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

[Laura Conrad]

>>>>> "SM" == S Massy <smassy at sdf.lonestar.org> writes:

    SM> I heard that minidisc recorders do a very good job when used for field
    SM> recordings, and that many already have inputs for a stereo mic, but,
    SM> as far as I could tell, they interact very poorly with Linux, and they
    SM> use a proprietary compression format. How accurate is this? Has
    SM> anybody had a positive experience with a minidisc recorder and
    SM> Linux? 

I use mine with Linux.  It's workable, and I don't think the
quality is bad, but I keep drooling over something that I could just
copy the files from instead of having to play into  the analog input
on my sound card.  So far, I haven't found anything cheap enough for
me.  Let me know what you come up with.

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