2 important categories for me are level control and level indicator.
These have to be very easy and fast to see and control or else the
bird has flown. For example, one category could be "level control",
and the data could be " thumb wheel, side", or" slider, front face",
or "digital, menu driven". And the other category might be level
indicator, with data such as "LCD, 24 bar", or "5-light", and might
indicate the dB levels for max and min readings. For me, weak or
obscure level indicators can be very frustrating under many lighting
conditions.
Oh one other thing might be how good the pause feature is. Perhaps
this is less relevant with some machines, but its nice to have level
control and indicator going without wasting tape/battery/megabytes.
If there is a real difference in quality of this feature it would be
a consideration for me.
Also, in the interest of completeness, perhaps some very cheap tape
recorders could be included if they are still sold, such as the Radio
Shack CTR-69 Recorder. My CTR-69 machine cost about $100 and has
worked well for fifteen years, the main problems being bulk and
weight to lug into the field, and time to digitize the tapes. It
still might have a nice niche with strong eager youths short on money.
As I am most definitely no "expert" please excuse if any of this
makes no sense.
Guy M.
On Mar 15, 2009, at 10:24 AM, Rob Danielson wrote:
> Here's the "recorder list" with no frills and missing lots of data:
> html: http://www.uwm.edu/~type/audio-reports/RecorderList/
> RecorderList.htm
> download .xls :
> http://www.uwm.edu/~type/audio-reports/RecorderList/RecorderList.xls
>
> Contact me off list if you want to take a section of the list and add
> data. If you have info to add about a specific recorder, please hold
> onto it at this point; I'd rather work with adding large chunks
> first. Rob D.
>
> = = = =
>
> >Thanks for the suggestions everyone. Lots of useful ones. I'm working
> >on the speadsheet template and new adding models/info from Oryoki's
> >list and Raimund's chart.
> >
> >It will take a handful of people working on assigned groups of
> >recorders to flesh the list out to the point where it can be usefully
> >sorted.
> >
> >Is there a list/source including V/A power consumption data? I have a
> >feeling this data is going to be slow to come by. The times I have
> >measured consumption, it has differed considerably from what the
> >manuf suggested. Needs to be a meaningful figure, right? I added
> >external DC voltage to the battery info cell.
> >
> >Rob D.
> >
> >= = =
> >
> >At 10:55 AM +0100 3/15/09, Gianni Pavan wrote:
> >>further information useful to know are:
> >>power consumption (V and A) in continuous recording and in non
> rec mode
> >>availability of a remote control
> >>
> >>Gianni
> >>
> >>At 03.50 15/03/2009, you wrote:
> >>
> >>> > What information would folks like to
> >>> > include in the recorder list
> >>>
> >>>Below is the list of the categories I track for audio recorders.
> >>>--oryoki
> >>>
> >>>Product
> >>>Date Introduced
> >>>File storage
> >>>Web site
> >>>Street Price, US$
> >>>Dimensions, mm
> >>>Volume, cc
> >>>Weight w/ battery, g
> >>>Battery type
> >>>Record time
> >>>Recording formats
> >>>Preamp quality
> >>>Single track mode
> >>>Pre-roll buffer
> >>>Inernal mic orientation
> >>>Mic input
> >>>Mic power
> >>>Line input
> >>>Digital input
> >>>Mic sensitivity
> >>>low cut filter
> >>>Limiter
> >>>Auto Gain Control
> >>>when 2GB file size is reached
> >>>Manually split tracks
> >>>Headphone Power
> >>>Internal Speaker
> >>>Legible Screen
> >>>insert track mark
> >>>A-B Playback Loop
> >>>date/time stamp
> >>>remote control
> >>>
> >>>
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