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

[S. Massy]

Hi,

Thanks for the suggestions, folks. They're all very nice and certainly
would provide very high quality recordings. (Some, like the microtrack,
made me drool.) The problem is that they're specialised and quite
expensive. 
The idea, for this project to work, however, is to come up with a
recording standard which can be met with relatively inexpensive, widely
available components, so that the rig could be easily replicable, which
is why I mentioned devices such as mp3 players/recorders and MDs in my
original post. I'm trying to find the balance between affordability and
ease of use, and sound quality. Any further ideas?

Thanks,
S.M.

On Sun, Oct 09, 2005 at 09:19:26AM -0400, Dave Phillips wrote:
> 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:
> >
> > 
> >
> >>On Sat, 2005-10-08 at 20:42 +0000, S. Massy wrote:
> >>   
> >>
> >>>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.
> >>   
> >>
> >
> >But this iAudio only records mp3, doesn't it? Which sucks for field
> >recordings especially. 
> >
> >(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.
> >
> >Ciao
> > 
> >
> 
> 

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