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http://i77.photobucket.com/albums/j78/DJ_Chronos/highdefinitionmic.jpg
(the mic is on the left side of the screen. It looks like a large metallic pen)

I saw this picture on www.amontobin.com
Tobin used microphones just like this for doing field recordings for his latest album "Foley Room".
He basically went around and recorded anything that intrigued him, then massively tweeked them in his studio and made songs from the results.

If anyone knows what this microphone is, anything about it, or something similar to it then please post it here.

Could it be one of those?

http://www.thomann.de/gb/microphones_for_measurements.html :?:

Looks like Earthworks Audio TC20

Oooooo good call, both of you. Thanks alot! They both look dead on.

Amon Tobin: Earthworks M50 high-definition mics. The choice to go with them was based on a few things: One was that I could actually hold them in my hand without any handling noise, which was really important because I wanted to do a lot of moving around with headphones on and hear exactly what I was getting. Also, the frequency response is very broad and the noise floor is very forgiving. I could record very quiet things or very loud things with the same mics and the response was always very neutral. What they’re famous for is for not coloring the sound at all. The whole idea with the recordings was to try and get as neutral as possible a sound so that afterwards I could apply environments or effects.

taken from here:

http://www.eqmag.com/article/amon-tobin/apr-07/27124

:wink:

$1,439.97

- bram

I found one for $495. It doesnt cover the 3hz-50khz freq range of the M50 but it's a better deal than $1,500.

Any suggestions for digital recorders? The only microphone i've ever owned is one that you plug into the back of your computer so I really don't know too much about portable recorders. I just want something small, preferably cheep, and something that I can plug into my computer and export so that I can go straight into editing.

I've been thinking about buying ZOOM H2 or H4.
Check them out, if you find better solution, let me know!

If you want to go up market, try the Sound Devices 722 (or 744 4 track version) but at $2,500 it's at the top end. I have had good results using a Sony PD-170P camcorder and striping off the captured audio with Adobe Premier Pro. The PD-170 has 2x XLR connectors on top that provide P48 Phantom power for condenser mics like the Sennheiser MKH416.

Check out my Beach FX recording as an example of this combo.

PS: My company has a 744 recorder and it is really, really good ! All of our soundies fight over it for every job...