I need to come up with a reasonable way to record our Church services and
distribute the recordings to members who are sick, etc. Our current system
is simply cassette tapes, but this format is getting on a bit.

Output of the mixer is analogue.

My current thoughts are a minidisc recorder such as Sony's HiMD range or
otherwise an iRiver H320 or similar, which can be taken home and plugged
into a PC (preferably digitally so that its faster than realtime). The
resulting MP3 can then be saved onto a CD for playback in a discman style CD
player with MP3 capability, car stereo, or home stereo.

It would also be possible then to save the MP3 onto other playback formats.

The copying would be done by a volunteer who is not necesarily highly
computyer literate so it needs to be a relatively simple process.

Since church services are generally slightly longer than the length of a CD,
normal CD recording is not an option. I have thought about DVD (audio only)
but figured portable DVD players are not quite ready for the average church
member (too expensive, not enough options).

Thanks for any responses

Eric

Since your programs are longer than 80 minutes CD's, I buy a used desktop
computer for $100, put a good sound card in it and record to hard disk.
Burn your MP3 CD from there and skip the MD.

A computer with a single application installed will be reliable enough.

Hi Carey,



Thanks for your reply,



I would like the copying to be done at home after the service, since that
suits our situation better. The volunteer can then organise the copies
during the week and distributes them as required. Hence a requirement for
some form of portable method which is easy to take home.




However a laptop may possibly do it, although a smaller format is
preferable.



Eric



"Carey Carlan" wrote in message
. 191...
Since your programs are longer than 80 minutes CD's, I buy a used desktop
computer for $100, put a good sound card in it and record to hard disk.
Burn your MP3 CD from there and skip the MD.

A computer with a single application installed will be reliable enough.

Eric wrote:

I would like the copying to be done at home after the service, since
that suits our situation better. The volunteer can then organise the
copies during the week and distributes them as required. Hence a
requirement for some form of portable method which is easy to take
home.

If you compress the wav file losslessly using freebie software such
as

WavPack, AudioZip, Monkey, RKAU and FLAC as described in more detail
at:

http://www.firstpr.com.au/audiocomp/lossless/

It will then easily fit on a CD-R or CD-RW for the trip home.

You can also load the .wav file onto a USB flash drive, which are now
well under $100 for up to 1 GB.

Or, you can burn the oversided file onto a DVD-R or DVD-RW - the
burners and media is pretty cheap, now.

I've reused a DVD-RW over 90 times with no apparent loss of data
integrity, so this has to be another very cost-effective solution for
moving data around.

If your services go only slightly over 80 minutes there's usually
enough dead air, or other useless stuff that you can easily edit out,
so that your final product is under 80 minutes.

Eric wrote:
Since church services are generally slightly longer than the length of a CD,
normal CD recording is not an option. I have thought about DVD (audio only)
but figured portable DVD players are not quite ready for the average church
member (too expensive, not enough options).

How much longer than 80 minutes are your services? Is there anything you
can edit out to make it fit on the CD? I would think it would be well
worth it if you could cut out a 5 minute hymn in order to get the entire
service on one disc.

I think you will have problems with burning MP3 files to disc. I would
be willing to bet that many of those who will be receiving the discs
won't have a CD player capable of playing MP3 files. I know I don't.

--
Eric

Practice Your Mixing Skills
www.Raw-Tracks.com
www.Mad-Host.com

"EricK" wrote in message
...

How much longer than 80 minutes are your services? Is there anything you
can edit out to make it fit on the CD? I would think it would be well
worth it if you could cut out a 5 minute hymn in order to get the entire
service on one disc.


I don't believe you can include hymns that are copyrighted without paying a
few so cutting them out will probably solve the size problem (but obviously
aggravate those who enjoy the songs).

Ricky Hunt wrote:
I don't believe you can include hymns that are copyrighted without paying a
few so cutting them out will probably solve the size problem (but obviously
aggravate those who enjoy the songs).

You could be right, but it depends on the hymns. If they are
traditional, their copyright could well be expired. When I was a kid I
used to run copies of the service for my church. We always included the
hymns.

--
Eric

Practice Your Mixing Skills
www.Raw-Tracks.com
www.Mad-Host.com

Just read further down the thread, looks like the copyright discussion
is already taking place.

--
Eric

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www.Raw-Tracks.com
www.Mad-Host.com

"Eric" wrote [from au]...
My current thoughts are a minidisc recorder such as
Sony's HiMD range or otherwise an iRiver H320 or
similar, which can be taken home and plugged into a
PC (preferably digitally so that its faster than realtime).

