On Wed, 26 Sep 2007 14:30:21 -0700, ASAAR wrote
(in article <nijlf39fbep68omka6qs6a050si56kdljj@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>):
> On Tue, 25 Sep 2007 12:03:42 -0700, Sonnova wrote:
>
>> I have decided that as small and handy as the Mini-Disc recorder is for
PCM
>> recording, that the transfer/translation process is too lengthy. Any
>> situation where it takes more time to upload a recording to the
computer
>> than
>> it takes to MAKE the recording in the first place, is simply not worth
the
>> effort. Even allowing for the slowness of the Windows emulation, > 42:1
>> (more
>> than 21 hours to process a half hour of recording) would probably still
be
>> more than 10:1 on a proper Windows machine. This is unacceptable to me.
>>
>> Therefore I have decided to pursue another avenue. I'm looking into one
of
>> those hand-held solid state recorders from the likes of Edirol et al.
They
>> use digital SD cards (such as those used in digital cameras) as the
record
>> media, and store the recordings as Wave files. In the meanwhile, I'm
going
>> to
>> press my Mac iBook into yeoman's service as a digital recorder until
such
>> time as I decide which solid-state unit to purchase.
>
> You could also speed up the process immensely by using even a
> relatively slow, underpowered, used PC. If you use a KVM switch,
> you wouldn't have to buy another monitor, and the PC should cost far
> less than the Edirol.
>
I've been that route (two computers one Mac, one PC switched with a KVM
switch). Don't want to go there again. But thanks for the suggestion,
anyway.
Besides I've found a new solid-state recorder from Samson/Zoom called the
H-2. It's only $199 and it looks like exactly what the doctor. ordered.
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