The best MD live recorder for the price, (cheapest :D)

[Zeppelin]

Hi im looking to find an MD recorder/player that i can use for music and to record these damn lectures (through which I cant even concentrate on them because I am concentrating on keeping up with notes).

I assume that the lower end ones, where on the equipment browser page it says "no mic input" means that there is no input for well a mic.

However im really confused with whether MD recorders come with an in-built mic or not...do you HAVE to get a seperate mic?

Also when it says analog recording what does that mean?

ALSO..lol...how do you tell whether (on the browser pages) it means in-built mic or just an input for one...thanks.

[Reactive]

Hi Zeppelin,

most of the cheaper minidisc recorders do feature a mic jack (beware of the net MD super cheap models, as they do not support any mics at all).

So to keep things realy simple go for a Sharp or a Sony recorder with a mic jack. If your on a budget you can use one of the plug in mic's that are available through us or (mindisc canada).

A plug in Stereo mic, will be allow more creativity down the road, and you can extend them with a 6ft extension cable to allow for some really cool location recordings.

You'll be looking at approx $25 to $60 US for a mono to a stereo mic (respective). Either one will be just fine for recording your lectures.

Good luck and let us know what you decided on, and why.

[Christopher]

Welcome to the forums, Zeppelin. What's your max budget for an unit?

[Zeppelin]

Welcome to the forums, Zeppelin. What's your max budget for an unit?

thanks..

well im looking to buy used...i dont want to spend more than about 110 can dollars...

how about the MZ-R700?

built in mic?

[Bananatree]

110 should find you a respectible unit.

I do belive the r700 unit has a mic in.

[aeriyn]

:sleep: 110 can find a respectable unit?

110USD can barely find a decent one.

I'd look for an R700 if you could... since it has ATRAC 4.5 and a microphone jack.

It does not have a built in microphone; only the MD business recorders do. However, you don't want a built-in mic. Built in mics suck.

[Zeppelin]

so "analog and digiital recording" just means it CAN use a mic?

[Reactive]

The mic recording side will be analog, the digital recording side of the unit is for recording a cd thru an optical cable. The cd player would have to have a digital output so that you can record in digital.

All Microphone recordings will be in analog, then converted to digital by the MD internal analog to digital converter. A microphone operates on the principal of changing sound pressure. This in turn is translated to voltage, which is given the term analog by the industry.

I hope that makes some sense? It can a bit overwhelming at first, but you'll soon get a hang of the jargon.