Tue, 23 May 2006
I've had some difficulties getting an Edirol R-1 digital recorder to achieve sufficient gain to deal with voices. I don't have the budget to buy a new top-of-the-line Marantz unit, so I've decided -- at least temporarily -- to fall back on a venerable Marantz PMD222 analog cassette recorder I've had for several years. I may also try recording some podcasts directly into my PowerBook. However, this means hauling a lot more equipment to remote interview sites, since in addition to the laptop, mic stand and microphone, I'm plugging in a Applied Research and Technology Tube MP. This is a nifty little preamp that uses the venerable 12AX7A vacuum tube. The sound recorded through a Shure SM58 dynamic mic sounds pretty good, at least to me. People have warned me that it's going to lack the "snap" and "sharpness" of digital recorders. We'll see. Or, rather, we'll hear. Special thanks for guiding me through this technological wilderness go out to Donna Papacosta, Michael Geoghegan, Scott Bourne and ________, my longtime technology consultant. As for when my first podcast goes up, look for it the week of July 9. It probably won't be as polished as I'd like, but I hope to make up for that with sheer enthusiasm. After all, there's a point known to all journalists where you simply have to go with what you've got. ChicagoScope feedback line: 312-683-5272 Category: podcasts -- posted at: 5:16 PM Comments[2] |
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I'm Leigh Hanlon, a writer and photographer in Chicago. Before moving to the Windy City, I worked at daily and weekly newspapers in Arizona, Colorado and Wyoming. (Photo by Marty Larkin)
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Some ChicagoScope podcasts are recorded on genuine analog magnetic tape in our faithful Marantz PMD222, PMD420 and PMD430 or Sony TC-D5 Pro II cassette machines. Otherwise, content is digitally captured with Sony PCM-D50 or Marantz PMD620 and PMD660 recorders. ChicagoScope is edited in GarageBand on an Apple Mac Mini.
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