Re: [Harp-L] minidisc substitute

[Garry Hodgson <garry@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

fjm <mktspot@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> I spent some time reading the Harmony 
> Central site regarding the Sony HD Mini disc vs the Micro Track 
> recording device.  You get the same amount of uncompressed raw data per 
> storage byte with either one.  125 minutes for 2 gig of stroage.  The 
> Mini Track comes with a built in pair of microphones and a mic pre amp. 

a 1G HD minidisc holds 90 minutes or so uncompressed, or
8 hours at their high quality compression.  the former is great when 
it matters, like recording a show, where the latter is great for when
it doesn't, like recording weekly jam sessions.  the advantage of
the minidisc over say, a compact flash card, is that extra HD discs
cost may $6, so you can have a bunch of them.

>   Pricey compared to what?  Standard mini disc recorders use 
> compression.  Anything else that's currently available that records at a 
> CD quality quickly gets up to $1000.  

the sony hd recorders (at least the rh9 and rh 10) will record
straight pcm (wav) format uncompressed, as well as their atrac3
(256kb compressed) format.  costs $219 online.

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