Re: 2-Channel Stereo Recording from the Soundboard

[Paul Mimlitsch <pmimlitsch@mindspring.com>]

Motu "Traveler" into "low end" iBook G4 (800 Mhz/ 640 Ram) - no sweat.   
Records fine in "AudioDesk", Peak, or Deck.




On Jan 29, 2005, at 4:18 PM, Henry Heine wrote:

> I'm using the Panasonic DA-1 portable DAT recorder. It has been  
> trouble free for almost 10 yrs. sp/dif in from a Yamaha 01V96 with  
> auxes 3&4 as the post fade record stereo buss. This way I can setup  
> some mics to pickup the ambient sound and not send them to the stereo  
> buss, which feeds the PA.
>
> These days I would avoid DAT because it will soon be obsolete. MD  
> always sucked and always will because of the data compression scheme.
>
> The little Edirol is awesome, but has no digital input. It does sound  
> good and I might have to get one anyhow, and go analog when I need a  
> mixer. Maybe a competetor will appear with a sp/dif in.
>
> A portable CD recorder still sounds like the best way for now.
>
> Henry
>
> goddard.duncan@mtvne.com wrote:
>>  >>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[snip] I'm thinking of a DAT  
>> recorder, like the Panasonic SV-3700 or SV-3800.<<
>> kris- forget about DAT. it sucks. don't get me wrong- they sound  
>> great when they're behaving themselves, but for reliability,  
>> especially on the move.... you're better off with the MD. if you can  
>> get hold of the blank media for them (which we in the UK have had to  
>> wait for until this week), there's a version of MD that can record 90  
>> minutes uncompressed onto a 1Gb blank. it eats batteries though.
>> otherwise- if you can afford a DAT portable, chances are you could  
>> stretch to a reasonably portable CD recorder. I have a denon 1/2  
>> width (midi hifi) unit that's served well in the rehearsal room.  
>> there's a "proper" pro portable machine by HHB for about £800 & I  
>> think marantz do a couple in this sort of price-range.
>> just my 2c worth.
>> oh, & if you use the line input of the sony, I'm pretty sure it's a  
>> fixed level rather than the agc that you get on the mic inputs. I may  
>> be wrong.... I have made albums from MD recordings too- they're  
>> pretty good at not recording the background noises, as atrac  
>> compression works by exploiting some psycho-acoustic effect that's  
>> the same as what y'r hearing does. so an album you know very well  
>> will sound weird on an MD- remixed, almost- but a live recording  
>> sounds like what you remember, with all the bar-noise &  
>> chair-scraping magically absent.
>> duncan.
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