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Well , . hmm although , it doesnt have the Sony Quality mic preamps , certain functonailty is appealing , the Overdubbing is cool ,( but it is some thing an MTR person would really have to get a knack for ) I harken back to the days , of when we got ideas down using two small tape decks and a mixer , You remember the little shoebox style tape recorders from the late 60's , early 70's a little mono mixer , a mic , and two tape decks , ( you would be surprised at was was actually released from sessions like that) The mic 2 input , is pretty clean , very different character than the Mic 1 stereo mic input ( Mic 2 also is NOT running thru the processor dedicated to Mic 1) with an XLR to 1/4 inch transformer ( Hi impedance adapter) and a decent Balanced mic , you can get a pretty good sound ( Way better than those tape decks we used) so now you have a very quick Mono Idea catcher ...... WITH stereo effects ( not great but not bad) The stereo mic input ( Mic 1 , is usable in higher volume settings , the internal mics are ok , but the preamp that drives them is the issue , for fine detail recording , .............. where there isnt any ambient noise to mask the white noise ,........... you might be disappointed . Line in , well what can I say , 90 Db S/N on the spec sheet , and it sounds like it too ....... Line in is going to get MAJOR usage on this machine . There does not appear to be an Updater function in the menues , no system update function at all , so if Tascam releases an update it would have to have it own installer . Final thoughts . ................ For the Pro Field recordist , who doesnt need overdubs or metronome , or secondary inputs , ........... Get the Sony PCM - D50 , do not buy the Tascam , you will have buyers remorse . For the Gadjeteer , who like to experiment with stuff , ......... definately This will be a Fun toy indeed For the Minimalist ( Acoustic Guitarist , Chapman STick , any Solo player who doesnt want or need a Big Multi Track setup ) A small 2 mic channel mixer and this DR-1 is all you will need ........... The Line in is pretty , very pretty . For the MD people , If you are looking to replace the MD ,........ this , isnt it . at least not yet , the sound quality of the MD Preamps are nice , and apparently will not be equaled for awhile in this price range . Sony did it first , and it seems like they are the only ones who understand it , while the software they used for an interface between the MD and the PC might be buggy , the system and sound of the MD is as of yet , unparalleled in this market range . the MZ-RH1 and the R50 will remain at the top of the pile for a while longer . I heard mention on another board of "How would this compare to the Marantz PMd 620 ", it doesnt , completely different machine . wholly different thought process behind it and this . I can take my Acoustic and plug directly into the DR1 , and get a WAY TO CLEAN sound , I can also use my acoustic preamp , and tone it down a bit ......... The DR1 is made for a Musician That final statement says a lot , The DR1 ........ IS made for a Musician , NOT a Recordist . I will have fun with this , and it will be usable to me . I know a lot of tricks to make stuff work better than it should , what Adapters to use , Impedance matchers , little mixers , gadgets galore ,................ but that is me , not the guy down the road looking to get the Phish concert from over the fence . For the Greatful Dead Bootlegs ( which were ENCOURAGED the setup was not a concealed thing , you dint have to hide anything . The Sony TCM D5M Tape deck , some Sennheisers, or a Sony ECM 5s stereo mic ( I have one , kinda rough shape , but it still works) and you had a Beautifull FAT sound , Today Recording is relagated to the "Hobbyist" in the eyes of the corporation , to actually put a piece of Pro quality gear in the hands of amatuers ,........ they are not going to to that , they will tease with the Possibility and give you bells and whistles . Instant coffee is instant coffee , Fresh Roasted Hawian Kona Beans , ground in front of you and blended are a whole different story . the extra 275 to get the Sony PCM-50 will be worth it for the recordist. For the Guitar , Bass , whatever Players here , The Tascam is nice to have in the backpack .

Ok , I have played with it for two hours , various settings , Hi gain , Lo Gain , Mic 2 input with my guitar plugged directly in ( that was clean ) what I have found , is that in Quieter settings , there is a Fair amount of noise , quite a lot actually , I will be emailing samples to Tascam and asking if it is just my unit . But in Louder concert settings , The Limiter and Rec Level will be of great use , , For people wanting to Catch an Idea , thro a second part to it ( My Main purpose for it ) it is kinda cool .

The Tascam is officially at Home , I sold a few things , Traded a few things , a full report forthcoming .

but if he goes to Audio cubes .................. I dONT GET BEEEEeEEERRRRrrrrRRRrr!

I am in Japan , you send me funds for shipping , and the Transformer , and some beer money , I will go get it for you .

