Portable Wave Recorder

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I was wondering if anyone has any experience with smaller portable wave
recorders? I am looking for something with a built in mic and with an
option which allows you to plug in a stereo line in (from my mixer). I
would like it to record at CD quality (44.1, 16bit) and have a levels
display. Looking for a price range of $200. Anyone know if such an
animal is sold? I found the edirol r1 but this seems overkill in terms
of features , size and price. I am envisioning something more like an
I-POd with the ability to record wave files thru a line in (I also must
be able to digitally transfer these wave files to my main computer for
processing).

Thanks for pointing me in the right direction,
Andrew V. Romero

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Andrew V. Romero <rrstudio2@icqmail.com> wrote:

>I was wondering if anyone has any experience with smaller portable wave
>recorders? I am looking for something with a built in mic and with an
>option which allows you to plug in a stereo line in (from my mixer). I
>would like it to record at CD quality (44.1, 16bit) and have a levels
>display. Looking for a price range of $200. Anyone know if such an
>animal is sold? I found the edirol r1 but this seems overkill in terms
>of features , size and price. I am envisioning something more like an
>I-POd with the ability to record wave files thru a line in (I also must
>be able to digitally transfer these wave files to my main computer for
>processing).

Currently available, there's the Edirol R-1, and the soon-to-be-released
M-Audio MicroTrack 24/96. (Please see our Web site for pre-ordering of
the MicroTrack 24/96.)

For discontinued products there's the Creative Labs Nomad Jukebox 3, the
iRiver iHP-120 and -140 (also known as the H-120 and -140). Neither of
those offers metering.

If you have a low cost A-to-D (like the $20 unit from Radio Shack) you
can feed our PDAudio 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 <1123366651.211662.103180@g44g2000cwa.googlegroups.com> rrstudio2@icqmail.com writes:

> That M-Audio MicroTrack seems like what I am looking for, however it is
> more expensive than I was hoping for. Isn't it odd that some small
> devices like this cost $500 when that is the cost of a cheap Laptop
> computer?

Yeah, but you don't have to buy software for it, or an audio
interface, and it has controls on it so you don't need a mouse. I'd
say it was a pretty good bargain for what it is.

> Makes me wonder if I should just get a laptop with a
> firewire por on it to do some basic audio recording on???

Sure, if you want to lug around and set up all that stuff.

> Perhaps it
> would be nice if someone made a small device like the MicroTrack which
> instead of taking analog signals took Firewire or USB so then you could
> hook up your audio interface (Firepod, etc), then just record onto the
> device.

Core Sound makes a card for a PDA that takes a digital input. You
could connct that to a mic preamp with a digital output (which they
also make) and have a portable recorder. But you'll find that the
Microtrack (Core Sound is also an M-Audio dealer so they'll sell you
either one) is cheaper.

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Len Moskowitz wrote:
> Andrew <rrstudio2@icqmail.com> wrote:
>
>
>>That M-Audio MicroTrack seems like what I am looking for, however it is
>>more expensive than I was hoping for. Isn't it odd that some small
>>devices like this cost $500...
>
>
> Please check our our Web site and you'll see that it costs less than
> $400.
>
>

When will they be available? "Mid August" is all that I can find. If
they're going to be in stock by Mid August, they would have already
shipped from the factory.

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In article <N1cKe.113812$Kp2.8963243@twister.southeast.rr.com> mcp6453@earthlink.net writes:

> When will they be available? "Mid August" is all that I can find.

From years of experience in the field, I'd call that "Maybe by Christamas." <g>



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I'm really Mike Rivers (mrivers@d-and-d.com)
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

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mcp6453 <mcp6453@earthlink.net> wrote:

>When will they be available? "Mid August" is all that I can find. If
>they're going to be in stock by Mid August, they would have already
>shipped from the factory.

Latest news from M-Audio is that they'll ship early September.



--
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