RE: 2-Channel Stereo Recording from the Soundboard

["Krispen Hartung" <info@krispenhartung.com>]

This look like an amazing unit:

http://www.sweetwater.com/store/detail/PMD570/

It records on a flash disk, directly to wav or MP3 format. I could
transfer the files directly to my PC and edit with ProTools.  I had no
idea these things existed. And it is rackmount 1 space to boot! 

Kris


-----Original Message-----
From: Krispen Hartung [mailto:info@krispenhartung.com] 
Sent: Wednesday, January 26, 2005 9:08 PM
To: Loopers-Delight@loopers-delight.com
Subject: 2-Channel Stereo Recording from the Soundboard


I'm curious as to what stereo digital recording units others are using
to record their live performance off the soundboard. I'm currently using
a Sony Minidisk MZ-R70 to record from the tape out of my Mackie.  For a
$225 unit, it does a pretty damn good job, with automatic input
leveling, etc.  In fact, the last CD I released with the didgeridoo
player was recorded to this unit, then re-mixed to my Digidesign mBox
(where I added some EQ, compression, normalization, dithering, etc).
When I look at this thing, which is about the size of a pack of mini
cigars, and listen to what it records, I'm still in shock at the
clarity.

However, I want to step it up another level of quality. I'm thinking of
a DAT recorder, like the Panasonic SV-3700 or SV-3800. Any experiences
with these? The crazy thing is that these sell new for anywhere between
$700 and $1200, yet eBay has them for Buy Now prices of $150 to $300! Is
there something going on here that I'm not aware of that I should
consider? I've never seen such a huge depreciation on eBay. They are
quit big...three or four spaces.

Other options I'm considering are a higher grade minidisk recorder, like
one of the full rack space units, rather than the portable hand-held I
have now. 

Kris