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Posted by Paul Hill on 10/25/05 15:16
Thanks for your help. I already use my laptop for recording in the club but
it's pretty inconvenient to take everything down so I'm looking for
something more portable. Quality isn't that much of an issue though.
If you want to hear any of the mixes when I finally get them done check
http://www.shortpaul.com/ in a week or so and there should be a few mixes
there.
Cheers. Paul.
"Joseph Ashwood" <ashwood@msn.com> wrote in message
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> "Paul Hill" <dj@shortpaul.com> wrote in message
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> > Hi
> >
> > I don't know anything about mp3 players but I want something to record
> > that's portable. I work as a DJ and need something that I can plug a
> > line-in
> > into that will record for 5 hours at 128kbps or better.
> >
> > Do any have this function that are fairly cheap?
>
> As far as cost and quality you'd be better off if you happen to have a
> laptop. From there you can pick up any external system (M-Audio and
PreSonus
> both have ones that look good, as does E-Mu) and use that to record 24/96,
> from there you'll have to actually lower quality to fit in an MP3, but it
> appears that Audacity probably offers everything you're looking for
> (http://audacity.sourceforge.net/), and may run on a PDA if you have one.
>
> As for the standard run of the mill iPod-esque stuff, IIRC (and I could
very
> well be wrong on this) iRiver supports recording at 128kbps, but it is
> probably only 16/32 input. iAudio appears to go to 128kbps, but it as well
> is probably only 16/32. Either of these may be 16/44.1, I'd love to be
wrong
> about that, but I do know that the iAudio for PCM can only handle 32KHz,
so
> the limit is probably also there for MP3. I don't know about the power
> consumption of either of these during recording.
>
> If you want something higher-end the M-Audio MicroTrack is designed for
very
> much your situation, and offers 24/96 PCM recording, and MP3 up to 16/48
> (MP3 only does 16-bit) at up to 48KHz and 320kbps, it will set you back
> more, but they actually give recording capability (4+ hours via line-in),
> and you will get better recordings with a -100dB S:N.
>
> I hope you find one that fits exactly what you need, and if I happen to
find
> an MP3 in my inbox from you I wouldn't mind (although a link is more
likely
> to actually get here).
> Joe
>
>
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