--- In aaron s <>
wrote:
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> I would stay away from MD. The disc are unreliable and
> the transfer issues make it a less good choice and I
> believe the technoligy to be on the way out. We have
> two of the Edirol R-09 [one just got back from the
> shop for a bad mic input] and have used the M-Audio
> microtrack both of which are good units. The R-09 mic
I would stay away from cheap CF recorders because of their hissy
input stages, unreliable input jacks and in some cases nonstandard
phantom power voltages :)
I haven't had trouble with HiMD ever since learning -
1) don't edit the discs in the recorder (ie record, transfer to PC
and
edit the WAVs
2) never format the disc. simply erase all
3) use SonicStage 3.4
and the lovely low-noise high gain inputs are unbeatable for the
price
and made for nature recording on a budget. Cheap CF recorders are
designed for garage bands to record themselves. Low-noise and high
gain
mic preamps are not a requirement for that application ;-)
HiMD is on the way out, for sure. I wouldn't use it as an archival
medium because of its proprietary nature. I still figure it'll
outlast
the service lifetime of the average sub $1000 CF recorder though.
Listen to Rob's tests of a Microtrack CF recorder versus the HiMD to
see what noisy inputs do to recordings in quiet soundfields.
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