ivanbuto Posted November 27, 2004 Report Share Posted November 27, 2004 Hi everyone, I'm hoping to get some advice on what sort of a portable audio recoder I should purchase. I would use it to record myself on the piano, but of course also other uses (voice, etc.). I purchased one of the NetMD models about a year ago, but after finding out that I couldn't upload digitally, I sold it on eBay. I know that the Hi-MD models are capable of digital uploads, but, looking around on the Internet, I've now discovered some other options that could work for me, and have a pretty hard time making a decision. I am contemplating the following: - one of the Hi-MD units - the iRiver iHP-120 - Creative's Nomad Jukebox 3 - one of the Neuros recorders - the Edirol R-1 I have a few questions/thoughts: - Out of the above, only the Edirol and some of the hi-MD units have a mic-in port. Does it matter if I use a mic-in or a line-in with an amplified microphone? - I like the Edirol, however, it is the most expensive of them all, and it also seems that a 2 GB compact flash card is much more expensive than the minidiscs. Also, I wouldn't mind using whatever I buy also as a music player, for which the Edirol might not be the best. - I really don't like SonicStage and all of Sony's DRM limitations, which is one of the reasons why I've been contemplating the other options. I don't like the fact that all the transfers would have to be done via SonicStage and then a converter - the other options seem to be better in this regard. - I currently have a Sony ECM-MS907 microphone, which I bought last year along with the NetMD unit. When I made some recordings last year, I was pretty happy with the clarity of sound, but my biggest problem was that the louder volumes on the piano didn't really project into louder volumes of the recording - in fact, when I played really loud and with attack, there were some thuds in the recording. If I want to have teh dynamics more accurately reflected, who much is this a matter of getting a different microphone, and how much of the recorder that I use? I'm not very knowledgeable about the physics, etc. of audio recording, so sorry if I'm not making sense. Thanks for any help!! Ivan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sharpo51 Posted November 28, 2004 Report Share Posted November 28, 2004 I'm hoping to get some advice on what sort of a portable audio recoder I should purchase.Maybe http://forums.minidisc.org/viewtopic.php?p=27695#27695 is of interest for you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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