Portable field recorders - Page 2

Shadow_7 · 28th May 2008, 10:42 AM

I guess I should note that I did get the Korg MR-1000. And it's quite good for my needs. And I got a good deal on a used unit.

It'd be nice to have the extras (doubles as a soundcard) (syncs with video) (runs for days on battery life). But it does what it does do quite well. And also makes for one killer mp3 player. Just as long as you don't use mp3 files. It does play mp3 files (version 1 layer III), but just not very well IMO. Might be the unit, or just my conversion software (linux/lame).

As noted it does record at lower PCM rates. I record at 24/96 for the most part. Just so I don't have to run audiogate (and therefor run a version of windows) to convert to a usable/editable format. At 24/96 I can just mount the usb device, copy the files, umount the device and all is good. One note though, it doesn't play back at any rates that it doesn't record at. So if you edit a 24 bit 96kHz track and put it back on the unit as 16 bit 96kHz, it wont play it. It also doesn't play certain mp3 types (v.1 layer II). But as a portable stereo recorder, it shines. As a WAV file player it shines too, within the limits of the unit.

As far as battery life on the Korg MR-1000, I get about 2 hours 45 minutes recording time with phantom power on, with 8x 2300mAh NiMH rechargeables. But that's until it auto shuts off, so you probably don't want to push it to the limit.

So far I've recorded a few amatuer brass groups, that generally only get recorded at the big national competition. And it was nice to get results that rival those supposed professionals on the Korg. I'm lacking in high(er) end mics to really do these groups justice. But feedback from said groups has been nothing but positive. Even when my gain setting at set it and forget it mode was too low and I had to normalize it from about 10% to 95%. I guess SPL levels are a bit diminished when you take it outdoors.

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28th May 2008, 10:42 AM	#31
Shadow_7 Gear addict Join Date: Aug 2007 Posts: 398	I guess I should note that I did get the Korg MR-1000. And it's quite good for my needs. And I got a good deal on a used unit. It'd be nice to have the extras (doubles as a soundcard) (syncs with video) (runs for days on battery life). But it does what it does do quite well. And also makes for one killer mp3 player. Just as long as you don't use mp3 files. It does play mp3 files (version 1 layer III), but just not very well IMO. Might be the unit, or just my conversion software (linux/lame). As noted it does record at lower PCM rates. I record at 24/96 for the most part. Just so I don't have to run audiogate (and therefor run a version of windows) to convert to a usable/editable format. At 24/96 I can just mount the usb device, copy the files, umount the device and all is good. One note though, it doesn't play back at any rates that it doesn't record at. So if you edit a 24 bit 96kHz track and put it back on the unit as 16 bit 96kHz, it wont play it. It also doesn't play certain mp3 types (v.1 layer II). But as a portable stereo recorder, it shines. As a WAV file player it shines too, within the limits of the unit. As far as battery life on the Korg MR-1000, I get about 2 hours 45 minutes recording time with phantom power on, with 8x 2300mAh NiMH rechargeables. But that's until it auto shuts off, so you probably don't want to push it to the limit. So far I've recorded a few amatuer brass groups, that generally only get recorded at the big national competition. And it was nice to get results that rival those supposed professionals on the Korg. I'm lacking in high(er) end mics to really do these groups justice. But feedback from said groups has been nothing but positive. Even when my gain setting at set it and forget it mode was too low and I had to normalize it from about 10% to 95%. I guess SPL levels are a bit diminished when you take it outdoors.