Wilbert Berendsen wrote: You couldn't use the maudio quattro in the field as it needs a power supply however their are a couple of other options. One is a usb device that gets it's power from the computer. http://www.usbpre.com/ The other which I would like to see more promotion of is PDAudio -- Core Sound's High Resolution Portable Digital Audio Recorder. http://www.core-sound.com/HighResRecorderNews.html > Hi, this is my first posting to this list; I'm a professional musician > (organist) and avid Linux user from the Netherlands. > > I want to make good quality recordings with lightweight equipment and to > further process the recordings on my Linux desktop PC. > > Currently I own a DCC recorder, but there are no DCC tapes available > anymore. I have some tapes, but they are starting to show problems. > > > So I'm in the market for some new equipment. I researched quite a lot and > I think there are the following possiblities: > > 1. Minidisc recording. > > consumer minidisc recorders are very compact which is good. But they > almost never have a digital out. Some have USB, but will not function as > an USB-Audio device under Linux (AFAIK, all use the proprietairy NetMD > protocol, which is partially reverse engineered, see: > http://www.marcus-brinkmann.de/freemd.en.html). > > so to use most consumer market MD recorders it looks like I have to have a > good audio interface to record the sound from MD to my PC (and still have > it D->A and A->D converted in the process.) > > A professional MD recorder which looks very good (the HHB PORTADISC > MDP500, see: http://www.hhb.co.uk/000/int.htm) has an USB interface that > if I understand correctly just manifests itself as an usb audio device > under Windows, and should thus also work with ALSA (?) > > so with that recorder I could once record the sound and futher process it > fully digitally. The price is around EUR 1600,= which is quite a lot. My > main concern would be the availability of MD's. > > 2. Harddisk/flashcard/cd-rw recorders. > > It seems these are very expensive now. > > 3. A laptop with a good (external?) audio interface (M-audio USB?) > > Just Linux on it and arecord -f cd full_concert.wav :-) > > > My question is: What equipment do other people use? Would the HHB MDP500 > be a good choice? Will MD stay for another decade? I think it is > important that open standards are used (I feel more confident with usb > audio than e.g. NetMD) > > thanks in advance for sharing your thoughts :) > > regards, > Wilbert Berendsen > -- Patrick Shirkey - Boost Hardware Ltd. Http://www.boosthardware.com Http://www.djcj.org - The Linux Audio Users guide ======================================== Being on stage with the band in front of crowds shouting, "Get off! No! We want normal music!", I think that was more like acting than anything I've ever done. Goldie, 8 Nov, 2002 The Scotsman
