Dear All,
I know this question has been asked a thousand times before (well I
think this might be a variant!)
Currently in the market for a new field recorder (currently using
either oldschool Minidisk, iRiver, Laptop and Mbox, Edirol 09 and R4
and sometimes a borrowed Sound Devices 702). Having read Aaron's great
thoughts of Compact flash V miniDisc
(http://www.quietamerican.org/links_diy-MDvsDAT.html) and with my own
personal experiences with hardisks, and flash cards in the field I am
rather nervous to currently go down either the Fostex Fr-2, Tascam
HD-p2 or even Sound Devices 702 route.
I am planning on doing both some 'extreme' field recording in remote
locations and also urban spaces. A current idea is to get an excellent
preamp as a front end to either a new Hi-MD or something like FR2LE,
or even my current R-09. Currently thinking along the lines of the
SoundDevices Mixpre or the 302. This means that I would have a great
preamp section and could be more flexible in the future when newer
devices come out (which the will do as soon as I buy a recorder!) I
have learnt my lessons the hard way in the past and only want to
invest in quality gear.
My question is....has anyone tried this? What are the results like?
Thanks
Neil
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