Graham Evans wrote:
>> As far as the Hi-MDs go, I appreciate the opportunity to get a really
>> good quality result for within my budget. But... the propietary Sony
>> audio formats are a killer for me. I use all Linux software and
>> machines. It would be just too painful for me to go back to
>> Windows.=A0 Even using windows 'dual-boot' is no good as it wrecks the
>> workflow. I recently attempted to get a Sony device (network
>> walkman) going within linux by running Sonic Stage in a Windows
>> emulator. That was a time-consuming failure. No doubt some linux
>> gurus have solved this but long experience has taught me that
>> duplicating such solutions can be too time consuming to be worth it.
Rob Danielson responded:
> The ability to "plant" 3 recorders on 3 people for 7 hour stints
> $700USD and at a media cost of $15USD/day and still have $1300 USD to
> spend on a
> nice ambience rig would have me thinking that solving the pc/mac "boot
> problem" is easy. Check the HiMD forum link on the page for linux
> solutions, you never know. I bought a 233MHz $100 laptop running SS
> version 3.2 that I use just for uploading.
I'll weigh in here with a slightly contrarian perspective on this: I
don't consider a careful analog transfer from MD to DAW to be a
guaranteed train wreck that must be avoided at all costs. Firewire or
USB file transfer from the recording device to the computer is
obviously preferable, but sometimes other factors will win the day. In
my experience, mic selection, mic deployment, field craft and the
recorder itself are far bigger influences on the quality and value of
the final recording.
I'll duck for cover now...
Curt Olson
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