Good Questions , and the only thing I could say after actually hearing the DR1 , is for one person the DR1 will work , for another it wont . The Limiter will help control the peaks in Loud situations , something the MD does NOT possess . But the Mic Preamp of the RH1 /M200 is a little better ( I have the RH1 , so I know) What you need to do is Test out Both units , go to a Music store ( Guitar Center , Mars Music , Local guitar store etc . ) take some good headphones and Listen to the Tascam , play with the menues , then in the Gallery or from a willing member here , listen to samples from the RH1 , they are two different machines , the Tascam has a Tascam sound , the Rh1 has the Sony signature sound , The internal mics on the Tascam were a Little midrange peakish to me , but I own the AT-822 which is a VERY flat mic so I get spoiled. There is a type of dynamics to a sound where there is no limiter , an openess an airyness , when a Limiter is applied it gets boxy , or closed in unless it is a VERY GOOD limiter , that is why studio gear costs money . There arent any Really GOOD ,, Cheap recordings , it was paid for somewhere down the line , experience , equipment , both , it got paid for somewhere . The Battery Boxes , act as a Partial Limiter for the MD giving a little extra control over the input . I as a Guitar Player and teacher , would like very much to have the feature set of the Tascam , and am looking for a way to get it , but for the General Recordist ,........... different purpose .

MY bad , I read NH710 , wasnt looking cAREfully oh the Solio saved me the other day , Threw my rh1 kit in the Backpack and went to Tokyo , pulled it out only to find a dead battery , had the solio on the outside of the backpack , so I fired it up , day saved!

It is a D Bob , read the specs below the listing , Line in only no mic in .

I appreciate that thought as well , as I said I was in a Music store and not a quiet place , so that remains to be seen , what I did notice immediately was the difference between the Zoom and the Tascam , Hands down no contest , the Tascam wins . The Idea of overdubbing has resparked my minimalist instincts , even though I have worked in Rec Studios and big boards , there is just something about the challenge of getting a really good sound on minimalist structure . That being said the 1/4 inch input for Mic no.2 which is mono , combined with an attenuator , so that an Acoustic preamp could be directly connected ............. Noise free acoustic guitar ........ another thing that leans me in this direction is that Tascam IS FAMILIAR with the structure of MD , having made several PRO level MD recorders ( Rack mount ) but I have used them , and know what they sound like . After the wheels spun in my head creating imaginary settings for the DR1 , I couldnt see me NOT using it , Podcast , ok done , Minimalist CD , ok done , Simple Commercial ideas w/ backing tracks , Done , Guitar lessons , done , Live Recording , done , shaving the cats butt , hmmmm nah dont wanna go there ! Is it the PCM -D50 , NO ........ that is Sony , and nobody does it better , But the Tascam does have some very cool stuff about it .

Hey dude , I might have an RH1 forsale PM me your email , and info lets talk

Hi Useless, You need " Hi MD Transfer 2.0 " for the macbook it is much simpler than Chronic Rage , I means sonic stage .And whtever gets transfrred will have to be in HiMD format , not regular MD format get it here http://esupport.sony.com/US/perl/swu-downl...&mdl=MZM100

