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Well not much money, hah.

This is my first post here. I am a classical trumpet player that needs to record practice sessions, rehearsals, and recitals.

I already own a Zoom H4 that I use for practice and the internal mics do the job pretty well for practicing. But I want something that will sound a little better for demo CDs and recording a recital (usually just trumpet and piano on stage.) So I would like stereo for the recitals, even though mono would work for just trumpet.

I have read that the preamp in the h4 is pretty noisy. So I need to get a preamp and some mics.

My budget is around $500 (yeah, yeah I know its not much)

Any suggestions?

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anonymous Thu, 08/16/2007 - 21:15

Thanks for the reply.

Do I really need the Firepod since I already have the Zoom H4? Wouldnt I need just a basic preamp? I don't really need 8 inputs.

I know these could be horrible, but something more like this? http://www.zzounds.com/item--ARTTMPPS

A pair of those and then spend like $400 on mics. Thoughts???

The Zoom preamp doesn't have a smooth frequency response, and thats all I really want out of a preamp. I can do the EQ in sound forge, but want a smooth natural sound going in first.

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