ozzy

Howdo again, My thanks to you guys for responding to my plea for help. I like the descriptions I have found for the Sharp DR77 (thanks Kaotic), it sounds just like what I'm looking for and is equipped with line-out (thanks also, Mat). Unfortunately, no-one seems to sell it in the UK (not that I can find, anyway). There are plenty of Sharp recorders available, lower-priced ones like the Sharp IM-DR420 are available but I'm not sure of the implications of the auto-recording levels on it?? Are there any other Sharps which would do the trick for me? As long as they have the high/low mic settings and are able to adjust the recording levels whilst recording...these traits would be essential for me. ....I like the sound of the VU meter on the remote of the Sony NH1 as well but as long as there is some indication of how strongly the sound is being picked up/peak warning on the actual unit itself...that will do for me. I'd quite like to pick something up soon so any further help would be appreciated. Thanks again. ozzy. P.S. A few towns in SW Scotland are broadband-ready now but I am only about 7 miles away and have to wait over a year to be able to make my internet connection any better than painful! That IS painful! Ouch!

Howdo everybody! I have decided that a portable MD recorder is the best solution for recording live and sometimes impromptu acoustic/electric sessions with my own band. I have spent the last few weeks trudging around the net, very slowly (dial-up, yes, I know - stop laughing!, we are due to get Broadband here in SW Scotland sometime after July 2005!!) trying to figure out which would be the best portable MD recorder to buy and have just ended up going around in circles, confused as to which machine will do the job better than another!! All I want to do is to record a session, take the MD home and connect it to my standalone CDR/CDRW machine which has analogue, digital and optical in to transfer the session onto CD. I'm sure plenty of you good people are players too and have managed to preserve many fine sessions in this way. Can someone please give me a few model options on the better quality portable MD recorders out there with good mic recording ability. I presume there is no problem in transferring to CD/CDR/CDRW from the MD in analogue at least? I would be very grateful for any help. I never knew there was so much in it! Thanks for reading this! Ozzy.