--- Forwarded Message from Derek Roff <[log in to unmask]> --- >Date: Wed, 13 Apr 2011 20:55:12 -0600 >From: Derek Roff <[log in to unmask]> >To: Language Learning and Technology International Information Forum <[log in to unmask]> >Subject: Re: #9634 Microphone for Audacity >In-Reply-To: <[log in to unmask]> >References: <[log in to unmask]> We have been surprised with recording quality of the <$50 Audio-Technica ATR 25 stereo mic. It's still listed at online vendors, but none that I know well. I suspect it's been discontinued. The ATR 6250 looks similar, and is selling for $32.53 at B & H and $37 at Amazon. <http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/664439-REG/Audio_Technica_ATR6250_ATR6250 _Stereo_Condenser_Video_Recording.html> <http://www.amazon.com/Technica-ATR-6250-Condenser-Recording-Microphone/dp/B002G RBA2M> As one might expect, the AT 825, at about 6-10 times the price, sounds a lot better. It, too, has been discontinued, but is still available. The best price I found was $169. <http://www.soundprofessionals.com/cgi-bin/gold/category.cgi?item=AT825&source=f roogle> These are analog mics, and therefore need a microphone input on the computer, or some sound input device. If you want a stereo mic with a USB output, the MXL USB.007 looks interesting. <http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/488714-REG/MXL_USB_007_USB_007_Stereo_Con denser_Microphone.html> In most cases involving students and/or situations where the speaker is not supposed to be focused on the recording process, I would rather record using a digital audio recorder, and then transfer the recording to the computer for editing. A small recorder is less intimidating, cheaper, smaller, less distracting, and quieter than a computer. We have had pretty good luck with $60-$120 Tascam, Olympus, and Zoom Handy portable digital audio recorders. > Any recommendations for microphones to use with Audacity for doing > OPIs? They involve two people, an interviewer and interviewee, so > would have to pick up both voices well. Derek Derek Roff Language Learning Center Ortega Hall 129, MSC03-2100 University of New Mexico Albuquerque, NM 87131-0001 505/277-7368, fax 505/277-3885 Internet: [log in to unmask] ************************************************************************** LLTI is a service of IALLT, the International Association for Language Learning Technologies (http://iallt.org/), and The Consortium for Language Teaching and Learning (http://www.languageconsortium.org/). Join IALLT at http://iallt.org. Subscribe, unsubscribe, search the archives at http://listserv.dartmouth.edu/scripts/wa.exe?A0=LLTI Otmar Foelsche, LLTI-Editor ([log in to unmask]) ************************************************************************** *********************************************** LLTI is a service of IALLT, the International Association for Language Learning Technology (http://iallt.org/), and The Consortium for Language Teaching and Learning (http://www.languageconsortium.org/). Join IALLT at http://iallt.org. Subscribe, unsubscribe, search the archives at http://listserv.dartmouth.edu/scripts/wa.exe?A0=LLTI Anthony Helm, LLTI-Editor ([log in to unmask]) ***********************************************