Vicki wrote,
>Two questions come to mind for me, for recorders such as the Fostex FR-2
>that use Compact Flash cards and mini hard-drives as the recording medium.
>
>1. On long field trips lasting weeks or months, it would seem to be
>essential to buy and carry a laptop computer for downloading sound. Which
>of course puts even more eggs into one basket, if somethings goes wrong wi=
th
>the laptop.
If the laptop has a CD burner you could make backups. And store them
in a different bag from the computer, the most likely to be stolen
item. BTW I've put stickers all over my laptop, making it both
instantly identifiable and undesirable for quick resale. Defensive
uglification.
>2. With recordings made in hi resolution e.g. 24 bits and 192 kHz, how do
>you actually save that high resolution? Excuse my ignorance here too, but
>does DVD record at higher resolution than CD?
Yes, it can.
>And is the general idea that
>you would buy a laptop that can burn DVDs? Otherwise how do you actually
>share and store sounds made at high resolution?
Same problem with sharing and storing surround sound recordings.
a) Files can be backed up and exchanged in file rather than playable
audio form--i.e. make a CD-ROM.
b) High-res or multichannel sounds can be burned as DVD-A; however,
few have the playback capability.
c) I'm planning to Dolby Digital encode my multichannel productions
to DVDs with slide show visuals. This way anybody with a home theater
setup can play them.
-Dan
p.s. I haven't bought into the hi-res craze, it's 99% about
marketing, not good audio.
-dD-
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