silent 24-bit recorder

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On Sun, 5 Jun 2005 08:05:48 -0400, h.khalil@gmx.de wrote
(in article <1117973148.615409.115150@g43g2000cwa.googlegroups.com> ):

> Hello,
>
> I am looking for a 24-bit solid-state audio recorder with a digital
> input. The signal comes from the A/D converter of a mic preamp, and I
> would like to store it as a 24-bit WAV file using a silent recorder.
> The price is not so important, but I would like not to have to pay for
> too many features beyond mere audio recording.
>
> I appreciate any recommendation.
>
> Regards,
> Hesham
>

how silent?

Ty Ford


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h.khalil@gmx.de wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I am looking for a 24-bit solid-state audio recorder with a digital
> input. The signal comes from the A/D converter of a mic preamp, and I
> would like to store it as a 24-bit WAV file using a silent recorder.
> The price is not so important, but I would like not to have to pay for
> too many features beyond mere audio recording.
>
> I appreciate any recommendation.
>
> Regards,
> Hesham
>

The Edirol R1`would be a great choice....it's also completely portable
(ie. no need for a USB or firewire bus)...Good luck!!

Jonny Durango

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h.khalil@gmx.de wrote in news:1117973148.615409.115150
@g43g2000cwa.googlegroups.com:

> Hello,
>
> I am looking for a 24-bit solid-state audio recorder with a digital
> input. The signal comes from the A/D converter of a mic preamp, and I
> would like to store it as a 24-bit WAV file using a silent recorder.
> The price is not so important, but I would like not to have to pay for
> too many features beyond mere audio recording.
>

The Sound Devices 722 will record 24-bit digital input at sampling rates up
to 192 ks/sec from either regular S/PDIF or AES/EBU, and certainly meets
your desire of not having "too many features beyond mere audio recording".
If you buy a big enough Compact Flash card for your needs, and turn off the
hard disk recording it has no parts moving during recording (but does use
the disk at power-on, though it is a good deal quieter than a DAT even
then).

However it is expensive, and includes many audio features not required by
your description.

Peter A. Stoll

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On Sun, 5 Jun 2005 16:52:03 -0400, h.khalil@gmx.de wrote
(in article <1118004723.786679.310560@g43g2000cwa.googlegroups.com> ):

>> The Edirol R1`would be a great choice....it's also completely portable
>> (ie. no need for a USB or firewire bus)...Good luck!!
>>
>> Jonny Durango
>
> Hi Jonny,
>
> yes I find the R1 to be a great recorder, but unfortunately it does not
> have a digital input to be connected to the preamp digital out. For me
> this is important because I want to avoid analog connections between
> preamp and recorder.
>
> By the way, by silent I meant no moving parts - which makes the R1
> indeed an excellent choice if only it had a digital in.
>
> Thanks!
> Hesham
>

The R1 has an internal hard drive. That has moving parts. Although we've come
a long way with making drives quieter, I'd want a demo in a quiet room to
determine if I could hear the "chunk, chunk, chunk" most HD recorders have
before I plunked down my money.

Ty (Been there, done that, got the T-shirt) Ford


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stuff are at www.tyford.com

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"Mike Rivers" <mrivers@d-and-d.com> wrote in message
news:znr1118087752k@trad...
>
> In article <rKudnYk8ZtcN6znfRVn-ug@comcast.com> tyreeford@comcast.net
writes:
>
> > The R1 has an internal hard drive. That has moving parts.
>
> The Edirol R4 has an internal hard drive. The R1 is strictly flash
> memory (which better not have any moving parts larger than electrons).

The R1 doesn't work with a plug-in CF-card hard drive? :-(

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On Mon, 6 Jun 2005 18:11:44 -0400, Mike Rivers wrote
(in article <znr1118087752k@trad> ):

>
> In article <rKudnYk8ZtcN6znfRVn-ug@comcast.com> tyreeford@comcast.net writes:
>
>> The R1 has an internal hard drive. That has moving parts.
>
> The Edirol R4 has an internal hard drive. The R1 is strictly flash
> memory (which better not have any moving parts larger than electrons).
>
my bad.

But now that you mention it. Who is it up in NJ has an outboard box that
squirts 24/96 stereo via S/PDIF into a 1 GB chip in a PDA?

Ty

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stuff are at www.tyford.com

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In article <O9idnaXCXbgzNDjfRVn-vA@comcast.com> tyreeford@comcast.net writes:

> But now that you mention it. Who is it up in NJ has an outboard box that
> squirts 24/96 stereo via S/PDIF into a 1 GB chip in a PDA?

That would be Core Sound. Len's a little slow on the draw today. Maybe
he likes the hot weather and he's out running a marathon.


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