CF cards although very nice and small are just a temp storage device.
The advantage with the cf recorders are clear in that you save 100% of
the audio. Most of my archive is saving only the most important part
of 20% in MD format.
I don't travel without a laptop tied to my gps as well as being a
portable studio and car entertainment center anyway. Two cards would
always be enough for me. External hard drives is where I am at for
archives of full resolution stuff. I can transfer while I drive which
is fine since travel time is such a big thing in nature recording.
My problem is finding a good recorder to come out that I can afford.
At least now there is something now that the 722 finally is being
delivered. Still wish they would have turned on the other two channels
for line level recording as you know the rest of the machine is not
different from the 744.
I guess the question still is who has the cheapest full audio line
level recorder if I am resigned to using a separate mic pre. and have
to keep the budget down. I am thinking that probably that still is MD
for 16 bit and I still don't know for 24 bit 4 channel but think
things have not progressed much this spring and I am still better off
doing it laptop since I have to have one anyway.
Rich
fairly pissed off on how stagnant audio product dev. is compared to
mainstream electronics. Not to mention how come a box of corn flakes
costs more than a solar powered calculator.
--- In "John Hartog"
<> wrote:
>
>
> > I hate to say I told you so, but that was one of the first negatives
> > I pointed out for CF recorders. I was told that the cards would >
> > be dirt cheap. Pretty expensive dirt.
>
> Yes Walt, you told us so, but I don't believe you hate to tell us: I
> think you love it - indeed you thrive on it.=20
> Had I discovered this group prior to purchasing my cf recorder, I
> might have heeded your warnings. Oh well, I can make do with
> what I have for now. The PMD 670 is ok, and there's a lot I like
> about it. It's just that after adding up what I have spent on cf
> cards, I could have gone up another step in component quality.=20
> Even with cost of cf cards at a quarter of what they were a year
> ago, they still are not dirt cheap.=20
> -John Hartog
________________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________
|