oryoki2000 wrote:
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> Walter Knapp wrote:
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> >...The flash memory is depending on
> >continuous electric supply from a battery...
>
> Wrong -- All flash memory manufacturers (SanDisk, Kingston, Delkin,
> others) state that their products will retain data without a power
> source for 10 years or more. Toss the CompactFlash card in a drawer
> and come back months or years later -- your data will still be
> there. Maybe by "battery" you're referring to the electric charge
> retained at the transistor level in each flash memory cell.
Whatever way, it's a electric charge. With lots of ways to be drained off.
You want to be the first to keep that Ivory Bill Woodpecker call on
flash memory for 10 years before transfer?
> >...I'm so occupied recording I don't have time
> >to do transfers, or if I took the time, I'd have
> >less time to record...
>
> This is partly true because data transfers from minidisc to computer
> are very slow. A transfer of 45 minutes of mono recording from any
> minidisc recorder takes 45 minutes. Transferring 45 minutes of mono
> WAV recording from CompactFlash (about 256MB of data) takes less than
> 2 minutes. No big deal.
A soundtrack transferred without editing, cataloging and so on is really
a minor part of the process. The transfer time issue is way overblown,
it's trivia. I actually use the transfer time to review the track, so
I'm right ready with edits when it's in. You zip it in there, you still
have to listen to it to edit it. So you probably actually take more time
than I do. Unless, of course you never listen to or edit your tracks.
Walt
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