so might grab some foley ambience with it, then records a few knocks and bangs and see how they come out from different distances etc, and I’ll upload them.

Thanks bang - look forward to this :slight_smile:

OK, took some fairly random samples today.



Can find the original Wav’s here:



[url=http://bangthedj.com/foley]http://bangthedj.com/foley[/url]



The quality is variable, but that’s largely my fault. The out door stuff I forgot to take the muffler, so the wind is really bad, and stuff further away is ok, but not great. Close up stuff is much better.



There is one where I kick some leaves outside and it comes across ok I think, and the samples of the taps is a good example of it set up properly, a good warm sound I thought.



The unit itself could feel a little sturdier, but over all I am happy with it. Will defo serve my needs.



Those samples are royalty free by the way :wink:

Cheers mate some top samples right there :slight_smile:



The sound quality is really good, perfect for what I need :slight_smile:



Does the tascam come with a speaker? Or is it headphones?

Headphones, which is another minor annoyance, but nothing major.

I put my iphone inside a printing press at work the stereo mic recording … had some interesting results and unique transients. I added a PSP gate compressor which worked really well, some reverb, then I had to stop because I blew my load! :smiley: