Need help finding PC friendly quality audio recorder

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I'm working on a project where I need to record sounds, voices and
conversations that I'll reuse in a multimedia presentation. My
requirements are simple:
- I need to capture good quality audio
- I need to be able to download, edit and combine it with a slideshow
using Macromedia Flash

Minidisc recorders sound like the right hardware, but it appears that
it's very hard to export, convert and reuse those sounds on a PC.

I'd love your recommendation about the next best solution. Would a
quality MP3 voice recorder do it (may be with an external mic)? Any
specific brand I should look into?

Thanks!
pt

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> Not sure of the Nomad Jukebox 3 has digital outs or not but Mike
> Rivers speaks highly of it for outside recording.

Firewire output, and I second the recommendation.

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"Mike Cleaver" <voice.1@telus.net> wrote in message
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> Not sure of the Nomad Jukebox 3 has digital outs

The NJB3's best digital I/O path to/from the PC is via Firewire and/or USB
1.1. It also has a optical digital input that is coaxial with the analog
line level input.

> or not but Mike Rivers speaks highly of it for outside recording.

With > 90 dB dynamic range and 0.1 dB frequency response via its analog I/O,
its really quite sophisticated.

It's weight, size and shape are dated, being CD-Player-like, but it has a
good reputation for robustness over the long haul, given that it is
2.5" )standard laptop) hard drive based.

NJB3's major omission is a proper mic input.

I use mine with a Behr MXB 1002, which is line/battery operable and has 5
mic inputs.

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"Bob Cain" <arcane@arcanemethods.com> wrote in message
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> Arny Krueger wrote:
>
>
>> It's weight, size and shape are dated,

> And it is out of production, heavy sigh. It looks as if
> they've abandoned recording.

Reading between the lines on the relevant Creative forums, their position is
that right now they are locked in a major struggle with Apple over
playback-only devices and there are plenty of NJB3s to buy if you know where
to look:

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.d [...] 07532&rd=1

(Seller is none other than Creative Labs!)

>> NJB3's major omission is a proper mic input.

> I've always thought the real problem there was how on earth
> to get any signifigant and quiet gain in such close
> proximity to the impulsive noise you get controlling
> spinning motors and dumping and stopping big currents
> suddenly into rotary ones.

That's all in the hard drive, which is just a commercial laptop computer
part.

Oh, and the answer to your question is:

Shielded motors, carefully-designed circuit cards with ground planes, and
low impedance circuitry.

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Mike Rivers <mrivers@d-and-d.com> wrote:

>However, since it doesn't really have a mic input (just the line input
>with the gain cranked up 25 dB or so on the digital side) it's not
>really appropriate to "record sounds, voices, and conversations"
>without an external mic preamp.

Add a Denecke AD-20 or one of our Mic2496 dual mic pre/A-to-D and you'll
have a much better sounding system.

--
Len Moskowitz PDAudio, Binaural Mics, Cables, DPA, M-Audio
Core Sound http://www.stealthmicrophones.com
Teaneck, New Jersey USA http://www.core-sound.com
moskowit@core-sound.com Tel: 201-801-0812, FAX: 201-801-0912

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In article <chfbat$k1r$1@panix2.panix.com> moskowit@panix.com writes:

> Add a Denecke AD-20 or one of our Mic2496 dual mic pre/A-to-D and you'll
> have a much better sounding system.

I know that, and you know that I know that. I just want a one-piece
system with real mic connectors on it, not two or more pieces and
extra cables and adapters.

I wrote a yet unpublished and I suspect won't be published review of
the Core Sound Mic2496 preamp and I agree with Len - it sounds fine.



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However, until the spam goes away or Hell freezes over,
lots of IP addresses are blocked from this system. If
you e-mail me and it bounces, use your secret decoder ring
and reach me here: double-m-eleven-double-zero at yahoo