On the Amazon US website, on the "reviews" page for the Roland R-07 recorder, there is an extensive comparative discussion by Micheal Mathews of that recorder vs. the Zoom H-1 and the Tascam DR-07. His conclusion is that the Roland wins for musical recording. https://www.amazon.com/Roland-High-Resolution-Handheld-Recorder-R-07-BK/product-reviews/B079P7PHCJ/ref=cm_cr_arp_d_hist_4?ie=UTF8&reviewerType=all_reviews&filterByStar=four_star&pageNumber=1
My own experience is with a Roland/Edirol R-09, the predecessor of the R-07. It is robust, compact, light-weight and produces outstanding quality musical recordings, provided you use a good external microphone, like the Audio-Technica AT2022 model. The onboard microphones on the now-obsolete R-09 have too much hiss for high-quality recording anywhere but in a pub. All the recordings from the Byron Colby Barn series are done with the R-09 + AT2022 combination. On Nigel North's 11-course lute recital he played EXCEEDINGLY softly, but I still got a beautiful, clean audio track (YouTube processing of course does not allow for the full quality to be appreciated). https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OeUzsDrNvyU&list=PLpqjW-m8Wu61iDBYZbiIXcSVpPHop0g-x Regards, Daniel Heiman -----Original Message----- From: lute-...@cs.dartmouth.edu [mailto:lute-...@cs.dartmouth.edu] On Behalf Of Tristan von Neumann Sent: Friday, May 17, 2019 10:29 AM To: lute@cs.dartmouth.edu Subject: [LUTE] decent field recorder for lute Dear collective experience, while we're at it: I finally have some small budget to buy a recording device. What I want: * use it at home to record lute music and other instruments (* use it as a usb mic) * take it with me and record in the park or pub or wherever a session might come along * I have linux, so at least it should be possible to extract the files without removing the SD card So far, the Zoom H2n seems like the best option. Some people say the noise is quite high, others don't. (Samples from youtube with guitar seem ok, but not really sparkling - I know, this is not a replacement big membrane studio mic, but still...) In Germany, the Zoom is available for around 150 Eurobucks. What are the alternatives? (and keep in mind that it should be available in Germany...) Thanks! To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
