Thank you, Marinos. And thanks to umashankar as well.
I guess that when I was referring to a "four-channel budget system", I
should have stressed the word "budget" These $1000+ portable recorders
are remarkable and arguably a great value, but hard to justify for
applications where we just want basic timing and a decent recording.
I've kind of given up finding a recorder in this range that does four
channels. (I would hack the H2 myself, but most people aren't
comfortable with this.) Is there something out there in the way of an
audio interface that can run off of bus or battery power--preferably
well under $500. The closest thing that I've found is the M-Audio Fast
Track Ultra, but it will only run two mic channels off of bus power. I
haven't really looked into whether there is recording software that will
run two or more USB devices simultaneously.
Forgive me if this is not the perfect forum for this question, but we
seem to discuss gear quite often. I thought that it wouldn't hurt to ask.
Regards, Robb
Marinos Koutsomichalis wrote:
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> there are a lot of products available ... :-)
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> check edirol R-4, edirol R-44 , sound devices 744T , etc
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> On 29 =CE=9F=CE=BA=CF=84 2009, at 2:38 =CF=80.=CE=BC., umashankar wrote:
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> > well, if you are happy with 16 bit, the zoom h2 is very nice, but
> > needs to be modified for external inputs. it is a four channel
> > device, self contained recorder to flash it has a usb interface, but
> > far simpler to take the flash card out and insert it into your
> > laptop or a card reader.
> >
> > zoom has a new eight channel recorder with four xlr microphone
> > inputs, but i have no experience with it.
> >
> > umashankar
> > i have published my poems. you can read (or buy) at
> http://stores.lulu.com/umashankar <http://stores.lulu.com/umashankar>
> >
> > ________________________________
> > From: Robb N < <Robb%40aquarianaudio.com>>
> > To:
> <naturerecordists%40yahoogroups.com>
> > Sent: Thu, October 29, 2009 5:58:57 AM
> > Subject: [Nature Recordists] four-channel digital recording
> >
> > Hello,
> >
> > I am asked fairly often for help referring a product that will
> > record four channels simultaneously. Mic preamps would be nice and
> > a USB or Firewire interface to a laptop would be good. I've never
> > found such a device outside of a PCI device--which isn't all that
> > convenient for portable applications. Does anybody know of anything?
> >
> > Short of that, is there free or low-cost software available that
> > will record two stereo USB sound interfaces at the same time? This
> > is less desirable, I think, because I would expect relative timing
> > errors to occur in the serial data paths of the two cards. Is there
> > a way to compensate for this?
> >
> > My application would most often be for setting up hydrophone arrays
> > to monitor the location of cetaceans while recording their
> > vocalizations. We seem to have so many great options for digital
> > recording these days that is seems like a four-channel budget system
> > could be made without moving into DAQ-oriented devices.
> >
> > Any advice will be greatly appreciated.
> >
> > Kind regards, Robb
> >
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> > "While a picture is worth a thousand words, a
> > sound is worth a thousand pictures." R. Murray Schafer via Bernie
> > Krause
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