I second the Sanza Clip idea. The recording quality is remarkably good, considering what it is. I've found you can still get a fair amount of handling noise with it attached to a stick, but if you keep a steady grip on it, it works very well this way. Another approach for interviews is to use the integrated clip and attach it to the brim of a hat -- then you just stand close to the interviewee, and talk normally. There's no handling noise this way, and far less chance of any breathing noises on the mic.
One other advantage of the Sanza Clip: it's quite cheap, compared to other solutions you might find out there. On 9/13/14, hpr-requ...@hackerpublicradio.org <hpr-requ...@hackerpublicradio.org> wrote: > Send Hpr mailing list submissions to > hpr@hackerpublicradio.org > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > http://hackerpublicradio.org/mailman/listinfo/hpr_hackerpublicradio.org > > or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > hpr-requ...@hackerpublicradio.org > > You can reach the person managing the list at > hpr-ow...@hackerpublicradio.org > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific > than "Re: Contents of Hpr digest..." > > > Today's Topics: > > 1. Re: Mobile recording device (Nigel Verity) > 2. Re: Mobile recording device (Fifty OneFifty) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Fri, 12 Sep 2014 20:42:42 +0100 > From: Nigel Verity <nigelver...@hotmail.com> > To: "hpr@hackerpublicradio.org" <hpr@hackerpublicradio.org> > Subject: Re: [Hpr] Mobile recording device > Message-ID: <dub113-w120448c3e6a415a79c84050a3...@phx.gbl> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" > > Hi > > A decent built-in microphone will, of course, be a sensitive microphone. The > more sensitive it is the more likely it is to pick up the sound of fingers > scrabbling for the buttons. I have a Zoom H2 (about 3 years old) and the > sound reproduction is fantastic, but the controls are very small and lacking > in feel, and the display is almost illegible without a magnifier. For all > that, I've had some very successful results from it. > > If you're interviewing, lapel mikes are always a good idea because the > distance between mouth and mike is more or less constant. That helps keep > the levels more even. > > A cheaper option is a device called an Easi-Speak. > > http://www.learningresources.com/product/easi-speak--8482-+usb+recorder.do > > It looks like a child's toy, and probably is intended as that if I'm honest, > but the recording quality is excellent, though only mono. My daughter was > given one but I've used it more than she has. Definitely worth a look if > you're on a budget. > > Regards > > Nige > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 2 > Date: Fri, 12 Sep 2014 20:43:36 -0500 > From: Fifty OneFifty <fiftyonefi...@linuxbasement.com> > To: "hpr@hackerpublicradio.org" <hpr@hackerpublicradio.org> > Subject: Re: [Hpr] Mobile recording device > Message-ID: > <cad_dxjuhtrj_8jrqtbvk9snjzbe8247xwujqq+secqwm6gc...@mail.gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 > > Pokey has had success with Sansa Clip on a Stick. > 5150 > > > > ------------------------------ > > Subject: Digest Footer > > _______________________________________________ > Hpr mailing list > Hpr@hackerpublicradio.org > http://hackerpublicradio.org/mailman/listinfo/hpr_hackerpublicradio.org > > > ------------------------------ > > End of Hpr Digest, Vol 72, Issue 12 > *********************************** > _______________________________________________ Hpr mailing list Hpr@hackerpublicradio.org http://hackerpublicradio.org/mailman/listinfo/hpr_hackerpublicradio.org
