by 120decibels » Wed Jul 17, 2002 7:04 pm
Lately, I have been using a Sony Minidisc Recorder and a Sony stereo microphone to record lessons and workshops. It works great. It is tiny (smaller than a cassete tape), and it was relatively inexpensive ($300 total). It makes digital recordings and can handle a lot of time (at the best, a few hours on a disc). However, you sacrifice frequency bandwidth for storage space. At near-CD quality, you can record 74 or 80 minutes on a minidisc. You have the option to lower the quality and pack more time on the disc.
I have recorded at the lowest quality setting, and the recordings still sound better than tapes. However, I always try to do the highest quality if I can. Minidiscs are relatively cheap at less that $2 a disc. If you want the details of my minidisc player, post and I will get them up on the Forum for you.
120dB