Just looked into Minidisc and it apparently has a built in compression
method which compresses a 74 minute CD to about 160 MB. I had no clue that
it did that.
Eric
At 06:37 PM 12/4/2002 -0500, Matthew Mangold wrote:
I've not used one myself, but I know quite a few people that use minidisc
recorders. Not very expensive, either at around 100-150USD.
m
-----Original Message-----
From: Eric Scuccimarra [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Wednesday, December 04, 2002 4:12 PM
To: Edwin Houghton; [email protected]
Subject: Re: (313) mixer advice
I don't know about the analog-digital conversion but a DAT is probably way
out of my price range. I use Macs for all of my sound-related stuff as
well. I was thinking more along the lines of a CD burner which hooks up to
RCA cables or a portable WAV recorder or something like that.
Thanks.
At 04:11 PM 12/4/2002 -0500, Edwin Houghton wrote:
>I don't know your price range but it sounds like what you really need is a
>portable DAT...I'm no tech whiz but from my experience the analog-digital
>conversion on a DAT is probably much superior to what you'd get by running
>straight into the sound card anyway...but then again I'm a mac user,
anybody
>confirm/disagree?
>
>
>on 12/4/02 3:24 PM, Eric Scuccimarra at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>
> > Yes, thanks. I think I found a decent looking Numark 3 channel scratch
> mixer.
> >
> > I do have one other question that I recently asked on the 313techknow
list:
> >
> > Until recently my turntables were connected to my PC via a set of long
RCA
> > cables so I could record directly to hard drive. I just moved and now
the
> > computer room is upstairs and the tables are downstairs so I can't run
RCA
> > cables all over the house to make the connection.
> >
> > So I need a way to be able to record from the turntables and get it onto
my
> > computer.
> >
> > Some suggestions included:
> > - A stereo CD burner
> > - A portable WAV recorder
> > - Some sort of device which allegedly transmits sound using radio waves.
> >
> > Any comments, suggestions, advice? Particularly on what models of things
to
> > get...
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> > Eric
> >
