[linux-audio-user] Portable field recording set-up?

[Dave Phillips]

Greetings:

  You might also consider purchasing a CoreSound PDAudioCF card:

    http://www.core-sound.com/default.php

  It's a great card, I have one in a PCMCIA slot with a Flash adapter, 
works fine. I've tested it with ecasound with excellent results.

Best,

dp


Frank Barknecht wrote:

>Hallo,
>Paul Davis hat gesagt: // Paul Davis wrote:
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>>On Sat, 2005-10-08 at 20:42 +0000, S. Massy wrote:
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>>>For a project of mine, I would need a portable, affordable ($200-250)
>>>way to make quality stereo recordings of natural and/or urban
>>>environments. Here are the criteria I have defined so far:
>>>* sr should be at least 44.1khz
>>>* recording should be stereo
>>>* if compressed, prefer lossless compression, otherwise, good quality
>>>  encoding: minimum 160kbps
>>>* Should be reasonably portable (i.e compact and battery-operated) and
>>>  sturdy.
>>>      
>>>
>>we just got an iAudio X5. its a disk-based system, not flash. rugged,
>>thought not "industrially" so, interacts perfectly with linux (USB mass
>>storage device, no special playlist s/w required). plays videos, WAV,
>>FLAC, ogg as well as the usual mp3/wma crowd. has line-in, though
>>through an "expander" connector.
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>But this iAudio only records mp3, doesn't it? Which sucks for field
>recordings especially. 
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>(Expensive) alternatives might be these:
>http://www.m-audio.com/products/en_us/MicroTrack2496-main.html
>http://www.edirol.com/products/info/r1.html 
>or go for a really small laptop.
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>Ciao
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