Tascam DR-1 A view from afar Ok , so I went to Kurasawa Gakki , and thought I would give the Tascam a try , 29,800 yen, 3,000 more than the Zoom Several questions were in my mind at the outset What do it's mics sound like?How good is the limiter?How are the inputs?How good is the Headhpone driver?How is the Display quality?Doest it feel like a Toy ? or how well is it made?What are the Battery issues?And the BIG one , is it WORTH the money?Let Us Begin #1 I thought it's own Mics were quite clean , but a Little midrangy , they were much clearer than the Zooms mics , and had smoother transients , They were "Rollable" in such a way as to point either straight up (Out Front) or toward you (Face of the unit) , they had a fair seperation without sounding processed like my Zoom H2 , when I use the Zoom Front mics in a Closed room , or close mic setting where there isnt any ambient noise , they sound very processed , and like it is trying to compensate for something. Not the Tascams , quite natural , just a Little Midrange peak in them . #2 How good is the Limiter ? Well ,..... I was in a Music store and there was noise , but get this , some obnoxious guy decided he NEEDED to help me test my AT-822's and Yamaha headphone reaction , by BANGING the CRAP out of a Snare Drum RIGHT BEHIND ME !!!! ( scared the piss outa me) Any way I didnt let that go to waste , ( You just KEEp bangin dude , I thought to myself) I engaged to limiter , and adjusted levels . You dont get better transient peaks than a Hard HIT on a Snare drum from only 3 feet away, and the room sounds stayed quite visible , while the peaks of the Snare were kept under control , ( I made my decision to get it at that point) . The Limiter is almost like an optical limiter , fairly invisible no "Squished Sandwhich " syndrome, while you are NOT given Complete Autonomy over levels( you still need to set reasoable levels You do get MUCH smoother reaction to the audio coming in , it was very nice indeed. #3 Inputs ? Yeah baby ! I said I took my AT-822 with me , now you guys ALL know that I hate the ins on my Zoom...... Not this ! My AT-822 sounded Fat and Full even at Low mic gain setting , and at Hi Gain setting the Room Jumped out at me !! while not Perfectly quiet (in a quiet room there will be noise ) , it was ALMOST on Par with the Majority of the better MD recorders , it was pretty dang quite I was Listening for noise as best as I could in the place I was in ,What that meant doing was Cranking levels ALL the way up on the Phones AND the MIC in AND the REC levels( ( I waited for the snared drum guy to go away before I did this Ya Know) What I heard was a clean front end , with just barely noticable white noise and fairly bouncy dynamics( a GOOD thing ) while it probably ISNT the Sony PCM -D50 inputs , it Most definately isnt the Zooms( a GOOD thing) #4 Headphones....... The Yamahas are 40 ohms , and need a little juice to make them talk , The Driver in the Tascam , isnt ...... HOT but is Round , I could hear what I needed to hear in the details , I was listening for ho the room sound would translate in the Phones , ( was I getting a Canned image , or a Processed image , or unatural enhanced image , you know what I mean) This is of course a Relative viewpoint , not everyone is going to "Hear " the way I hear things, that being said , I found the Headphone driver could use a little more volume , in a Loud situation such as a concert , you will probable have to rely more on visual ( checking your meters) than on what you hear , I was in a Music store , but it wasnt REALLY loud , it was quite active , guitars , Bass , but not at High volumes , just think the sound of a busy music store ( the guitar players here will know what I mean) and I was peaking meters , but not blowin my ear drums . and I had the volume all the way up . #5 The Display . Pretty standard fair for what it is , a lot like the PCM-50 , but not as clean. various settings for backlight , and contrast , level metters are nice but could be better segmented , still easy on the eyes. #6 How does it feel . Well my Zoom gets made fun of a lot ( Higesori, in Japanese) My Electric razor!!! , and the Zoom is Plasticky. The Tascam has a pretty solid feel to it , the body contours fit nice in the hands , controls are easy to get used to but some memorizing will be required ,where everything is. the buttons (FX , Settings,etc) that are small and round are a little hard to get selected without having to get a little nail into the push , the FX button is rounded on top so it is a little easier, but the sides are flat surfaced and round in form . But no the Tascam does NOT feel like a toy . It felt good. #7 Battery issues . Well it has a Litho in it , of course ,........ BUT unlike the iPOOOD it is removable and user replaceable ( That is if you can find one , I did an internet search for the model , and came up with NADA!) 7 Hours of Batt life in Recording , but Beauty exists!!!! a STANDARD DC input(5 Volts) , so a USB to DC cable such as the USB to DC for the PSP would work fine , or a Batt pack with a regulator built in , ( we know how to make that stuff) just would like to know how much the extra batts would be ?????? Is it worth the Money ? Have to wait awhile I actually have to say that I was quite pleased with it , and the list of other features , like the reverbs , and overdubbing are just icing on the Cake , the Revers are not THick and over powering , in fact you have to listen carefully to hear them , except for the enhanced reverb , Man talk about Brightening things up , ..... the Hi freqs , just jump out at you with it on. The adjustments are Level and Depth on the efffects , very simple , and the Level control is NOT a mix control , ie. if you turn the FX level down , there is no sound at all , so it is like a Post fader effect send , on a PreFader effect send , you Always hear the main signal , on a Post Fader send all the signal gets sent thru the loop so if you turn the loop down and your monitoring the effect loop , you hear nothing. Same thing on the Tascam , so it can be used as EXTRA level dampening for really loud situations. Plugin Power .........MD STYLE , Yes folks a true Capacitor coupled plugin power stereo mic connection. It works very well , so all our 957's 907's tie clips , homemades , etc WILL WORK , and nicely at that ! in Wav format , you can OverDub into a NEW file , I believe they were calling on the spirit of another Great Idea that just couldnt get off the ground , the Yamaha Sound Sketcher , if any of you remember that ( I had one and really liked it except for it maxing out at 128 mb ??????Lame but Tascam decided to incorporate that in this unit , ........ Reverb (ON The Input mind you , it gets recorded) and Overdubbing , hmmmmmmmm I like that !!!!! Ok , last part . the Low Cut Filter .......... in the owners manual if you download it it states " Off, 80 hz, 120hz " ?!?! the one I tested , had ......" Off, 40 hz, 80 hz , and 120 hz " selectable and with the AT-822 connected I needed it ,, having that three different freqs to work with REALLLY will help out in Very Bassy situations where you jut wanna get a more natural sound instead of subwoofers pounding down your throat...... the Low Cut works good , I like it a LOT . so ,......... I have a Zoom H2 for sale ,............ any takers ? the Tascam DR-1,............ reviewed. UPDATE Feb 22 2009 . The DR1 has been Supplanted by the new DR-07 , in which Every thing I had discussed with Tascam was corrected . I have purchased the DR-07 AFTER , giving it a thorough check out , and all my concerns were addressed

