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

[Jan Depner]

Neuros.  Hook up a cheap battery operated mixer (like a Behringer) and
record to 30-80 GB hard drive at 16 bit/48KHz.  Cost for a 30GB unit is
about $260US.


On Mon, 2005-10-10 at 10:47, Laura Conrad wrote:
> >>>>> "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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Jan "Evil Twin" Depner
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