OK - OK!! I know this subject has been covered
on several occasions in the recent past. But there
have been many new machines come onto the
market by Olympus and others.
What I am interested in is a dictaphone type machine
with good enough sound for music that has a USB port
and can transfer the sound directly to a PC or MAC.
The Olympus DS2 was highly praised on these boards,
what I am wondering is; if there are newer models of
this type of machine, maybe with slightly longer
recording time but with the same sound quality?
Has anyone played with some of the newer macnines,
and can give a small review?
And here I was, about to suggest a Pink Ivory Sopranino Recorder with real Ivory bands that I know of for sale… Doh! Man, that thread title is misleading…
Loren, this is OT and probably one of those stupid questions that in retrospect will be so obvious I will be embarrased for having asked it; however…
How did we come to call the recorder the recorder?
It seems like all the other deprecated names make more sense and are more descriptive, like flauto dolce (sweet flute) or flute a’bec (flute with a beak) or even blockflute…
Who started calling the thing the recorder?
Tony,
I can tell you what not to get. I got a little MP3 player that has voice recorder capability, made by SanDisk. Cool MP3 player and very inexpensve, but the recording quality is abysmally bad.
James, the answer is not so concrete. Rather than give you the short answer, since I know you have a serious interest, here’s a link to a page which answers the question at length, more or less…
Tony - I use the Edirol R1 portable field recorder and really like it a lot over the past year. Michael Eskin may pop up here - he has a lot of good info on this topic. There’s a similar recorder that I think he prefers, the M-Audio Micro Track. The Edirol has built in mics that worked really well when I placed it on the front of a stage at a Cathal McConnell appearance.
Let’s see, you’re griping about getting wooden tin whistle advice (none of which has actually been given here), in a thread on recording devices, which probably belongs in the pub, rather than the whistle forum anyway? Have I got that right?
I use an M-Audio Microtrack 24/96. However, the only reason I use it is because I was able to purchase one for work (and use it on the side for recording sessions/tunes). I probably wouldn’t have purchased a $400 device just for sessions/tunes. Having said that, it’s a very high quality recorder and with the mic I bought for it does a wonderful job. Battery life isn’t very long though (about 3 hours).
The Edirol R-09 looks good (also $399), and if it’s built in stereo mics are good then that’s probably what I’d get now if I were going to spend that much. If the built-in mics aren’t that great, then I’d probably still go with the M-Audio.
I’m sure there must be some cheaper alternatives out there that would do a reasonable job.
As for more expensive options, if I ever win the lottery, I’ll be getting one of these: Sony PCM-D1 Stereo Recorder ($1,850!!!). It’s a beautiful device.
Amazon.com, Musician’s Friend, B&H Photo…just do a search with the product name input, Jim, and a bunch should come up, including the manufacturer’s site (Roland).
What were you asking for? Maybe you worded it in a way they didn’t
understand. My local radio shack had a small selection. They were
surprisingly absent at Best Buy, but I think Circuit City had them.
Or, the internets: http://froogle.google.com/froogle?q=audio+recorder&btnG=Search+Froogle
I asked for a digital recorder that I could take places
to record live music. I said that I was after something small that could
run on batteries, and that Marantz and Roland
make them.
Anyhow I did manage to contact a music store here that says
it’s getting in a new recorder, small, hand held,
by ZOOM, which is a four-track, for 200 dollars.
Sounds too good to be true.
Yes, Radio Shack has 'em but I have had bad
experiences with their stuff.
Found Roland online, thanks.
The local Wal-Mart has quite a selection of inexpensive to mid-range digital voice recorders, though I don’t remember specific models or prices, as it’s been better than a month since I’ve been there.
Most days I’d almost rather take a beating than have to go to Wally-World.
I’ve been using an Olympus WS-320M. I bought it to take to Friday harbor because the quality is pretty good and it had enough record time for the entire weekend (about 32 hours of stereo audio… not CD quality but not bad. It also goes for about 7 hours on 1 AAA battery.
Here’s a recording of me playing “Devaney’s Goat” and “The Concert Reel” into it. I think it was on my lap as I was playing. As you can hear, the sound quality is good enough that it doesn’t cover up my mistakes.
