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OT, it seems - Oral History Equipment



Don't mean to distract all from the Coke conversation (frankly, the sugar
beet digression demonstrated once again how incredibly knowledgeable, if
obscure, we can be), but I have an actual archives question.

A sudden call from one of the higher-ups has induced me to move ahead with
my plans for reviving our OH program, and I think I've settled on a recorder
(Marantz PMD 222, FWIW), but I'm completely asea as far as the microphone
choice.  I got the impression from another contact that the lapel mikes are
less intimidating to a subject, but she suggested they might be a few
hundred dollars, and all the ones I've seen are less than $50.  Perhaps I'm
confusing lavalier with lapel, but they seem to be one & the same.

So, in short, if anyone has any suggestions for appropriate external mikes
for oral history, I'd appreciate the info.  (Yes, I have searched the
archives of both our list & H-Oralhist, but I'm not getting an answer simple
enough for my poor tired brain.)

DS

______________________________________
Daniel Sokolow, Archives Coordinator
David Taylor Archives
North Shore-Long Island Jewish Health System
155 Community Drive
Great Neck, NY 11021
mailto:dsokolow@nshs.edu

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