Date: Mon, 15 May 2006 01:12:54 -0400
From: Jamie Ashby <jamie.ashby-AT-utoronto.ca>
To: puptcrit-AT-lists.driftline.org
Subject: Re: [Puptcrit] Digital recorder?


Dear Paul and others,

Ever since I bought it last summer, I have relied upon my Olympus DS-2 digital 
(stereo!) recorder ("as seen on _Rock Star INXS," as the website claimed at the 
time) a number of times. You just hook it up to your computer's USB port (I have 
a Mac laptop), and it downloads the recordings automatically. Lots of memory, 
several different recording settings, packaged software (although I would 
recommend Express Scribe, a fairly decent freeware transcription aid), and very 
helpful accessories. The only one I have so far is a pick-up mic for recording 
telephone conversations (I only use it for interviews and ask permission before 
I start recording!). It's not entry-level, but it isn't in Olympus's 
"professional line," which is VERY expensive.


Best,

Jamie Ashby

PhD Candidate: "Ideas in Motion: New Work Development at Puppetmongers Theatre 
Company" 
Graduate Centre for Study of Drama,
University of Toronto

Co-founder, PuppUTopiate: the *only* puppet company at the Univ. of Toronto



Quoting Paul Eide <peide-AT-qwest.net>:

> Hello...
> 
> A friend called the other day asking for some advice on sound  
> recording and I couldn't come up with a good answer, so I'm turning  
> to all of you.
> 
> He's somewhat retired from puppetry, and sort of shifting gears to do  
> some work for his church.  He wants to field record church or  
> community events, edit very brief sound documentaries on his  
> computer, and then make them available to people who can't get around  
> very easily.
> 
> He wants to go beyond cassette tapes and record sound digitally.    
> Needs an easy way to get sound into the computer (think it's a Mac)  
> and then do some simple editing before burning it to a CD.
> 
> I've done some looking around online, but have any of you had a  
> particularly good experience with a digital field recorder, one  
> that's not super expensive?  Some sound editing software that you  
> especially like?
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Paul Eide
> 
> 
> Paul Eide
> peide-AT-qwest.net
> 
> 
> 
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