billfourth

I'm looking into getting the Sony MZ-M100 to use as a recorder for my band's live shows. I'm considering this unit since it will interface with my Mac. On some other message boards, though, I saw that EARLIER models of Sony MD recorders did not allow you to adjust input levels manually WHILE RECORDING. I imagine this would be a huge drawback, and that's probably why the Sharp players were more accepted back in the day. Does the MZ-M100 allow you to adjust input levels while recording? I saw that there's an "automatic" input adjustment thing going on, but I'm not sure how that would fly. The main goal is so that I can hear each show and critique the performance. BUT, if possible, the final goal might be to be able to have a decent enough recording to post shows on our website and make them available for full downloads. Any other info. along these lines considering what I'm shooting for would be really helpful. If there is another recorder I should be considering, I'd love to know about that too. This is all very new to me . Thanks so much, Bill