I would record directly to computer. No fooling around
with intermediate media, conversion, etc. etc. If you can
get a "waterfalled" old computer from a member next time
they upgrade, it will be sufficient for this kind of recording.

The resulting MP3 can then be saved onto a CD for
playback in a discman style CD player with MP3
capability, car stereo, or home stereo.

This sounds really dubious. Have you done a census of
the "customers" to see what kind of playback facilities
they have? Unless you have a very unusual population,
the chances of your parishoners having MP3 on CD
playback capability I'd wager is pretty unlikely.

Since church services are generally slightly longer than
the length of a CD, normal CD recording is not an option.

Are you including music? Or is just the spoken part
longer than 80 minutes? Are you paying license fees to
distribute recordings of the music?

I have thought about DVD (audio only) but figured portable
DVD players are not quite ready for the average church
member (too expensive, not enough options).

I would think that MP3 on CD is no more likely than DVD.
In fact DVD players (like those "throw-away" ones from
China) are really cheap and frequently they play MP3 on
CD.

I'd consider some judicious editing. I've never seen a
religious service that didn't have a bit of time that could
be cut out without materially affecting the message, etc.

"Richard Crowley" wrote in message
...
Are you including music? Or is just the spoken part
longer than 80 minutes? Are you paying license fees to
distribute recordings of the music?

License fees for church hymns???

I record our services all the time for the same reasons the OP is , I never
thought about License fees. .!

Ed

Edward Bridge wrote:
"Richard Crowley" wrote in message
...
Are you including music? Or is just the spoken part
longer than 80 minutes? Are you paying license fees to
distribute recordings of the music?

License fees for church hymns???

I record our services all the time for the same reasons the OP is ,
I never thought about License fees. .!

Please see

http://www.ccli.com/

This covers licensed materials in hymnals.

I seem to recall that a standard CCLI license allows you to make and
sell enough CDs to cover a reasonable percentage of the service's
attendance.

"Edward Bridge" wrote ...
"Richard Crowley" wrote ...
Are you including music? Or is just the spoken part
longer than 80 minutes? Are you paying license fees to
distribute recordings of the music?

License fees for church hymns???

I record our services all the time for the same reasons
the OP is , I never thought about License fees. .!

Check your hymnal for copyright notices. I've never
seen a hymnal that didn't have at least 90% of the
songs still under copyright protection.

Distributing recordings requires separate licensing
than live performance (which generally is exempt for
churches and schools in the USA). Even projecting
lyrics on a screen or distributing hard-copy requires
separate licensing. You paid for the licenses for the
hymnal copies as part of the hymnal purchase price.

There is an organization for copyright clearances for
churches: www.ccli.com You should certainly at least
have a working knowledge of this in order to be legal
(not to mention ethical).

Won't some church somewhere please challenge some of these provisions in
court. I find it insane that a church that has paid for copyright for
the songs in their hymnbooks supposedly doesn't have the right to
transmit the service in digital form to members who are absent due to
sickness or frailty.

Listen folks-- it would be a thing of beauty. Get the press involved.
Select a frail, ill older member, and hold a press conference and
explain how she is not entitled to hear the music at her church service
because of the unreasonable claims of the copyright holder. Maybe an
enlightened member of congress might even pause from stuffing his
pockets with cash from lobbiests and Recording and Film organizations to
take part. Announced that you are going to proceed to include the hymns
on your recordings of the service and you invite the copyright owners to
take action if they really want to. Please, somebody do it...

Richard Crowley wrote:
"Edward Bridge" wrote ...

"Richard Crowley" wrote ...

Are you including music? Or is just the spoken part
longer than 80 minutes? Are you paying license fees to
distribute recordings of the music?


License fees for church hymns???

I record our services all the time for the same reasons the OP is , I
never thought about License fees. .!


Check your hymnal for copyright notices. I've never
seen a hymnal that didn't have at least 90% of the
songs still under copyright protection.
Distributing recordings requires separate licensing than live
performance (which generally is exempt for
churches and schools in the USA). Even projecting
lyrics on a screen or distributing hard-copy requires
separate licensing. You paid for the licenses for the
hymnal copies as part of the hymnal purchase price.

There is an organization for copyright clearances for churches:
www.ccli.com You should certainly at least have a working knowledge of
this in order to be legal (not to mention ethical).

