Subject: Re: inexpensive recording technology From: Brian Gygi <bgygi(at)INDIANA.EDU> Date: Mon, 15 Jan 2001 23:51:33 -0500I did some live recording of music in India using a pro Walkman (make sure you get one with XLR inputs) and an SM57, which worked out fine. The Pro Walkman was about $220 (as of 1992) and the SM-57 was about $90. The good thing is 57s are almost indestructible. You will need to rig up a wind screen of some sort, but that can be down with a little foam rubber. You probably don't need stereo, but if you do, Electrovoice made (as of 1992) a good stereo mike. Another option is to get a small minidisc recorder. I can't vouch for how rugged they are, but the quality is great. On Mon, 15 Jan 2001, Aniruddh Patel wrote: > Dear List, > > I have a friend who would like to make recordings of speech in Africa > for later acoustic (particularly Fo) analysis. He can't afford > expensive equipment, but then, recording conditions are unlikely to be > ideal anyway. > > Can anyone recommend a portable cassette recorder and microphone > combination of reasonable quality and price? > > Thanks, > Ani Patel > -- > Aniruddh D. Patel > The Neurosciences Institute > 10640 John Jay Hopkins Drive > San Diego, CA 92121 > > Tel 858-626-2085 > Fax 858-626-2099 > Email apatel(at)nsi.edu > Website http://www.nsi.edu/users/patel > >