abaez Posted February 19, 2003 Report Share Posted February 19, 2003 Hi, I'm looking to buy a minidisc to record live concerts. I won't be doing it often but I would like something that is of decent quality. I've narrowed it down to two things, a sharp mdms702. Which I can get used for a really really great price with all sorts of stuff. The thing is I'm reading it only records in MONO. I'm wondering if that will have any adverse affect on the quality of my recordings? I would buy a pretty good mic for it probably this one: http://www.minidisco.com/minispecs/sp-otter1.html or this one: http://www.minidisco.com/minispecs/reactiv...unds_delta.html Which one of these two is better? My other choice is to get a live recording bundle from minidisco which would include a Sharp MD-MT200 and one of the above two mics (or a mic from stealthaudio.net which ive read good stuff about on these forums.) That one would cost quite a bit more (about 100$) than buying the used MDMS702. I'm wondering if the MONO recording sound quality difference is bad enough to justify spending 100$ more on the MT200? Is there a work around maybe if you record only in mono to get it to sound stereo? Thanks for all your help. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Anonymous Posted February 19, 2003 Report Share Posted February 19, 2003 abaez I would not recomend recording concerts in mono. I will soon be selling of used recorders packaged with my mics, if youre interested in buying it all in one package email me at stealth_audio@canada.com thanks Scott Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abaez Posted February 19, 2003 Author Report Share Posted February 19, 2003 Thanks scott I thought so now just gotta save up the cash. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mystyler Posted February 19, 2003 Report Share Posted February 19, 2003 MONO isn't that bad in itself - it is exactly the same as SP, minus one channel. However, the MS702 records in SP, or "stereo". It has MONO as well for twice the recording length, but no stereo LP modes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abaez Posted February 19, 2003 Author Report Share Posted February 19, 2003 Wierd, I read it only recorded in mono. Scott offered me a good price for a 722 package. I'm torn as to get a 722 or a 702 now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Anonymous Posted February 19, 2003 Report Share Posted February 19, 2003 the 722 looks to be better it has a higher version of atrac which means better recording quality Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BJ Posted February 20, 2003 Report Share Posted February 20, 2003 The 702 also had a problem with UTOC errors, unless the one in question is the 702MK. I never had problems with my 702, though. Both have been noted to produce odd ATRAC artifacts when trying to record complex sounds (like a cymbal crash). On my 702 it sounds like clicking. As for making mono sound like stereo, record the live track into your computer and in whatever programme you use to edit the track, convert it to stereo and apply a small phase shift (correct term?) to one of the channels, so it lags behind the other by a matter of ms. It produces a barely noticable echo effect that actually sounds kinda' neat. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abaez Posted February 25, 2003 Author Report Share Posted February 25, 2003 Hmmmmmmmmm the 770 looks really good too... any opinions on that vs the 722? What atrac does the 770 use I couldn't find it online... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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