"Bill Van Dyk" wrote in ...
Won't some church somewhere please challenge some of these provisions
in court. I find it insane that a church that has paid for copyright
for the songs in their hymnbooks supposedly doesn't have the right to
transmit the service in digital form to members who are absent due to
sickness or frailty.

Listen folks-- it would be a thing of beauty. Get the press involved.
Select a frail, ill older member, and hold a press conference and
explain how she is not entitled to hear the music at her church
service because of the unreasonable claims of the copyright holder.
Maybe an enlightened member of congress might even pause from stuffing
his pockets with cash from lobbiests and Recording and Film
organizations to take part. Announced that you are going to proceed
to include the hymns on your recordings of the service and you invite
the copyright owners to take action if they really want to. Please,
somebody do it...

You don't even know any composers, do you?

Bill Van Dyk wrote:
Listen folks-- it would be a thing of beauty. Get the press
involved.
Select a frail, ill older member, and hold a press conference and
explain how she is not entitled to hear the music at her church
service
because of the unreasonable claims of the copyright holder.

If 7 cents a song is unreasonable, I'll chip in... and I'm a Buddhist!

In article writes:

Won't some church somewhere please challenge some of these provisions in
court. I find it insane that a church that has paid for copyright for
the songs in their hymnbooks supposedly doesn't have the right to
transmit the service in digital form to members who are absent due to
sickness or frailty.

Like all the other copyright laws and licenses, they were made before
transmission in digital form was conceived. However churches have been
recording their services, or at least portions thereof, and
distributing them on cassette for years. I suspect that there would be
no problem obtaining clearance to distribute a limited number of
copies of hymns sung by the church choir as part of a recording of the
church service. The license provision is there to control the
distribution of commercial recordings by a choir. However, it's
something to check.

Often, when a recording of the service is distributed to the "sick and
shut-ins" it's just the sermon. Everything else is pretty much the
same week after week, and I'm sure there are plenty of commercial CDs
of church hymns if that's what's needed to get the listener in the
mood to hear a recording of the sermon. But I know all churches are
different, and they all think that everything they do is important.


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In article . net,
Edward Bridge wrote:

License fees for church hymns???

Well, there are traditional churches that play no music more recent
that Thomas Tallis or J.S. Bach, and then there are churches that
play contemporary music which is certainly in copyright.

And even the first case can have issues, such as when you have
performance royalties for specific orchestral and choral arrangements.
Will ASCAP come after your church with litigation? If so, will your
deity smite them? (That would get me to start going to church, you
betcha.)

I worked as head engineer at a church for 8 years, in this type of
situation, license fees do not apply, we contacted the copyright holder
and unless you are trying to make a profit, you don't have to pay fees.
That is just what i know. And as for the recording process, if you
are recording stereo, cd's are probably the best bet, just use one for
praise&worship and one for the sermon. For editing on a budget, check
out Sony's Sound Forge Audio Studio, with a price of $69 bucks its a
good deal, and easy to use. i have been using sound forge since version
3.5 and am now on version 8. So for pc editing its one of you're best
bets. You can than do cuts and edits of the 2 cd's down. I know it
works, i did it for 8 years and have LOTS of master cd's. You can pick
up a used tascam cd recorder pretty cheap, or new ones are getting
cheaper by the day. Eric if you still want some sugestions feel free to
email me at jonATwwaite.tv(just replace AT with @) hope this gives you
some more help.

Jon Waite
JB Productions



Edward Bridge wrote:
"Richard Crowley" wrote in message
...

Are you including music? Or is just the spoken part
longer than 80 minutes? Are you paying license fees to
distribute recordings of the music?


License fees for church hymns???

I record our services all the time for the same reasons the OP is , I never
thought about License fees. .!

Ed

"Jon" wrote ...
I worked as head engineer at a church for 8 years, in this
type of situation, license fees do not apply,

In the USA, license/permission ALWAYS applies for mechanical
(audio) and sync (video) rights to distribute copies. Makes no
difference whether you are selling copies or giving them away.
Also makes no difference whether the organization is for-profit or
non-profit, government, school, religious institution, etc.

we contacted the copyright holder and unless you are trying to
make a profit, you don't have to pay fees.

That was the decision of that particular copyright holder. And
very charitable of them. They are free to charge whatever they
wish including zero. Extrapolating that single data point to a
blanket statement is incorrect and misleading.

In article jon@waite writes:

I worked as head engineer at a church for 8 years, in this type of
situation, license fees do not apply, we contacted the copyright holder
and unless you are trying to make a profit, you don't have to pay fees.
That is just what i know.

