On Saturday, March 1, 2003, at 12:00 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
From: Johannes Gebauer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Sat Mar 1, 2003 1:56:37 AM US/Central
On 01.03.2003 2:17 Uhr, Darcy James Argue wrote
If you already have a laptop, you should forget all of the above and go
for either a good-quality USB microphone or an external USB or Firewire
mixer that accepts mic inputs. This will allow you to record digital
audio directly to your hard drive -- not only the most convenient
solution, but also the most bang for your buck.
Although I have recently recorded the material for a whole CD using my
laptop, I would warn about this: Computers crash, they have drop outs one
day, and you never know when that's going to happen. Even in the WDR studios
we had to wait for several hours until they fixed their computer problems.
You would need a backup DAT, unless your recordings are not really
important. DATs are much more reliable and fool proof.
On the other hand my iBook and MOTU-828 Firewire recording and editing setup has been very stable.
HDs can crash so I backup my newly recorded sound files to CD-ROM (not CD audio) to be safe. Once that's done, I think the data is safer than on DAT since tape seems more at risk from mechanical problems like wear or stretching/breaking damage than does CD-ROM.
Firewire has been completely solid for me. While I haven't tried it I'm skeptical about using USB for serious digital audio recording. I have read a review however, saying that the USB 2-channel Digidesign Mbox with Protools LE works well.
-ct
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