Re: Field Recordings

["KEVIN SIMONSON" <RITX075@revenue.state.il.us>]

In the microcassette realm, I've happened upon (for free!) an old sony 
dictation playback machine that has a footswitch for controlling certain 
functions and sliders for playback speed, rewind speed (?) and volume.  It 
has a small digital counter display and a line out as well.  I haven't 
incorporated it into anything yet thoug, although it could prove 
interesting....

-K  

>>> "matt davignon" <mattdavignon@hotmail.com> 01/04/02 08:20PM >>>
Hi Mary Jane,

I do, and I use a plain old Sony voice-activated cassette recorder that I 
bought at The Good Guys. I didn't have the funds to buy a minidisc 
recorder, 
and wound up being very glad that I didn't. I love the sound 
characteristics, accessibility, and versatility-during-performance of tape.

The recorder I use was about $100 (Sony TCM-50DV), but aside from having a 
nice tape movement mechanism, it's not noticeably better than a similar 
model I got for $40 (Sony TCM-20DV). Both of these can record and play at 
normal and half speed. They also both have a nice analog pitch wheel that 
can let you speed it up OR slow it down by about 20%. I also got a 
recorder 
at Radio Shack for about $75 (CTR-118) that probably doesn't record as 
well, 
but has an analog speed lever that goes from 75% to 200% speed, as well as 
a 
pitch changer that doesn't change the speed.

All three of these are used in my current live setup.

Matt Davignon