r/fieldrecording

Did you? What was your experience? Does the shotgun mic add anything useful?

I’m new to field recording and I’m looking to buy one of these and wonder which is better. I’m mostly looking something that’s portable and I can just carry around in my bag and sounds good with the built in mics and mic preamps. I would likely just be using it handheld and I know the M4 is meant to have low handling noise but does anyone have any experience with these and could give any advice on which to choose?

New taper here. I’m asking do you all re-use SD cards? Once I transfer masters to the cloud and external HDD, should I just re-format and reuse the sd cards? SD MixPre asks me to format every time I start a recording anyway.
Thanx

My Moman 99 Pro battery died. Can you suggest an external battery for my Zoom F8n Pro recorder that's not too expensive? I'd like one I can carry on an airplane. I have D-tap to Hirose cables, but would be willing to update cables. I'm confused about newer batteries. A lot of newer batteries have USB-A and USB-C connectors. Thanks.

By that I mean, if I intend to try to sell recordings, should they be of a specific length or be recorded at a specific sample rate? Stereo or mono? Specific level of equipment?

Thanks in advance.

Have the sudden chance to capture some Bison and nature sounds this weekend and wanted to finally make a upgrade some audio equipment.

I'll preface by saying I don't have a ton of experience in audio (just a little with my Zoom H1 and MKE-600). Ideally would like a setup under $600 that could do both A/B and ORTF placements...but not sure if there is 1 mic type that can do both? Leaning towards a matching pair of SO.1 omnis with the Zoom F3. I have a couple of 3k/5k pods for possible mounts.

Ideally looking for something that I could get shipped in 2 days. Thanks for your help!

I’m new to field recording. I just want to make some recordings of birds and storms in my backyard.

I’m trying to find a mic I could integrate to an ESP32 - so looking for low power requirements. What type of mics should I be looking at? Im for soldering and making my own. This is a hobby project so I want to keep the cost down. I appreciate any help.

An online retailer in my country is selling the Zoom Mictrak M4 for just over $92 and I'm struggling to fight the urge to pick one up... For context, after a buying spree last year, I already have an H4e, H6e, H2n and an old H2 I picked up sold as junk, so I'm not short of recording options, but I find the M4 to have an interesting form factor and I've heard that it has quite low self noise. I should also note that, according to comments from previous purchasers, the units in question are not affected by the early production issues with RF interference and have the hairy windscreen.

I am slightly worried about the shiny plastic on the unit being a fingerprint trap and the fact that there are no audio accessibility features (one of the reasons I bought the 'essential' recorders is my failing eyesight) but other than those issues it seems to be a winner.

Would anyone care to help me fight GAS?

Update: I did eventually buy it... However I think it was a good purchase.

Hello, I am planning to upgrade my existing Zoom H4n Pro Field recording setup with a stereo microphone (single or pair) for an upcoming trip to Japan to record wide spaces such as forests or coastlines. What mics/setups are recommend? My budget is around 150 to 200 dollars. I am situated in Europe so some options might not be easily available. I am thankful for any help!

Is there any reason to keep the F3 and not switch to the M4? I have a diy solution to use the F3 as a handheld with Clippys but it's still a bit of a pain. I think for about 50% of my usage the built-in M4 mics would be alright and more convenient. My handheld diy solution with the Clippys should transfer fine to the M4 and I also like the idea being able to simultaneously record with the built-in mics and external contact mics. Is there anything I'm missing here or not considering?

I am looking for a field recorder with low noise.

The F3 looks great, but I worry that the cords on the mics and holding the mics kind of cancel out the portability a bit or at least might be hard to manage.

So, I read that the new Handy H5 stu_dio has the same low noise as the F3...does anyone know if this is true? Are the plugin mics on the Handy H5 good? or is it such a quality difference that I should just suck up the F3 and cords and figure out how to manage that?

I am looking to setup an outdoor box for Bat sound monitoring (have done something similar for birds with Clippy Mic) ... I'm wondering what is best mic setup, either a Clippy Ultra with a Scarlett Solo amp or a Dodotronic Ultramic 192K EVO, or something else? This is with a Raspberry Pi, standard setup. Many thanks for any advice.

It has to be at least 3 minutes long so that looping is not too obvious. And they can’t be super noisy. They will be used to induce a state of focus and relaxation in the listener.

It has to be binaural because most listeners will use headphones. And the license has to cover commercial rights. Unfortunately, attribution can not be provided. It’s not that we do not respect creators, it’s that we are afraid that a competitor could copy us by licensing the exact same sounds.

We can only pay $30/audio clip. I wish it could be more, but we’re 2 guys who are currently out of work due to being automated by AI. If you know a place that sells this under these conditions, let me know please. Or if you are a seller yourself, DM me please

Hey everyone,
So i have a pair of oktavas and want to do some windproofing so i could use them outside, even with a bit of wind. Has anyone done some simple and effective diy windproofing solutions and would be willing to share?
Best wishes to you all

Any recommendations for a sturdy lightweight foldable tripod/grip? I purchased one of Amazon and the 1/4”screw length was too long and overall a bit flimsy.

Thanks !!

I see a few places are now taking orders, so these should start to ship soon, I have been using an H6E for the last couple of years, but this seems to have a much quieter noise floor, I may invest