Re: [microsound] [ot] minidisc recorders

[Aaron Ximm <ghede@xxxxxxxx>]

Another comment on my hobby horse:

> wow this is cool, forget md's then...what do you mean by it produces small

The big unsolved -- for me -- issue with all CF/HD recorders (as opposed
to either DAT or MD) is the "single point of failure" problem. Almost as
big is the having-enough-media-in-the-field problem.

Neither are big issues if you're doing excursion recording from your
house, or traveling with a laptop, but on longer trips, this is a REAL
problem. There are various portable boxes made for photographers  that
will rip CF cards to a backup HD or burn CD(s), but then you're carrying
around a bunch of relatively fragile disks -- nonideal.

This problem moved from the theoretical to the extremely relevant for me
earlier this year when my day kit bag was stolen while I was traveling. I
lost my recorder, mics, and a few hours of recordings.

If it'd been an HD recorder (as I'd thought of bringing), it would have
been several weeks worth of work...

Something to consider!

 best,
  aaron

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