Good portable recording system?

MichaelR

Hello,

I am interesting in a portable recording system that would not be too expensive, while providing good quality (not the dictation type, and enough to do justice least to a solo singer).

MiniDisc recorders were, as I heard, good in this regard, But I would want a recorder that would create a digital format I could read on the computer for further processing (ideally using a memory card).

Any advice?

raindog.promo

http://www.zoom.co.jp/english/products/h4/

I know a few people who use this and have never heard a bad word about it.

MichaelR

Thanks!

What about the Zoom H2?

I've looked through some Internet reviews and the H4 sounds a bot too fiddly - many buttons, etc. This might take to long to start in the right mode in the middle of a singing session; besides I would be afraid to break some button.

And they all say the H2 has much less of this particular issue - at the cost of not having pro mic inputs. I think I can do without pro mic inputs as I'm unlikely to BUY a pro mic, and if I am somewhere where one is present, I can just record off their preamp to the line input (which is present on the H2).

But does the H2 cut it in the quality dept?

johnnylakes

presonus.com might be worth a look..if you have a laptop

bush Baby

Mini disk is only good if you agree that Sony owns the copyright for anything you record on it. Because once there you can do feck all with the file

old gregg

I posted in a similar thread yesterday so will just copy/paste with minor edits ...
I've been using one of these for the last 12 months (approx)
http://www.edirol.com/index.php?opti...332&Itemid=390

I use it for field recordings both with the built in mics and external omnis. It's been around the world with me at this stage (even used it to record Wallabies having dinner in Australia) and I've been very happy with the results.

I've used it on a small number of occasions also to record conference speakers (for podcasts as a nixer to help pay for it) and it's perfect.

The only niggle I'd have is that the display under low light can be a little hard to read, but then again my eyesight 'aint what it used to be.

old gregg

bush Baby wrote: »

Mini disk is only good if you agree that Sony owns the copyright for anything you record on it. Because once there you can do feck all with the file

it is a true thing that you say. The trick is to export out as .wav as soon as possible after making a recording cos if it decides to stop cooperating with you then you're screwed. You can't even transfer your minidisk files from one computer to another without Sony treating it like you've just stolen all the music ever recorded