I can’t say enough good things about this microphone. The Sony ECM-MS907 is a great stereo microphone to attach to a Minidisc recorder. I grabbed it for use in Costa Rica to get some rainforest sounds (especially Howler monkeys), but didn’t find occasion to use it much. Since I got back, however, Mrs. Dog recorded a Music Hates You show at the Star Bar, and we got better returns off the Minidisc recorder than we got off of the sound board.
I am currently using the free Audio program Audacity for Mac OS X to sync and mix the two recordings, which is giving me a nice, broad sound. I will probably move it into Sound Studio 2.2 to do the final editing and equalization.
I don’t know how or when I will make the final results available to the public at large, since the show was a little uneven. We had high and low spots….
Maybe I will just do a compilation of the best live recordings at some point.
That’s interesting Tigger. Anybody out their tried recording direct to iPod with Linux or with built-in iPod software? I’m curious about the resulting quality. My iPod’s fried so I haven’t been able to try it.
I don’t know about iPods, but I’ve have excellent luck with my ancient Archos 6GB mp3 recorder/jukebox and a small stereo microphone. Of course, it needs new rechargable batteries so I haven’t had occasion to take it out much recently.