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>Subject: RE: #7945 digital audio recorders
>Date: Wed, 29 Jun 2005 13:07:28 -0400
>Thread-Topic: #7945 digital audio recorders
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>From: "Ross, Andrew" <[log in to unmask]>
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Hi, Mark:
We use a couple of different handheld recorders (some of this depends on
your definition of handheld):
Marantz PMD670s record through XLR mic inputs and are about the size of
a small handbag. *Very* lightweight, though somewhat complex for some
faculty. They'll record into MP3 directly, as well as MP2, WAV and BWF.
In a smaller format (cigarette pack size), we use the Sony MZ-NHF800
minidisc recorder. It uses inexpensive media, and gets great sound
quality. I'm not wild about Sony's SonicStage software, which is the
only thing that I know of that will read the proprietary filetype, .hmd
(I think). It's clunky, and "registers" itself to one machine so that
you can only use a single workstation with a given minidisc. Once
you've got the hang of it, it's not difficult to batch convert recorded
audio to WAV, and thence to whatever distribution format you want to
use.
Hope this is useful,
a.
Andrew F. Ross, Ph.D
Director, Language Resource Center
Brown University
Box 1935
Providence, RI 02912-1935
Tel: (401) 863-7010
Mobile: (401) 641-0329
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Dear all,
I'm looking for recommendations on handheld digital recorders with good
recording quality being about the only factor on our wish list. A
variety
of compressions (besides just WMA) would be nice, but not necessary.
A quick search of the LLTI archives turned up a query or two on this
subject from 2 years ago, but nothing much by way of responses.
In the days of webcasting, I'm assuming/hoping that someone out there
has
some longterm (i.e., at least a week or two?) experience with such
recorders by now that they could share with the list.
Thanks in advance to any and all for their advice.
Mark Lauersdorf
P.S. To those who helped in my earlier DVD burning queries, I will get
an
official response and thanks message back to the list once I settle in
to
my new position.
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