by Julian <JulianPAdamsNo@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
Apr 22, 2008 at 01:06 AM
On Sun, 20 Apr 2008 18:11:24 -0500, "Kelly Pierce"
<kellyjosef@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>I can hear the noise floor on the Zoom recorders doing basic voice
recording
>in a quiet room. The loud noise floor for me prevented me from seriously
>considering most digital recorders.
I suspected as much...
> The Sony PCM D50 has changed all of
>that. It is really quiet with the noise floor similar but not matching
that
>of my Sony MZ-b100 minidisc recorder.
You think? I've never used that model. I would think the D50 would
be quieter. Also, unlike M-Audio, Edirol, Zoom and previous models of
Sony MD's the D50 actually specifies a noise figure and a mic preamp
which is pretty darn respectable. I'll bet the D50 is quieter if you
ran bench tests.
>The minidisc recorder requires a
>real-time analog transfer so additional noise is added moving the
recording
>to the computer and adjusting the sound levels of the transferred
recording
>during production.
There are ways around that.
>With the D50, the only benefit
>minidisc has in my view is affordability.
exactly.
Julian
