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Marantz PMD660 stuck on loading

My trusted Marantz PMD660 Solid state recorder recently developed a fault during a field trip in which it gets stuck on "Loading" when turned on with a CF Card inside. It starts fine without ...
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Parabolic Microphones?

I'm doing some field recording but we're not able to get super close to what we're looking to record. I figured a parabolic mic might be the move, but they all seem really expensive, and our budget is ...
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SoundTrap 4300 CH1 Faint Signal & Banding

We have collected 2 channeled recordings from two different ST4300 units, and more recently we have noticed that the signal in CH1 looks really weak. This has occurred in most but not all new ...
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Does anyone know of a compact, stereo underwater recorder (other than ST440/640)?

I'm looking for a commercial source of compact underwater recorder with inputs for at least two hydrophones. Ocean Instruments is not currently marketing their Soundtrap 440 or 640 recorders, so ...
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How to change date/time created on Zoom H4N metadata

I've been using a Zoom H4N to record bird vocalisations paired with a dictation microphone for behaviour observations. When I'm trying to sync up my data, the dictation mic .mp3 file has the correct ...
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Pros and cons directional mic vs parabola

While searching through the bird song literature, I realized there are two schools for recording songs. Some people use a directional microphone and some people use a parabola. I was wondering why to ...
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