[LAU] Looking for advice on a field recording device

[Barney Holmes]

Any recommendations for Minidisc players that can spit out the digital
recording ? My local electronics shop still sells minidiscs :)

Looked up the Audio Microtrack 2496 - 5 pounds on ebay, but 7 days left.
djbarney

On Mon, July 29, 2013 7:31 pm, Joe Hartley wrote:
> On Mon, 29 Jul 2013 18:50:56 +0100
> "Barney Holmes" <djbarney at djbarney.org> wrote:
>> The Sony Minidisc (remember those?) was considered a desirable item for
>> live recording in its time. I'm currently experimenting with a Sony
>> Walkman Minidisc Net MD (Walkman MZ-N707 Type-R) that I picked up in a
>> charity shop for ~6 pounds.
>
> I had a Sony MD for a while and it made some good recordings, but I really
> got tired of the restrictions that meant I could not pull the recordings
> off the disk in anything but realtime.  As far as I know, there's no way
> around that restriction.  My understanding is that the unit lacks the
> ability to make an outward digital connection completely.
>
> Sony could have ruled the market, but they were so paranoid about cutting
> into their music division's sales that they crippled all but the most
> expensive "pro" MD decks because HOME TAPING IS KILLING MUSIC!  (Remember
> that blast from the past?)
>
> Sony's remained paranoid about hardware that can make exact digital copies
> of media for a long time; their rootkit is another example of it.
>
> Those two things have kept me Sony-free ever since, except for a stereo
> mic that I got with the MD (an ECM-MS907) that consistently surprises me
> with excellent live recordings.  After I got tired of the MD I got an
> MAudio Microtrack 2496, which is nice for really portable recording,
> though
> my older model uses a CF+ Microdrive for storage and it is showing its
> age.
>
>
>
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