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  1. Borjam

    Field recording: external preamp to reduce noise?

    I wouldn't recommend that, kludges usually bite you in the worst moment. Sound Devices has a web page with excellent advice and the USB-C power bank they recommend is very cheap. Yes, I noticed. Although not cheap there are bags specifically designed for audio recorders with room for some...
  2. Borjam

    Field recording: external preamp to reduce noise?

    Glad to be of any help! Good additions to the MixPre 3 are a bag and a large battery. Low noise electronics literally suck batteries dry! I got a poor man's MKH70 myself: The Rode NTG8. I'll upload some recordings to Xeno Canto this week.
  3. Borjam

    Field recording: external preamp to reduce noise?

    Raven Lite 2.0 is actually free of charge now. https://store.birds.cornell.edu/Raven_Lite_p/ravenlite.htm The big advantage: Working with sonograms. Not so many editors get it right I think. iZotope's RX Elements, for example, includes a standalone audio editor that can work in spectral...
  4. Borjam

    Field recording: external preamp to reduce noise?

    Anyway the equivalent input noise for both (although underspecified for the Tascam) is not the same. Tascam: -120dBu or less Sound Devices: -128 dBu with 76 dB of gain. That's an important difference and close to the best theoretically achievable performance. So. Comparing both recorders at...
  5. Borjam

    Field recording: external preamp to reduce noise?

    Difficult to say... These recordings are made with an AKG C300B+CK98 shotgun and a Sound Devices MixPre 3. The wren was about 10 m away (I overstated the 15 m I think) https://www.xeno-canto.org/425718 And the blackcap, which seemed to be arguing with the wren (it's the same individual in...
  6. Borjam

    Field recording: external preamp to reduce noise?

    All the elements in the signal chain have a part :) But the external preamps are mostly useful for long cable throws unless you can really bypass the build-in preamplifier. That said, the TritonAudio seems not to be designed for portable operation. These preamplifiers are meant mostly for...
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