Klarinet Archive - Posting 001076.txt from 2000/07

From: "Mark Charette" <charette@-----.org>
Subj: Re: [kl] Pro Walkman v. MiniDisc
Date: Sun, 30 Jul 2000 22:19:10 -0400

Neil, it's a real trade-off. You're going to have to listen to both after
making a recording. I borrowed a friend's MiniDisc and went to my local
audiophile store which carried a good portable cassette player - I don't
remember the ID on it. Mechanical quality - the cassette player won hands
down. Audio quality - the MiniDisc, by a smidgen using line in, a bit better
using digital in. Editing capabilities - none on the cassette player, easy
on the MiniDisc. The prices were comparable. The editing capabilities sold
me more than anything - I can add track indicators for cueing & delete
sections between indicators easily.

If you're mostly recording in a fixed place there's some nice little Tascam
PortaStudio models made which have mixers built in. The recording quality
"ain't bad" and some have four to six inputs and 4 tracks (recording
unidirectionally on the tape) so you can do some basic on-line mixing &
dubbing.

Mark C.

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