Re: [microsound] Concert and field recording: MD a good idea?

[Jeffrey P Shell <jeffr@xxxxxx>]

I ended up buying a Minidisc deck to go with my portable recorder, as 
well as putting some money into a USB audio unit that could take S/PDIF 
in.  I got them all separately (and a few years ago), so I'm not sure 
how much such a system would run you.  I like having a deck because it 
has more options and an easier interface than the portable, and (prior 
to life with iPod) it made transferring cd's to MD easier.

If you end up with a good enough cable, analog out into the analog in 
might not be too bad considering the nature of the recorded sounds 
anyways, giving you a piecemeal solution to put together over a few 
months.

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On Saturday, April 19, 2003, at 01:47  PM, Guillaume Grenier wrote:

> I'm in the market for a thingy to record both concerts (mostly piano
> recitals) as well as for doing field recording.
>
> My research seems to indicate that a minidisc recorder would be the 
> ideal
> solution for this, being very light/portable, not too expensive and 
> offering
> quite good sound quality.
>
> Does this seem factually correct? Are there other options around that 
> would
> be preferable (really, the only one I see is a portable DAT recorder, 
> but I
> think these go for much higher prices).
>
> The only drawback of the minidisc solution seems to be that there is
> currently no way (thanks Sony) to transfer the contents of a MD using
> digital out: it seems that the USB port that equips most newer models 
> can
> only be used to transfer music FROM the computer to the minidisc unit.
>
> But I guess I can live with that if that's the only drawback and if 
> there is
> no preferable alternative to minidisc for live/field recording of good
> quality at a reasonable price.
>
>
> Also, any ideas on good, not too expensive microphones to be used in 
> the
> situations I described (concert, field recording)?
>
>
> Any advice/comments would be greatly appreciated. (I know there have 
> been
> discussions regarding microphones previously... but, as there are no
> archives for this list...)
>
> g.
>
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