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portable recorders with high acoustic pressure capability
Posted: Tue Dec 30, 2014 5:40 pm
by xtcvsmistycold
want to record club sets with crowd noise
Re: portable recorders with high acoustic pressure capabilit
Posted: Tue Dec 30, 2014 5:56 pm
by _ronzlo_
I might be wrong but I think the higher the bitrate, the more headroom - 24 bit/96kHz should work fine. The other part of this will be your mic; an omni would probably be preferable to a directional condenser.
Re: portable recorders with high acoustic pressure capabilit
Posted: Tue Dec 30, 2014 6:25 pm
by xtcvsmistycold
cheers
i'd have thought that it would be headroom down from 0 dbfs though. im just after something that won't clip badly at 110+ db spl
Re: portable recorders with high acoustic pressure capabilit
Posted: Tue Dec 30, 2014 6:26 pm
by mason666
this isn't something tompmanlurka would ask
Re: portable recorders with high acoustic pressure capabilit
Posted: Tue Dec 30, 2014 9:50 pm
by mks
I would check out the Zoom H5.
Re: portable recorders with high acoustic pressure capabilit
Posted: Wed Dec 31, 2014 12:35 am
by Samuel_L_Damnson
_ronzlo_ wrote:I might be wrong but I think the higher the bitrate, the more headroom - 24 bit/96kHz should work fine. The other part of this will be your mic; an omni would probably be preferable to a directional condenser.
true but if the mic cant handle high spls its gonna distort anyways. ur best off getting a recorder and a separate mic that van handle high spls. the 96khz is un nessecary cos its gonna sound shite anyways just use 44.1k.
Re: portable recorders with high acoustic pressure capabilit
Posted: Wed Dec 31, 2014 2:11 am
by xtcvsmistycold
mks wrote:I would check out the Zoom H5.
cheers i will
mason666 wrote:this isn't something tompmanlurka would ask
eventually you'll catch on
Samuel_L_Damnson wrote:_ronzlo_ wrote:I might be wrong but I think the higher the bitrate, the more headroom - 24 bit/96kHz should work fine. The other part of this will be your mic; an omni would probably be preferable to a directional condenser.
true but if the mic cant handle high spls its gonna distort anyways. ur best off getting a recorder and a separate mic that van handle high spls. the 96khz is un nessecary cos its gonna sound shite anyways just use 44.1k.
bigup
Re: portable recorders with high acoustic pressure capabilit
Posted: Wed Dec 31, 2014 12:54 pm
by nameless133
Go to taperssection.com forum. It's dedicated to live music recording. People can help there to choose the right config.
If you can afford, you should get an external mic+battery box to your recorder. 96khz is needless, 44.1 or 48k would be the okay. 24bit is okay, because you can set the record levels low (to avoid accidental clipping) and it will be still way above the noise floor. I use Zoom H2, it can handle 120dB according to manufacturer's data sheet. I recorded many rock shows with this recorder close to stage and no distortion.