[LAU] Looking for advice on a field recording device

Philipp Überbacher hollunder at lavabit.com
Sun Jul 28 09:26:25 UTC 2013


On Sun, 28 Jul 2013 00:48:49 +0200
Emiliano Grilli <emiliano.grilli at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hello,
> You might want to check also the "pocketrak" line from Yamaha, they
> are very very lightweight (I have the 2g and it's only 49 grams).
> 
> The recordings are very good and the price fair. I'm really satisfied
> with mine.
> 
> The small form factor of course limits the options for connecting
> external microphones (no phantom, no XLR)
> but as a self contained unit, it'great value.
> 
> Hope this helps

Thanks Emiliano,
seems like it's really small, which is nice, but I rather have
something a little larger and a little better. I've seen that some
nature recordists use a Rode NT1-A, which I happen to own, so an XLR
input would be nice.

Regards,
Philipp



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