Tuesday, July 15, 2008

Microtrack II - Things I like and do not.

I've been working with the Microtrack II for a couple of months now on and off. The purpose is for interviews for podcasts. I still feel as though I am very new to this product, so don't take this as a professional review of anything. I'm a newb!!!
  1. It is incredibly sensitive. This is a double edged sword. On the one hand you can get a wonderful lifelike set of sounds at a park for the background of your podcast on the park. On the other hand, that helicopter you barely hear in the background when recording is faithfully reproduced in all its irritating glory when you listen to your recording at home later.
  2. CF Card? Why? Everything else that I own uses SD. Isn't CF pretty much extinct in the wild or am I just not looking in the right place?
  3. Menus are very intuitive. I like this a lot.
  4. I wish one could select a default name for the files.
  5. Levels are deceptive. Just because it recorded OK last time at this level does not mean it will this time. ;-) The solution is to actually use the headphones (that is why they are included I suspect) to monitor what you are getting.

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