Hi again Eric, If you need miniature mics, our HEBs using the DPA 4060 capsules would be my first choice. For a less expensive alternative you might have a look at Sony's latest Hi-MD minidisc linear (no compression) recorders. Len ----- Original Message ----- From: "Eric Dantan Rzewnicki" <rzewnickie@xxxxxxx> To: "A list for linux audio users" <linux-audio-user@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Wednesday, October 13, 2004 3:49 PM Subject: Re: [linux-audio-user] laptop alternatives > On Wed, Oct 13, 2004 at 02:15:45PM -0400, Len Moskowitz wrote: > > Hi Eric, > > Yes, it is, and it is much smaller than a laptop and external USB or > > Firewire mic pre/A-to-D. A good match is our Mic2496 dual mic > > pre-amp/A-to-D converter. See our Web site for details. > > Feel free to ask more questions. > > I'm not planning to do typical concert recording. My use would be more > for collecting sounds from daily life, walks in the woods, traffic, > construction, etc. For such a variety of sound sources, what would be > the best mic to use with the mic2496/pdaudio-cf/ipaq combo? > > Another appeal to me is having one audio interface/pre-amp/converter > settup that I could use either with my ipaq or with a (future) laptop. > I'm thinking of the ipaq for hands free sound collection and the laptop > more as a travelling studio for use in hotel rooms or while visiting > relatives or friends. > > Are there other similar, possibly less expensive, devices that would > serve these purposes? The pdaudio-cf costs ~$200 and the mic2496 ~$500. > It will be awhile before I can make that kind of an investment. > > My current solution is to leave the lens cap on my miniDV camcorder and > use that. This is ok for now. It's compact and decent quality. But, > is limited by the tape duration, the mechanical noise of the tape drive > motors and the linear access nature of tape. I've read that some > firewire interfaces allow the tape to be run at 4x speed for data > transfer, but I don't think my camcorder supports that. For field > recording it would be more convenient to transfer files by moving a cf > or microdrive card from the ipaq to a laptop or desktop, anyway. For > portable studio use recording directly to the laptop harddisk is even > more straightforward. > > -Eric Rz.