@440 , there will be a Tascam report forthcoming , I went to a store today WITH my Mics , AND Yamaha headphones lets just say I will be selling some stuff real soon gimme a week , I will write a good one for ya !

Amen!

The RH1 goes into a trickle charge state after the Lights go out , Lithium Ion batteries want a "fast start / slow finish" charge cycle . so even if the LED is off it is still charging , but at a much slower rate hope that helps you understand

Well a follow up on the Zoom after playing with it for an hour or so in USB mode , .............. I think I am gonna sell it , and get the Tascam DR-1 I just downloaded the manual and sound samples . The High freqs , and separation just aren't there in the Zoom , at least not from my standpoint , Usefull , and fast , but I want a little more than what it gives me .

Upgraded ?????? watch this

Asper previous suggestions about recording to hardrive , I decided to actually test the Zoom as a USB Mic , Now you guys have heard me complain about the recording quality on the ZOOM except at its highest bit rates well , I recorded into Audacity using it as a USB mic ( Yes Audacity recognized it , have to go into Preferences to select it though) and I set the Zooms freq at 44.1 You can adjust the Levels directly from the zoom , as well as Audacity , so getting levels was no problem at all , secondly it records in Stereo or Mono , a choice you DO NOT GET , with USB mics , I have goood levels , and actually good quality sound , later today or tommorrow I will sit down and do something then post it . I was quite surprised at what it gave me . I might actually have to reevalueate my opinion of this thing......................

Hey Tig how are ya . Zoom H2 records in MP3 all the way down to 24kbs which means REALLY small file size ( not great quality but....... ) intsant upload so you can email it . I can record a sample and send it to you if you wish to hear it . it can also be used as a USB mic to record directly on the computer . Where have you Been? busy girl huh ?

if you listen carefully , you will hear them change keys 5 times , He calls out the key center , and the Guy on the Whistle just rolls with it . except for "B" which his flute is in D so the halfholing . crossfingering nightmare would be outta control , but he is still able to play FIVE KEYS , on a ONE KEY instrument ................ I play 3 keys on my Irish Flute , he rolls thru 5 like he is Seamus ......... dag man !

You rat , I wanted that One, LOL ...........touche'

If you got a New RH1 , then the battery comes with a charge in it for maintaining it , it has to be charged fully , then use it 1 time until it is drained completely , then charge it for 5 hours , that will "Set" the battery the charge light will go off in 60 minutes , but leave it on the charger for about 5 hours the first time , that will allow the battery to reach its ma capacity

There arent any Sony HiMD decks , only Onkyo has decks at the moment . I have heard them and they are pretty good ! Who knows what will happan though , it was just announced that BlueRay has won , Toshiba is ceasing production of HDDVD so maybe the impetus for Sony to do something cool again might pop up .

here is cheap one http://forums.minidisc.org/index.php?s=&am...st&p=131876

finally found out about you Bob , Saddams boat is up for sale , and here is the quote from the article "The yacht was ordered and paid for by the Iraqi government at the beginning. That is certain," the lawyer said in a telephone interview. Now, the Iraqis believe the vessel "may belong to Saddam's entourage." "Iraq is basically trying to recover the money of the Iraqi people that was unlawfully transferred abroad," Amir-Aslani said. However, the vessel has a Caribbean connection. A "legal entity" incorporated in the Cayman Islands claims to own the boat, the attorney said, but it is hiding the "beneficial owner," whose identity "is what we need to discover." You actually OWN the Caymans dont ya!!!!! Just Joking !!!!!!!