Minidisc vers portable multitrack Compact Flash recorders

[infoman]

Hi

I've currently got a MZ-NH900 recorder and recently got a SP-BM2 mic, along with some glasses, which are not used for seeing. I use this set up to record of concerts and other events. It works very well. It was thanks to people on this forum that I now use this set up, especially the idea of using glasses as I normally don't ware such things.

Now that the MZ-RH1 has come along I was thinking of selling my MZ-NH900 and getting one because I have quite a lot of lageacy live recordings on LP2 and LP4 format.

When I mentioned this to a friend yesterday he said minidisc is a dying format and that I should look at portable multitrack compact flash recorders.

Eg. M-audio MicroTrack 2496 (http://www.thomann.de/thoiw2_maudio_microtrack_2496_prodinfo.html?partner_id=82764#fpix)

What do others think? Personally I think flash will eventually be the future of recording. However, does any one think it is as good as minidisc right now?

The battery only lasts 3 hours in this model and some of the events I record, such as cricket matches, last up 6-8 hours.

There may be other models which are better than that though.

Of course if I get such a thing I won't be able to upload my old LP2/LP4 recordings but does that really matter.

Thanks

Infoman

Edited May 12, 2006 by infoman

[raintheory]

There are many points of comparison.

Take, for example, the cost of media: 1gb Compact Flash card -vs- 1gb Hi-MD disc.

Fairly cheap removeable media is a big plus in my mind.

Also, I believe when the battery of the MicroTrack dies for good, you have to send it in for service. Rather than simply replacing the battery as you would in an MD recorder.

Those points, not to mention the fact that Sony has been making portable minidisc recorders for over 10 years would have me bet on the RH1 as far as reliability as well. The MicroTrack is a very young format compared to Sony's MiniDisc. I'd give the MicroTrack a few years of development to get all of the kinks out before buying one. Also I'd wait until the cost of Compact Flash cards drops to around Hi-MD disc levels.

Just my opinions though.

[A440]

The MicroTrack is a very young format compared to Sony's MiniDisc. I'd give the MicroTrack a few years of development to get all of the kinks out before buying one. Also I'd wait until the cost of Compact Flash cards drops to around Hi-MD disc levels.

Amen to the above.

One thing about the Microtrack is that it apparently doesn't have a track button, so you can't insert tracks (micro or otherwise) as you record. That's one thing I've always loved about MD.

http://www.transom.org/tools/recording_int...microtrack.html

And here's a bug report:

http://groups.google.com/group/rec.audio.p...d/ae729b9c5b16e