Date: Tue, 23 May 2006 16:58:08 -0500
To: puptcrit-AT-lists.driftline.org
Subject: Re: [Puptcrit] Digital recorder?


Thank you Jamie, Daniel, Wayne and Will for the advice on digital  
recording hardware.   I'll compile your suggestions and pass them on  
to our friend Ed.

Paul Eide


Paul Eide
peide-AT-qwest.net



On May 15, 2006, at 12:12 AM, Jamie Ashby wrote:

> 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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