Hmm, I disagree with this. I have a Sony
Cassette-Corder TCM-453V. I believe it was about $35
- no mike - bought it at my university bookstore a few
years back. It's served me very well; it tells me
exactly what I was doing vocally during performances
(from the back of a hall), rehearsals, and coachings.
Yes, the tapes recorded with my teacher's professional
sony walkman with external mike are clearer, but there
is no distortion, nor does it compress the sound. I
have a bigger problem with distortion (high notes
"fuzzing out") when I use my rather expensive minidisc
recorder and external mike. My voice is neither
dramatic nor light. NEVER set your tape recorder to
"even out" the dynamics, if it has the option. If
your crappy recorder buzzes your high notes, try
another -- they're all different.
I believe the point of recording oneself is not to
hear the voice exactly as an audience member in an
opera house might hear you, but to be able to tell
what you're doing technically, so as to study and
improve. My tapes definitely help me do this.
Isabelle
> One example: most cheap taperecorders automatically
> adjust the record level when the sound becomes too
> loud; that means that the difference between f
> (maybe even mf)and ff is gone, or at least much
> smaller than in reality. Most high notes will be
> strongly distorted
> by a cheap taperecorder anyway.>
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Isabelle Bracamonte
San Francisco, CA
ibracamonte@y...
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