nathantw666 Posted August 3, 2008 Report Share Posted August 3, 2008 I went to a concert last night and in the last minute decided to record it. I took my trusty MZ-RH1, battery pack, and my in-ear microphone and trusted that my previous settings were still on the unit. I recorded, checking the level periodically. At the end of the concert I shut down making sure I didn't move much while the unit saved to disc. I got in the car, turned it on and saw all these track marks. I was really confused. There were 33 track marks and I was wondering what was going on. Then I realized what happened. I had the minute marker on, so it would mark a track every 3 minutes. So I listened to the end of the disc to hear the great last dancing-type of songs he sang. The recording was perfect and everything was going well then suddenly, the music cut off. IT WAS AT THE END OF THE DISC! I then remembered what happened. I was recording a tape (yes tape) onto the minidisc and put the minute marker on and set it for PCM recording. I never changed it back to my concert setting! ARGH! How frustrating. SO ALWAYS CHECK YOUR SETTINGS BEFORE RECORDING. Dumb me didn't do that. I was kind of afraid to do it while at my seat considering I was sitting right next to the mixer board and all the people related to concert. Oh well, at least I got about 90 minutes of cool music. I just don't have 4 of the most popular songs he recorded. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A440 Posted August 3, 2008 Report Share Posted August 3, 2008 We've all done something similar. At least you have your memories, and PCM quality.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kino170878 Posted August 4, 2008 Report Share Posted August 4, 2008 If only you had the old DAT recorders, they could record digitally at PCM for 120 minutes non-stop. And tape doesn't get erased as easily as pushing a wrong button. I kind of feel bad now selling my Sony TCD-D8, never could quite get into the feel of it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
greenmachine Posted August 4, 2008 Report Share Posted August 4, 2008 120 minutes of PCM and most live recordists would be happy. But they went for the magic number of 1GB. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
greenmachine Posted August 4, 2008 Report Share Posted August 4, 2008 PCM-D1 & D50 take Sony's Memory Stick up to 8GB. They may have typical Sony high quality I/O stages, but can't really compete in physical size, price and battery life. They're getting closer though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
greenmachine Posted August 4, 2008 Report Share Posted August 4, 2008 PCM-D1: 4 AA nickel metal hydride rechargeable batteries and charger (supplied, battery life at 96kHz of approximately 4.0 hours with rechargeable AA batteries)PCM-D50: Operates on 4 x AA Alkaline Batteries: Providing 14 hours of record operation @ 44.1kHz 16 bitOK, the PCM-D50's battery life is not bad at all, but still needs four AA batteries instead of one in my NH700, where I get about 8 hours recording time in PCM or 16h in Hi-SP from a 2300 mAh Ni-MH cell. I don't like a lot of batteries in a row. If one is bad, the whole chain is. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nathantw666 Posted August 4, 2008 Author Report Share Posted August 4, 2008 One reason why I like the minidisc is because it's small, doesn't look like a recorder, you can say it's your mp3 player if searched and questioned and best of all, you can use a remote control to adjust the level. I don't need to pull the entire unit out to look and adjust the settings. Plus, as was pointed out, the batteries last a long time. The recording would too if you don't use PCM. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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