You know it for your hymnal's publisher. They're not all the same. In
general, profit doesn't have anything to do with copyright, but the
copyright owner can, if he chooses, give you a license at no cost for
a non-profit project.


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In article znr1113613193k@trad, Mike Rivers wrote:



In article jon@waite writes:

I worked as head engineer at a church for 8 years, in this type of
situation, license fees do not apply, we contacted the copyright holder
and unless you are trying to make a profit, you don't have to pay fees.
That is just what i know.

You know it for your hymnal's publisher. They're not all the same. In
general, profit doesn't have anything to do with copyright, but the
copyright owner can, if he chooses, give you a license at no cost for
a non-profit project.

Profit is not a necessary element for copyright infringement. If it
were that simple, the barter system would create a defense, and the
whole issue with file sharing would simply go away.

Eric wrote:

Since church services are generally slightly longer than the length of a CD,
normal CD recording is not an option. I have thought about DVD (audio only)
but figured portable DVD players are not quite ready for the average church
member (too expensive, not enough options).

You can't swap CDs during the offertory or something?

If you record on CD-R, you can load the recording up into a workstation
almost instantly, make a few quick cuts, and dump it to a distribution
disk almost instantly. If you record on MD, you have to load it up in
realtime.
--scott


--
"C'est un Nagra. C'est suisse, et tres, tres precis."

Thanks to Scott, Richard, EricK and Carey for your quick replies.

Youv'e given me a fair bit of food for thought, I'll take that away and have
a good think about it all and get back to you all later if necessary.

I'll probably do that in a new thread. However, if anyone wants to put in
more thoughts feel free to add to this thread as I'll be monitoring it
regularly anyway.

Thanks again

Eric


"Scott Dorsey" wrote in message
...
Eric wrote:

Since church services are generally slightly longer than the length of a
CD,
normal CD recording is not an option. I have thought about DVD (audio
only)
but figured portable DVD players are not quite ready for the average
church
member (too expensive, not enough options).

You can't swap CDs during the offertory or something?

If you record on CD-R, you can load the recording up into a workstation
almost instantly, make a few quick cuts, and dump it to a distribution
disk almost instantly. If you record on MD, you have to load it up in
realtime.
--scott


--
"C'est un Nagra. C'est suisse, et tres, tres precis."

I started doing this about 9 months ago for our Church, when we
received a request to have MP3 downloads available on the web site.
We were already doing cassette tape recording/duplication.

We record the services using a laptop computer using the Audacity
software, which is a free download. The services are typically about
75-90 minutes long. I take the laptop home and use Audacity to
copy the track and edit it down to 80 minutes (actually about 79:30)
or less so that it can be burned to CD. I then copy the track again
and edit it so only the spoken parts of the service remain, and create
an MP3 file. The MP3 file is highly compressed so that it does not
take too long to download.

The only real problem with this is that the computer has to be there
every Sunday to record the service, which means it does not happen if I
am not there. We are looking at getting a digital recorder that uses
Compact Flash media instead of the computer for recording. The editing
would still be done on a computer.

-Ewan

In article .com writes:

I started doing this about 9 months ago for our Church, when we
received a request to have MP3 downloads available on the web site.
We were already doing cassette tape recording/duplication.

It's not unreasonable to assume that anyone who can access the web
site can play an MP3 file, but not someone who's confined to a bed
(maybe in a hospital, rest home, or hospice) and only has a boom box.

The only real problem with this is that the computer has to be there
every Sunday to record the service, which means it does not happen if I
am not there.

The church can't get a computer donated? Even a 286 will make a simple
stereo recording? Sheesh! When I had some old computers to get rid of,
I couldn't even find a church to take them. They didn't want anything
older than a Pentium.


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In article ,
"Eric" wrote:

I need to come up with a reasonable way to record our Church services and
distribute the recordings to members who are sick, etc. Our current system
is simply cassette tapes, but this format is getting on a bit.

Snip

Since church services are generally slightly longer than the length of a CD,
normal CD recording is not an option. I have thought about DVD (audio only)
but figured portable DVD players are not quite ready for the average church
member (too expensive, not enough options).


Get in line for an Edirol R1. With a cheap 512mb card or two at 320mb MP3
compression you can record for about 3 hours. Take the CF card into a PC or
Mac, simple editing, throw some track ID's in, burn, distribute and archive.

Note that the R1 is backordered to the moon - demand far outstrips supply. We
are just now seeing December orders being filled-I got 20% of my order. Product
dribbles in, no one has stock and everyone is backordered. I do have one here
on my desk, however.....

