Date: Wed, 24 May 2006 08:48:57 -0700 (GMT-07:00)
To: puptcrit-AT-lists.driftline.org
Subject: Re: [Puptcrit] Digital recorder?


For whatever it's worth, I've also been using the DS-2 recorder. I just got it (to do interviews for a feature article on Grendel--oh boy!) & it seems to record well under less-than-ideal conditions. My only complaint is that it is SO adaptable with so many different settings and options that you really need to spend a little time learning how to use it. My brain space for that sort of thing is kind of exhausted. (Speaking of which, does anybody out there know how to change the time on a Philippe Stark Fossil watch--the kind with 4 buttons on the sides?) 
Another recording option for ipod-ers is the tiny little Griffin italk that snaps onto your ipod & actually records quite well. That requires no study time and an IQ of about 40 to use. If it's on the ipod and you turn the ipod on, it automatically goes to a screen with "start record" (or something like that). You can just download the files to itunes. Unfortunately, the italk isn't compatible with the 5g ipod (the video) but a new little stereo recording device for the 5g ipod was apparently at shows in January & was supposed to ship to stores in April, but isn't there yet. I think the new one one is by Belkin. Supposedly it has good enough sound quality to use for recording music!
Eileen Blumenthal


-----Original Message-----
>From: Paul Eide <peide-AT-qwest.net>
>Sent: May 23, 2006 2:58 PM
>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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