On Tue, 08 Jan 2013 16:10:33 -0600 wes schreiner <wes@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On 01/08/2013 03:54 PM, Folderol wrote: > > On Tue, 08 Jan 2013 15:36:16 -0600 > > wes schreiner <wes@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > >> On 01/08/2013 07:16 AM, Burkhard Woelfel wrote: > >>> WRT use cases: > >>> I'd love to build something like the time machine jack client, only in > >>> hardware. > >> > >> This already exists. Both the Zoom H4N and the Tascam DR-40 have a mode > >> where they are constantly recording into a circular buffer, just like > >> Time Machine. When you push a button the buffer is stored and recording > >> proceeds like normal, so your recording starts several seconds before > >> you push the button, just like Time Machine. > >> > >> wes > > > > Slightly diverging, does any portable recorder have a RT clock so you can stop > > and start it as you please but still know exactly when a sound occurred. I'm > > particularly thinking of field recordings of wildlife and spoken commentary. > > > > The two that I'm familiar with, the Zoom H4N and the Tascam DR-40, both > have clock/calendars and the recordings get a time/date stamp in their > names. So you know when the recording starts and from that can figure > out when any event in the recording occurred. > > wes That sounds *exactly* like what I want. Funny, I've never heard it mentions as a feature before. -- Will J Godfrey http://www.musically.me.uk Say you have a poem and I have a tune. Exchange them and we can both have a poem, a tune, and a song. _______________________________________________ Linux-audio-user mailing list Linux-audio-user@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://lists.linuxaudio.org/listinfo/linux-audio-user
