David Tayler
Sat, 20 Sep 2008 14:37:50 -0700
tascam's stuff is not what it was. I will be at the AES show in a few weeks and I'll post a report of the good lute recording stuff, there may be a Fostex beater out there, or some new budget mics. Always look for a noise figure of 129.5 EIN in a preamp and A weighted 10-15 in a mic. It won't tell you about the sound, but if it is noisy you really can't use it for lute. The Sennheisers have realy the best noise management, but the Schoeps are not far beyond. There's some budget mics that have good noise figures, but the capsules are not good. The Studio Projects B1 has a good combo of a soft mylar/gold capsule and good electronics, I'll have more info after the show. dt To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html