Klarinet Archive - Posting 000398.txt from 2005/11

From: "Daniel Stover" <kasparguy@-----.com>
Subj: RE: [kl] alternate recording technology
Date: Mon, 28 Nov 2005 13:41:02 -0500

I believe one of the schools I teach at uses this for recording rehearsals.
I haven't used the Marantz/Superscope recorder to record - only to play back
CD's for students to hear solos. It's not the most intuitive control
interface. And the manual is the size of a paperback text book. Every time
i have to use it it takes me a few minutes to remember which drawer and
buttons to hit to be able to play a commercial cd.

For my own location recording, I have used a direct to CD-R recorder (the
older HHB CDR-800, same as the Otari, Fostex and Denon recorders) for a
couple of years, with never a fault. However, I've switched to the Alesis
Masterlink, which records to a hard drive at a higher sample rate and bit
depth, which I can then burn to CD and import to my computer and edit there
before burning a master for the client. For direct to CD-r recording, just
make sure to use a good quality blank. While I never had a problem with the
HHB, I still ran a MiniDisc back up.

Daniel

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From: "Lacy, Edwin" <el2@-----.edu>
Reply-To: klarinet@-----.org
To: <klarinet@-----.org>
Subject: [kl] alternate recording technology
Date: Mon, 28 Nov 2005 10:44:09 -0600

We have had a number of discussions about recording to mini-disc, or to
the computer hard drive, etc. I would like to hear some comments and
discussion about the technology of recording directly to CD-R or CD-RW.
Specifically, I wonder how people like the Superscope PSD300 in
comparison with the Sony mini-disc recorder.

The Superscope machine seems to have several interesting capabilities.
In playback, you can vary the tempo without changing the pitch, or
change the pitch without changing the tempo. It also has a built-in CD
duplicator. It has an internal microphone, but also has XLR and 1/4"
microphone/line inputs. In summary, it appears to be very flexible and
very useful.

Has anyone used it? How is the quality of recordings as compared to the
mini-disc system?

Ed Lacy
University of Evansville

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