Can you recommend a portable audio recorder ? (not minidisc)

astroman · Post by **astroman** » Sat Oct 25, 2003 1:27 pm

yeah, the Nagras have a great reputation, but that's solid quality in the true sense of the word. Not exactly portable...

The OKM mics absolutely require a stereo mic input. That's what makes them sound so real - I once heard some very impressive demo tracks on a CD.

cheers, Tom

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ChrisWerner · Post by **ChrisWerner** » Sun Oct 26, 2003 3:31 am

Hey Tom, I can absolutly recommend the OKMs they sound fantastic. I´ve to visit the Externsteine soon, let us make a date because you are not far away from them.
Thank you all for the support.

astroman · Post by **astroman** » Sun Oct 26, 2003 6:29 am

... you must have something on your mind when visting that dark, foggy part of the forest in November...

Tom

Spirit · Post by **Spirit** » Sun Oct 26, 2003 7:56 am

Dark, foggy forest ? Sounds fantastic. make sure you post a pic.

Here it's just getting hot again

and soon I'll be imprisoned in my air-conditioned studio for six months. To go out feels like standing in an oven while being bombarded with X-rays. The "bush" is like steaming jungle.

Oh for a dark and foggy forest !

ChrisWerner · Post by **ChrisWerner** » Sun Oct 26, 2003 10:13 am

Pictures and audio scapes promissed.
Here in Germany the grey periode as I call it has begun. No shiny sun, cold and the peoples gets depressive. I hate the autum but it has nice colors somehow, then everything turns white.

astroman · Post by **astroman** » Mon Oct 27, 2003 4:30 pm

Spirit here comes an appetizer - last sunday afternoon crossing the same mountain by car, just 25 miles west from the place Chris was talking about.
The pics are just crap, but somehow reflect the mood of the area at 5 Celsius and 99% moisture

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Micha · Post by **Micha** » Tue Oct 28, 2003 3:41 am

Can you smell the mushrooms?

Counterparts · Post by **Counterparts** » Tue Oct 28, 2003 3:42 am

Nestor wrote:

I can't remember right now the exact name, but there is a Sony little casset recorder which is mainly used by journalists, this one is fantastic, it has a great sound. Hope this helps.

Sony professional walkman.

Had one for *years*. Bestest little tape recorder about. The stereo mike's supposed to be pretty good too (don't have this accessory myself).

http://www.electronics-online.co.uk/aca ... lkman.html

Not cheap, though!

If Minidisc's out of the question, then I'd guess that the only other options would be:

Portable DAT (£££)
Mike connected to (small) Laptop (DTD recording?)

Royston

wayne · Post by **wayne** » Tue Aug 31, 2004 9:58 am

hey folks, some post resurrection. Just received one of the new md's (mz-nh900) to try out.

seems this will do 1 hour 34 minutes of linear pcm (44.1/16) on a 1gb disc.

has atrac option for listening to 45 hours of pop, too

usb, optical, rechargeable internal battery + aa battery caddy.

sounds pretty good so far with the little T-shaped mic that comes with it. My voice,SCSI drives & the traffic sound authentic

I'll test it a bit further and let ya know, but looks like a beauty so far.

bassdude · Post by **bassdude** » Tue Aug 31, 2004 7:54 pm

I'd be very interested to know how it turns out.

ChrisWerner · Post by **ChrisWerner** » Tue Jun 21, 2005 11:12 pm

Well it took some time for my decission but now I made one.
I bought a Hi-MD recorder,too.
<img SRC="http://minidisc.org/images/Sony_MZRH10_ ... jpg"></img>

It can record in CD quality and can be used as an external drive for some backup tasks, USB, etc.
Reviews are great on the MZ-RH10 and I really like the large OLED display.

I hope the postman comes soon.

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Spirit · Post by **Spirit** » Tue Jun 21, 2005 11:32 pm

Looks like we've all gone minidisk

petal · Post by **petal** » Wed Jun 22, 2005 4:10 am

On 2004-08-31 10:58, wayne wrote:

sounds pretty good so far with the little T-shaped mic that comes with it. My voice,SCSI drives & the traffic sound authentic

I'll test it a bit further and let ya know, but looks like a beauty so far.

So how do you like it now? Anything one should be aware about before buying one of these babies?

Cheers!
Thomas

braincell · Post by **braincell** » Sun Jul 03, 2005 8:09 am

I think the MD is the way to go.

braincell · Post by **braincell** » Thu Jul 07, 2005 6:45 am

The MD media is so cheap. Go to the MD community page. They are very sturdy and reliable.