Nagra and Soundfield

[Guest]

Hi all,

It's been a while since my last post due to traveling.
Now I am back from overseas and after spending a few months doing random recordings on a bits and pieces portable recording rig and another while trying to work with the results I am painfully aware how much I have leant.

One of the main things I am now very aware of is, how difficult and frustrating it can be to have substandard gear in a remote environment (even if that remote environment is a national capital).

So this brings me to my next project. I am working on a piece that will require lots of surround recordings of environments from forests to cities to choirs in a church, that will be recorded all over the place, then be played back in a non standard environment (theatre).

So after doing some research I have been looking at the Nagra VI and the soundfield st350 mic system. Both seem to have a good rep, but are thin on the ground in the circles I move in.

Has anyone used these or similar? Is there something out there in the same field that I may of missed? Any advice comments welcome.

Thanks
Tony

[Milo]

The "Remote Possibilities - Acoustic & Location recording" section of Gearslutz has had a lot of discussions on the Nagra VI, including use in the field and comparisons with equivalents

[Guest]

Thanks Milo

[Jason Dirckze]

Have you checked out the Holophone? Also, if Nagra is out of your price range check out the Sound Devices 788. Another alternative to the Nagra would be a Zaxcom Deva