Klarinet Archive - Posting 000401.txt from 2005/11

From: "Penny Ward Marcus" <pennyw@-----.com>
Subj: Re: [kl] alternate recording technology
Date: Mon, 28 Nov 2005 20:12:38 -0500

I have a Sony mini-disc recorder, and though it is very portable and
produces pretty good recordings, the transfer process is not very good. With
the newer hi-md recorders they claim to have overcome the problems of the
transfer software, but I have also heard that Sony is planning to stop
production in the near future. Since MD recording is proprietary technology,
they are the only company to support it, and I suspect once they are no
longer making the MD recorders and players the support will dwindle fast.
It's too bad that the MD didn't take hold on the market place like the mp3
players did. It really is a pretty good medium for quality of recording and
playback, and the discs hold a lot of music.

Penny

----- Original Message -----
From: "Lacy, Edwin" <el2@-----.edu>
To: <klarinet@-----.org>
Sent: Monday, November 28, 2005 11:44 AM
Subject: [kl] alternate recording technology

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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