Looking for simple stereo recorder that goes to hard drive..

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Flying Tree wrote:
> I want to be able to take a hard disk based recorder to a bar, my living
> room, a church, plug in two mics and end up with a decent recording. I
> don't want 4 or eight tracks sound on sound editing capabilities. Just a
> stereo recorder that any moron can plug in and use.

You won't get HD without the editing facilities and multiple tracks, but
you don't *have* to use them just because they are there. There are
plenty of entry level machines that will only record two tracks at a time.

If you really only want stereo recording and playback, a minidisc
recorder will do what you want, and produce a suprisingly decent
recording - in a live situation like that the recording quality will be
dictated by your choice of mics and where you put them. You'll also
need an external preamp with phantom power if you choose mics that need
it, or get a recorder like the Marantz PMD650 which has all that built
in at a price.

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thanks to both
"T Maki" <tmaki@earthlink.net> wrote in message
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> Flying Tree wrote:
>>
>> I want to be able to take a hard disk based recorder to a bar, my living
>> room, a church, plug in two mics and end up with a decent recording. I
>> don't want 4 or eight tracks sound on sound editing capabilities. Just a
>> stereo recorder that any moron can plug in and use.
>
>
> Marantz PMD670. Uses Compact Flaah or microdrives
> (microdrives satisfy your HD-based requirement). Runs on
> optional rechargeable batteries or AC adapter. Plug in two
> mics - dynamic or condenser, it does 48v phantom. Record
> whatever is going on in the church located in your living
> room which is a bar.
>
> It doesn't get any easier.
>
> Moron not included.
>
>
>
> TM

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In article <cVOYd.2026$uw6.1088@trnddc06> NOSPAM@NOSPAM.net writes:

> I want to be able to take a hard disk based recorder to a bar, my living
> room, a church, plug in two mics and end up with a decent recording. I
> don't want 4 or eight tracks sound on sound editing capabilities. Just a
> stereo recorder that any moron can plug in and use.

I won't ask what your budget range is because you disqualified just
about everything with your last sentence. Honestly, I know of no
portable hard disk recorder that a moron can use. They all require a
few operations through a menu in order to get started, and, because
they have the display, the buttons, and the computing power, they all
seem to include some form of editing whether you want it or not.


The Nomad Jukebox 3 is as simple as any of them, but you'll have to
buy one second-hand or a factory refurbished unit since they're no
longer being made. If you'll settle for a flash memory card rather
than a hard disk, the Edirol R1 might do the job for you, but I
haven't done a turn-on-and-record exercise with one to see how
idiot-proof that operation can be. I think you can set defaults on the
Sound Devices recorders so that it comes up ready to go, but unless
you're willing to spend over $1,000, you needn't be concerned with
that option.


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