My opinion : more clear trebles with the zoom H2 than sony mic on laptop. Seems on the sony high frequencies cut. Version 2 with reverb... personal opinion, even if reverb made sound more like "pro" recordings, or concert in a church, I'm not sure I would prefer it. I think (again it is speculation...) music, apart of religious one, was not played in churches, but now it is the place we go to concert, so we have this natural reverb when coming to a live concert. So sound engineer try to produce the same sound on recordings, and now we are used too. But, does lute players play in churches, most probably in rooms, perhaps not often in the great halls of castle reverbing too, but small intimate rooms with few people. So my preference goes to the version 1 (of course it is subjective... as usual) Val
-----Message d'origine----- De : Rob MacKillop [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Envoyé : jeudi 20 novembre 2008 09:27 À : Lute List Objet : [LUTE] H2 test I managed to borrow the Zoom H2 recorder from my work place. I was contemplating buying one, and am gald of the opportunity to test one before parting with cash. I recorded three versions of an arrangement of The Last Time I Came O'er The Moor. Your thoughts regarding sound quality much appreciated. The three versions: 1. Straight H2 wav file compressed to MP3 2. The same recording but with reverb added - the reverb might come as a bit of a shock after hearing the first version, but give it a few moments to let your ear tune in before making a decision 3. My previous method of recording with a Sony mini stereo mic straight into the laptop, with reverb added. This was done a couple of weeks ago. Quite a difference in tempo! Go to [1]http://www.songoftherose.co.uk/test Rob MacKillop PS As this is a baroque guitar recording, I've cross posted to the vihuela and lute lists (quite a few H2 users on the latter). BTW, I'm using Nylgut on all courses, diapason on D only. Guitar by Maestro Batov. -- References 1. http://www.songoftherose.co.uk/test To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