Here is a possible alternative:

http://tinyurl.com/6dnsh

They are also backordered but only into late April but it may be more machine
than you need.

We are dealers and you can get in our line if you'd like.

--
Regards,

Klay Anderson
http://www.klay.com
+801-942-8346

In article ,
Klay Anderson wrote:

We are dealers and you can get in our line if you'd like.

I'm interested in this, but if I buy one, I'd have to have it by May 15
or else I'd have to back out. I take it you don't have sufficient
assurance from the vendor to make committments like that?

I was entertaining the idea of pre-ordering one of these through Zzounds
($440) but I hesitate for this reason.

In article writes:

My current thoughts are a minidisc recorder such as Sony's HiMD range or
otherwise an iRiver H320 or similar, which can be taken home and plugged
into a PC (preferably digitally so that its faster than realtime). The
resulting MP3 can then be saved onto a CD for playback in a discman style CD
player with MP3 capability, car stereo, or home stereo.

It would also be possible then to save the MP3 onto other playback formats.

If it looks like a CD, you'd better stick to standard CD audio format.
Not everyone has the ability to play MP3s from a CD, and you don't
want to have to deal with custom orders.

Pick up a used or new-refurbished (if they're still available) Nomad
Jukebox 3 and record direct to its internal hard drive at 44.1 kHz,
16-bit. You can break the recording into segments (which appear as
separate files) with an undocumented button on the Jukebox - the FF
button - using the current software, so you have the sermon as a CD
track, the rock band show as a track, and so on, without having to
fool with the computer. With a little planning, you can break up the
recording so that your sllightly too long service will fit logically
on 2 CDs.

The copying would be done by a volunteer who is not necesarily highly
computyer literate so it needs to be a relatively simple process.

I've seen hardware CD copiers in a pile on sale at Guitar Center for
under $200. It might be worth getting one of those. No computer
required.


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I need to come up with a reasonable way to record our Church services
and
distribute the recordings to members who are sick, etc. Our current
system
is simply cassette tapes, but this format is getting on a bit.

Output of the mixer is analogue.


Sounds like it's tailor made for Pro Tools Free and some church
member's old computer.
Phil Brown

Hi Eric,

I need to come up with a reasonable way to record
our Church services and distribute the recordings
to members who are sick, etc. Our current system
is simply cassette tapes, but this format is getting
on a bit.
Output of the mixer is analogue.

My current thoughts are a minidisc recorder such as
Sony's HiMD range or otherwise an iRiver H320 or similar,

you could use a Marantz Professional PMD660 (~650 EUR)
(http://www.d-mpro.eu.com/users/folde...4&SubCatID=143)
to record the service onto a regular Compact Flash card,
read it into the computer through a normal CF-USB-interface
(cheap) and - if needed - trim the recording so that it fits
on a regular CD.

Best regards,

Dieter Michel

Eric,
Another possibility is the Core Sound PDAudio. This is a digital audio
capture device which is hosted in a pocket pc.

You can get a little AD converter from Radio Shack (under $20) which
converts line level from your pa/mixer to the S/PDIF digital source
required by PDAudio. It should be very suitable for your purpose but
will limit the sampling to 44.1kHz and 16-bit. PDAudio is capable of
24-bit recording.

In addition...here is what you would need.
pocket pc (H2215 $349 or rx2750 $549) one that has both CF and SD slots
PDAudio ($199)
SD memory (1gb costs about $70)
recording software ($50)

Key points
- this system is immediately available. !!!
- recorded data is highly mobile. Take it home on SD and read with a
card reader into your desktop or laptop system.
- your recorder is also very lightweight and portable.
- the software supports changing media while recording, but a 1gb SD
will last 3 hours at 16/44.1
- you could probably fit 2 services on a single 1gb SD. That could be
handy if you couldn't transfer it right away.
- the system is upgradeable. Using a portable micpre/converter and some
mics you could make some very nice 24-bit ambient recordings, choir,
music programs, etc.

For details see the Core Sound website.
http://www.core-sound.com

Gordon Gidluck
http://www.gidluckmastering.com/live2496.html


Eric wrote:
I need to come up with a reasonable way to record our Church services and
distribute the recordings to members who are sick, etc. Our current system
is simply cassette tapes, but this format is getting on a bit.

Output of the mixer is analogue.

