Dear Steve,
thanks for your integrative contribution. I fully agree. As in any
other field of life, there are different tools for different
tasks...
One of these cheap and compact consumer grade MD recorders are truly
the best choice for sound recording during extensive hiking or
cycling tours when each gram of baggage counts. I'm really thinking
about buying one for these purposes.
Raimund=20
Steve Pelikan wrote:
> I just wanted to thank everyone who's contributed to this
> thread. It is a complex issue, but I agree with most everyone
else, it
> needn't be contentious.
> I'm grateful to all participants, and I've learned a lot from the
> discussion.
>
> One point I feel I should make as an advocate of free software in
a computer
> science, Free Software Foundation sense,
> is that openess (freedom) has a value. I've always favored
programs,
> formats, processes, etc. for which I can get the complete
specifications.
> This might leave me out of the cutting (commercial) edge of some
> technologies, but I can 1) at least figure out exactly
> what's going on, and 2) (for eg) write a program to extract data
from a
> disk and play it on my computer or write it to a CD.
> As I understand it, with ATRAC I can do the latter (play it) but
not the
> former (know exactly what's going on).
>
> On the other hand, I love taking off on a carefree walk with my
consumer
> grade MD and binaural mics,
> (well under 1 pound total) finding a nice place to sit, and
recording what's
> there. They're some of the nicest cuts I've got.
> Usually, when I do this, I'm much farther afield than I'd ever
care to carry
> my DAT, bigger microphones, power supply , etc. etc.
>
> BUT on the _third_ hand, with bats in the hand or Katydids in a
treetop, for
> instance, I prefer a completely different set up,
> and wouldn't even consider using the MD or the DAT (48 kHz/16bit)
for the
> recording.
>
> So it isn't "MD vs. DAT" but "A or B or C or D...." ; whatever it
takes to
> get what you need to get.
>
> Again, thanks to, all.
> Keep up the good discussion.
> And if possible, please broaden it include even more technologies
and
> techniques.
>
> Steve Pelikan
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