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Solid-state Recorders
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| Author: | Marc Brunelle | |
| Submitter Email: | click here to access email | |
| Linguistic LingField(s): |
Phonetics
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| Summary: |
I would like to thank the following people for their sharing their
experience/expertise with solid-state recorders: Mark Jones Claire Bowern Paul Fallon Bartlomiej Plichta Matt Goldrick Ron Artstein Harry Feldman Stephan Schmid Sarah Cutfield Wayne Cowart Robert Felty Miquel Simonet And one anonymous contributor First, almost all contributors have pointed out that the Marantz PMD-660 is more portable and cheaper than the PMD-670. It seems that the complicated menus of the earlier generation of Marantz (680/690) haven���t been improved. The Edirol has user-friendly settings, but doesn���t have a level meter, which can be a serious problem. One person also reports that the Edirol input levels are very low, even with an external microphone. Besides, while the Marantz has both XLR and 1/8��� microphone jacks, the Edirol only has 1/8���, which restricts the range (and quality) of external microphones that can be used with it. Both machines record on Compact Flash cards (up to 2G). The cards can easily be changed. The Edirol offers only one sampling rate (44.1H), whereas Marantz has two possible settings (44.1/48Hz). A great feature of the Marantz is that it comes with a universal adapter (110/220 volts), which is very convenient for fieldwork outside North America. However, it seems to be heavier than the the Edirol (1.1 pounds without batteries vs. 10 ounces with batteries). Other models have also been mentioned: -Denon -M-audio microtrack -Sound Devices 722 Some of them are reviewed at the following URLs: http://www.vermontfolklifecenter.org/res_audioequip.htm http://www.phon.ucl.ac.uk/resource/audio/recording.html Although most contributors are satisfied with the recording quality of both Edirol and Marantz recorders, Bartlomiej Plichta is concerned that neither is adequate for detailed phonetic work because of their high noise levels (see http://bartus.org for a review, sample files and possible solutions). Marc Brunelle Dept. of Linguistics University of Michigan |
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| LL Issue: | 16.2710 | |
| Date Posted: | 20-Sep-2005 | |
| Original Query: | Read original query | |
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