I quibble, and shall desist. If it puts out digital, we can call it
digital... I just imagine having a 44.1kHz polarizing voltage on the
sampling diaphragm, so it is digital as soon as it hits the mic. Silly
distinction, as I doubt that would work...
Lou Judson =95 Intuitive Audio
415-883-2689
On Dec 16, 2006, at 6:24 AM, Walter Knapp wrote:
> It can record in realtime within it's own digital recorder. It's
> clearly
> not intended to be used with a external recorder. The only output from
> the mic you could use is the headphone monitor.
>
> It does not appear to stream audio via usb. You do drag and drop file
> copies to get the audio files off. Or use the software they provide to
> do the same function.
>
> I don't know how that it does it's own recording precludes calling it a
> "digital" mic. I more reserve that for any mic that has a onboard
> conversion via a A/D, and it certainly has that. Records uncompressed
> audio or mpeg. I'd propose for purposes of talking about them around
> here that we define a "digital" mic as one that has a A/D designed in.
> We are probably going to see every possible variant of these.
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