[Harp-L] Short review - Edirol R-09 digital recorder

[Greg Heumann <greg@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

I recently bought a Roland Edirol R-09 pocket digital recorder. I  
wanted it to record my band at practice and gigs for our own self- 
critique - not to produce recordings. It is STUNNINGLY good for the  
job. Easy to use, flexible. AGC or manual record level control. You  
can learn more about it by googling it - but I just made a recording  
for the purpose of letting people hear what a Kalamazoo sounds like  
for my web site.

Unrehearsed, I just played a Jamie Abersold jam track on the stereo  
in my living room and noodled for a few verses, trying to expose  
open, loose and tightly cupped drive into the amp, with single notes,  
chords and octaves. I wasn't trying for any compositional integrity!

Anyway, I think the recording quality was quite good. Although the  
Edirol is capable of recording to .WAV, I recorded straight to MP3 at  
low compression (44khz sample, 320Kbit) With the 2Gb memory card I  
got with it for $29, that gives me over 13 hours of capacity!!!

The file is as it came straight out of the recorder, no post-processing.

Here it is:  http://www.blowsmeaway.com/sounds/ZOO_sample_2.MP3

/Greg

http://www.blowsmeaway.com