Portable recorder Marantz PMD 661

This video gives you my thoughts about the portable recorder Marantz PMD 661 in use. I've recorded with different setups, such as the pmd 661 with the Rode nt2a, the sennheiser md21 and the internal microphones.

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Science & Technology

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• marantz
• fieldrecorder
• field
• recorder
• eng
• pmd661
• pmd660
• portablerecorder
• portable
• sennheisermd21
• md21
• sennheiser
• rodent2a
• rode
• nt2a
• xlr
• phantompower

[Gearlovers]

AmeriProud67: Yes, that's true. I don't think the pmd661 accepts sd cards bigger than 2 gb. I've also had error problems with bigger cards. But with sd cards up to 2 gb the unit works great, so buy a couple of them (they are very cheap nowdays) and your're set to go for hours. //Gearlovers

[Malaka57]

Hi there, I am also a reporter, but my Marantz has a constant hiss in the backgrouund, I tried a few more mics, a Sure, etc.., but no doing. the hiss is still strong. Any suggestions?...

[Gearlovers]

@Malaka57 Hmm, i don't recognize a constant hiss problem. Maybe your mic has a very low signal so the marantz gain has to be very high? What level is it? You shouldn't need to gain it more than 7 on the knob I think.

And have you tried the marantz with a condenser mic like the RODE NT2A or something that has a relatively high output level compared to a dynamic mic?

If it still produces unacceptable hiss than maybe the Oade mod is a solution. Google it.

//Gearlovers:-)

[Gearlovers]

ALINMOREA: As far as i know it is NOT possible to simultaneously record ext and int audio. You'll have to chose in the menu wich source you're gonna use before you record. Obviously you can use 2 extarnal mics at the same time but thats only exernal. /Gearlovers

[harrison4479]

@Gearlovers when you record the external mics are they on separate tracks?

[Gearlovers]

@harrison4479 Yes, if you use two mics/sources in EXTERNAL MODE you'll get two separate tracks (L & R) if the marantz is set to stereo in the recordings menu.

//Gearlovers

[AmeriProud67]

Big problems with this. SD cards will often display a "UNFORMAT" message and act like it's working all day, but the card is trashed. Your whole day of shooting will be trash. Don't use an SD card over 2GB with this unit and if you ever get the "UNFORMAT" message, you are screwed.

[mandolinroad]

Way too noisy, not suitable for dynamic mics without the Oade mod.

[alinmorea]

with this device, is it possible to record

internal mic on right and external mic on left or viceversa?

thank you in advance for your response.

[m0rjc]

I'm trying to guage the usefulness of the internal mics. There is noise in the sample in the video, but how much of that was in the ambience and how much of that was hiss added by the recorder?

Thanks - Richard