My current thoughts are a minidisc recorder such as Sony's HiMD range or
otherwise an iRiver H320 or similar, which can be taken home and plugged
into a PC (preferably digitally so that its faster than realtime). The
resulting MP3 can then be saved onto a CD for playback in a discman style CD
player with MP3 capability, car stereo, or home stereo.

It would also be possible then to save the MP3 onto other playback formats.

The copying would be done by a volunteer who is not necesarily highly
computyer literate so it needs to be a relatively simple process.

Since church services are generally slightly longer than the length of a CD,
normal CD recording is not an option. I have thought about DVD (audio only)
but figured portable DVD players are not quite ready for the average church
member (too expensive, not enough options).

Thanks for any responses

Eric

"Gordon Gidluck" wrote in message
...

- the software supports changing media while recording, but a 1gb SD
will last 3 hours at 16/44.1

Only in mono. In stereo you get about 90 minutes per gigabyte at 16/44.

Peace,
Paul

Paul,
Thanks for catching that. Hands were not typing what head was thinking. ;-)

Gordon

Paul Stamler wrote:
"Gordon Gidluck" wrote in message
...


- the software supports changing media while recording, but a 1gb SD
will last 3 hours at 16/44.1


Only in mono. In stereo you get about 90 minutes per gigabyte at 16/44.

Peace,
Paul

Another possibility is the Core Sound PDAudio. This is a
digital audio capture device which is hosted in a pocket pc.

You can get a little AD converter from Radio Shack (under
$20) which converts line level from your pa/mixer to the
S/PDIF digital source required by PDAudio. It should be
very suitable for your purpose but will limit the sampling
to 44.1kHz and 16-bit. PDAudio is capable of 24-bit
recording.

In addition...here is what you would need.
pocket pc (H2215 $349 or rx2750 $549) one that has both
CF and SD slots
PDAudio ($199)
SD memory (1gb costs about $70)
recording software ($50)

For a total cost the better part of a kilobuck. Not to mention
the vulnerability of such high-value pocketable stuff. Plus
the cost of interface for the SD card at the other end.

Remembering that this is a low-budget, FIXED application,
the slowest hand-me-down computer running free software
would capture (and edit) 16x44K WAV directly to HD.
New CD-RW drives are down to $30 in my neighborhood
shop if the compute doesn't have one already. Total cost :
$50 and possibly zero.

Gordon Gidluck wrote:

You can get a little AD converter from Radio Shack (under $20)
which
converts line level from your pa/mixer to the S/PDIF digital source
required by PDAudio. It should be very suitable for your purpose but
will limit the sampling to 44.1kHz and 16-bit. PDAudio is capable of
24-bit recording.

Can you provide a RS part number or URL on their web site for this
product?

Arny,
It's 15-1242. They call it a signal converter. Typical use is audio and
video. The price is right for a cheap digitizer.

http://www.radioshack.com/product.as...t%5Fid=15-1242

Gordon

Arny Krueger wrote:
Gordon Gidluck wrote:


You can get a little AD converter from Radio Shack (under $20)

which

converts line level from your pa/mixer to the S/PDIF digital source
required by PDAudio. It should be very suitable for your purpose but
will limit the sampling to 44.1kHz and 16-bit. PDAudio is capable of
24-bit recording.


Can you provide a RS part number or URL on their web site for this
product?

Gordon Gidluck wrote:
Arny,
It's 15-1242. They call it a signal converter. Typical use is audio
and video. The price is right for a cheap digitizer.


http://www.radioshack.com/product.as...t%5Fid=15-1242



Hmmm, I'll have to take a closer look, on the test bench.

In article writes:

It's 15-1242. They call it a signal converter. Typical use is audio
and video. The price is right for a cheap digitizer.

Hmmm, I'll have to take a closer look, on the test bench.

It'll be interesting to see how bad they can make an A/D converter for
$15. I think I've seen the $10 computer sound card, but that might be
a new low for a stand-alone. And S-Video, too.

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Arny,
It's 15-1242. They call it a signal converter. Typical use is audio and
video. The price is right for a cheap digitizer.

http://www.radioshack.com/product.as...t%5Fid=15-1242

Gordon

Arny Krueger wrote:
Gordon Gidluck wrote:


You can get a little AD converter from Radio Shack (under $20)

which

converts line level from your pa/mixer to the S/PDIF digital source
required by PDAudio. It should be very suitable for your purpose but
will limit the sampling to 44.1kHz and 16-bit. PDAudio is capable of
24-bit recording.


Can you provide a RS part number or URL on their web site for this
product?