Hi Mark, I hope you don't mind if I reply to the MD mailing list as well. >I just bought a Sony MZ-R70 minidisc recorder. It seemed that everything was >going fine, but when I tried playing a minidisc in my car using the Sony >DCC-E34CP car battery cord with car cassette adapter, I noticed that while >driving, everytime I pushed on the gas to accelerate, I would hear a buzzing >noise from my speakers as the minidisc played. The buzzing noise is >perfectly in tune with the acceleration of the car. Is this normal >interference or what? I do not hear the noise while using the radio alone. >Is there anything I can do to prevent it or lessen it? I did not hear the >noise at all while using the same equipment with my friend's car stereo, so >perhaps my stereo is the problem. This could be coming from either the cassette adapter, or your MD recorder. To isolate the problem, try listening to the MD unit with headphones to see if the problem remains. If it does, perhaps noise is coming through the power adapter, so try running it on the batteries alone. If the problem remains, you've probably got an MZ-R70 that is particularly suceptible to radio interference, or a very noisy car ignition system. Try it in a friend's car to figure out which. Normal MD units do not pick up car ignition noise in my experience. >Also, I am trying to use my minidisc to record concerts. At the last concert >I went to, I used a lapel microphone which was mono, so on playing back the >concert I only heard the music through the left speakers and it sounded very >flat and not loud enough. I have been unable to find lapel microphones which >are stereo. The mono one was purchased for about $30.00. Should I just buy >one of those big microphones that singers use and try to conceal it the best >I can at the concert? I have seen a Sony microphone that is in stereo, so I >assume it would work better..? And it was only $15. I have heard that for >quality microphones you have to spend hundreds of dollars, which I do not >want to do. Any advice? I have checked microphone specialist websites and >they are just unbelievably confusing with all the different model numbers and >excessive details that I do not understand. Stay away from lapel mikes for concert recording. I recommend going to the construction projects section under "Microphones" (http://www.minidisc.org/part_hacking.html#Construction_Projects) and finding a set of plans you think you can follow. Anything built with the $2 capsule microphones (available from Radio Shack) will sound pretty good. Regards, Rick ----------------------------------------------------------------- To stop getting this list send a message containing just the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
