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OK... my MD has stuffed me around for the last time. I missed another
important (stealth) recording last night because I couldn't get the damn
thing to record without putting on a performance of my own.

I am urgently in need of a replacement and I'm not keen to go down the MD
path again. Would someone please be kind enough to bring me up to speed on
some viable alternatives?

I've had iPod-like suggestions made to me but I really don't know anything
about this, i.e. brands, general functionality/ease of operation,
storage/recording capacity, ability to cope with (or auto-adjust) for loud
or vast fluctuations in volume.

I would want said device to have a normal 3.5mm mic socket.

Please suggest away! Thanks in advance.


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On Sun, 15 Jul 2007 14:55:36 +1000, "P" wrote:

OK... my MD has stuffed me around for the last time. I missed another
important (stealth) recording last night because I couldn't get the damn
thing to record without putting on a performance of my own.

I am urgently in need of a replacement and I'm not keen to go down the MD
path again. Would someone please be kind enough to bring me up to speed on
some viable alternatives?

I've had iPod-like suggestions made to me but I really don't know anything
about this, i.e. brands, general functionality/ease of operation,
storage/recording capacity, ability to cope with (or auto-adjust) for loud
or vast fluctuations in volume.

I would want said device to have a normal 3.5mm mic socket.

Please suggest away! Thanks in advance.



The only issue I have found with MiniDisk is their susceptibility to
condensation if brought from the cold into a warm room. I rather
doubt this was your problem this week :-)

Apart from this, if you can't work your MiniDisk I rather doubt you'll
be able to work any alternative unit.
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P wrote:

OK... my MD has stuffed me around for the last time. I missed another
important (stealth) recording last night because I couldn't get the damn
thing to record without putting on a performance of my own.

I am urgently in need of a replacement and I'm not keen to go down the MD
path again. Would someone please be kind enough to bring me up to speed on
some viable alternatives?

I've had iPod-like suggestions made to me but I really don't know anything
about this, i.e. brands, general functionality/ease of operation,
storage/recording capacity, ability to cope with (or auto-adjust) for loud
or vast fluctuations in volume.

I would want said device to have a normal 3.5mm mic socket.


3.5mm mic sockets are reserved for unreliable kit.

Graham

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Apart from this, if you can't work your MiniDisk I rather doubt you'll
be able to work any alternative unit.


Thanks for your comment, but you've misunderstood me. I am perfectly
capable of operating the unit. The unit is now old and incapable of itself
operating reliably.


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P wrote:
OK... my MD has stuffed me around for the last time. I missed another
important (stealth) recording last night because I couldn't get the damn
thing to record without putting on a performance of my own.

I am urgently in need of a replacement and I'm not keen to go down the MD
path again. Would someone please be kind enough to bring me up to speed on
some viable alternatives?

I've had iPod-like suggestions made to me but I really don't know anything
about this, i.e. brands, general functionality/ease of operation,
storage/recording capacity, ability to cope with (or auto-adjust) for loud
or vast fluctuations in volume.

I would want said device to have a normal 3.5mm mic socket.

Please suggest away! Thanks in advance.


Well, here's the basics:

No iPods can record so forget all Apple music players.

Of the competitiors, many of them do record. For all music players,
there are 2 types, RAM or flash based players and hard drive based players.

RAM/flash based players offer extreme ruggedness. They will not skip,
you can drop them, etc. Disadvantage? Relatively low capacity. Nowadays,
flash based players have about 8 GB capacity. That may be more than
enough for what you may need and depends on how much quality you need to
record in. If you need the utmost quality then a 8 GB flash
player/recorder will give you several hours of recording.

Hard drive based players offer stupendous capacity. 80 GB of storage
capacity is not unheard of. You could record Bach's entire Sinfonias in
the utmost quality. Dis-advantage? They are not as rugged. You would not
want to drop it several times. May be one or 2. If you're the type never
to drop your player then maybe this choice is for you.

As for Brands, I would look at iRiver.

Hope this helps

CD


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Codifus wrote:
P wrote:
OK... my MD has stuffed me around for the last time. I missed another
important (stealth) recording last night because I couldn't get the
damn thing to record without putting on a performance of my own.

I am urgently in need of a replacement and I'm not keen to go down the
MD path again. Would someone please be kind enough to bring me up to
speed on some viable alternatives?

I've had iPod-like suggestions made to me but I really don't know
anything about this, i.e. brands, general functionality/ease of
operation, storage/recording capacity, ability to cope with (or
auto-adjust) for loud or vast fluctuations in volume.

I would want said device to have a normal 3.5mm mic socket.

Please suggest away! Thanks in advance.

Well, here's the basics:

No iPods can record so forget all Apple music players.


I have an 80GB video Ipod, got one of these,
http://www.xtrememac.com/audio/earph...cromemo_video/
and I've been getting some surprisingly good recordings both from the
supplied omni mic and its line input. It's not a pro level piece of
gear but considering I'm in for less than 500 USD and it plays all my
CDs and videos I'm not looking too hard for anything else. It's
possible to set the recording level yourself but the auto leveling seems
to work fine for what I've done so far.

There are at least two other plug-in/on recording modules for the video
iPod,
http://www.griffintechnology.com/products/italkpro/
and
http://catalog.belkin.com/IWCatProdu...duct_Id=277661
I got the XtremeMac because the mic is on a gooseneck as opposed to
being fixed into the module.

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On Sun, 15 Jul 2007 20:34:20 -0400, Codifus
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Well, here's the basics:

No iPods can record so forget all Apple music players.


Sure they can. But Apple's previous history of restricting this, and
its continuing obsession with "rights" rather than utility make me
recommend any brand OTHER than iPod unless you're a fashion-victim
teenager who sources all your music online.
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Codifus wrote:
P wrote:


I would want said device to have a normal 3.5mm mic socket.

Please suggest away! Thanks in advance.

Well, here's the basics:

No iPods can record so forget all Apple music players.

Of the competitiors, many of them do record. For all music players,
there are 2 types, RAM or flash based players and hard drive based players.

RAM/flash based players offer extreme ruggedness.

Hard drive based players offer stupendous capacity.


http://www.luci.eu/
Luci can also record linear.
You can FTP your recording "home" while recording !
HQ I/O modules available.

Andre
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