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Does anyone have any tips for mounting an HS2 to the talents foreheads? A friend was talking about some sort of head band that he had used in the past. Ideally I want to mount the mic to the forehead rather than round the side of the face. Cheers, Nick

I've been doing a little research into this if yer interested: The treatment has been trialled on mice; altering the allele Chrna9L9′T in the mice, produced a chemical offset that reduced the sensitivity of their ears and prevented hearing damage. Applying a strychnine blockade of the α9α10 hair cell nicotinic receptor, returned the subjects hearing to normal, completely reversing the effect. http://biology.plosjournals.org/perlserv/?request=get-document&doi=10.1371/journal.pbio.1000018&ct=1&SESSID=6ceaac21a01b80ee0f9290d08c11bb84 N

Hey hey, At the moment, I'm in the last four or five months of a broadcast degree (sound design). Currently i've got 2 animations to post produce and want to avoid using library sounds so i'll be doing alot of field recording (its nice to have that artisan quality if you have the time ), I'm sound recordist on a documentary on homelessness in the UK (probably just boom and maybe a lav), i'm sound recordist on 2 dramas (Seem to be alternating between 2 radio lavaliers, 1 wired lavalier and a 416) and I'm supposed to be directing a live performance and it would be nice to plug something into the desk. When I leave I would like to be able to work between post and location and it seems that recordists that have their own kit seem to get better jobs. I'm also working on travelling for 6 months with a camera op buddy of mine and a presenter, making a comedy road trip doc. I think whatever i decide to do, a decent recorder would be invaluable. One of my friends from Uni put me onto this forum, its great, there really dont seem to be many places for sound that compare. Nick

Hey, thanks for the input guys, i might well take out deferred payment on a sound devices 744t, it does look like the recorder to have. Does anyone have any input or experience on/with the Fostex PD6? I know they discontinued these and it uses weird little dvd's but it does have 6 tracks and fostex pres are supposed to be pretty reasonable right?

Hi, First post! I'm looking into buying a recorder over the next few days as i seem to be involved in so much unpaid work at the moment I can't be dealing with borrowing and hiring a recorder every day. I was looking at the Edirol R44, which doesnt look too bad, but the preamps are bound to be noisey, so i'd need to buy a decent mixer as well i guess. I started looking around at DAT machines like the Fostex PD4, which seems to have an excellent raport with recordists, and DAT machines seem to be going for silly prices, do these machines make much noise as they are mechanical and do they sound good with mics direct? I'm really trying to stay below £500 sterling, having 3 or 4 channels is definately a must, does anyone have any suggestions or advice they might be able to give? All the best, Nick