IMO, the standard is the Zoom H2. We bought ours when they were about $275, but a student bought one yesterday for half that so they have come down considerably in price. They make near CD quality recordings, can hold hours of music and you can add an SD card for even more storage, and the microphones are good enough that I know people who use a Zoom H2 for recording video of live music, attaching it via cable to their video camera.
Again, in my opinion. the "different" thing about recording a horn has to do with where you play the device. I have recorded myself playing the horn with my Zoom H2 and it seems to pick up what I sound like. I prefer not get fancy - I want the recording to sound like what a listener would hear, so when I record horn or trumpet, I put the device perhaps 6-10 feet in front of me on a table or chair, but that's something you would want to experiment with. -S- On Thu, Apr 28, 2011 at 12:40 AM, <[email protected]> wrote: > I'm looking into getting a recording device to use as a practice/performance > tool. I'm looking for something that is portable and I don't have a lot of > money to spend. There seem to be a number of recorders in the $200 to $250 > range that get good reviews and fit in a pocket (3x5x1). They seem to fit > what I'm looking for. But none of the reviews I've read were by horn players. > I'd imagine that recording horn is a tad different than guitar. Do any of you > have personal experience with portable recording devices you would share to > help me determine what might be an appropriate (or inappropriate) choice? > > > > > Doug > > > > _______________________________________________ > post: [email protected] > unsubscribe or set options at > https://pegasus.memphis.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/options/horn/steve.freides%40gmail.com > _______________________________________________ post: [email protected] unsubscribe or set options at https://pegasus.memphis.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/options/horn/archive%40jab.org
