[BC] Netbooks and Audio

[Broadcast List USER]

Well, except that the original post was to report from the field  
using a netbook and send the audio back to the studio using a  
cellular data card.

The H2 is a good unit, and quite inexpensive, but one would STILL  
need a computer and cellular data card.

A simpler approach would be to use a mic and the internal sound card  
in the netbook.  Better quality would be had by using something like  
an M-Audio or Behringer external sound card and a good mic.  Another  
alternative would be to use one of the new external condenser  
microphones that actually have an USB output.

Still, an H2 in the kit would be a good idea in case you are forced  
to leave a mic on the lectern.

--chip

On Mar 23, 2009, at 3:55 PM, broadcast-request at radiolists.net wrote:

> Message: 14
> From: Glen Kippel <glen.kippel at gmail.com>
>
> For that purpose, a Zoom H2 recorder would be far handier.  We got one
> recently at KWXY and our talent just loves it.  Street price $179.
>
> On Sun, Mar 22, 2009 at 4:24 PM, Vernon Kuehn  
> <vkuehn at bellsouth.net> wrote:
>
>> If I were going to outfit a news person or a sales rep who wanted  
>> to record
>> a clients voice for use in a commercial,  I would get a little  
>> zipper bag
>> about the size you put shaving stuff in for travel and stuff the  
>> mic, and
>> whatever little converter-USB device you choose and be off to the  
>> races.  I
>> found that powered external speakers plugged into the built-in sound
>> device/card gave good results.