tsp17 Posted December 11, 2011 Posted December 11, 2011 What the best handheld recorder that: 1) is luddite friendly, 2) makes good quality recordings and 3) small enough for pocket or gig bag? thanks.
barrymclark Posted December 11, 2011 Posted December 11, 2011 Digital?! Well ain't that something. All the ones I had growing up you had to blow through.
DetroitBlues Posted December 11, 2011 Posted December 11, 2011 What's a luddite? Get yourself an ampkit for the iPod....
barrymclark Posted December 11, 2011 Posted December 11, 2011 What's a luddite? Get yourself an ampkit for the iPod.... a member of a social movement that protested the technological advances brought on by the industrial revolution under the premise that these advances robbed them of their jobs. Contemporary use is applied someone 'afraid' of new technologies.
yoslate Posted December 11, 2011 Posted December 11, 2011 We've had threads on this before...lots of recommendations. And I am luddite, no doubt. I've had one for over a year-and-a-half, but just decided I wanted to record gigs enough to learn to use it. Zoom H2. Been recording most of our gigs for three or four months now. I can place it just about anywhere (usually just behind me) on a mic stand, at about five feet tall, and I get very, very good recordings. All of the instruments are clear, present, and balanced, and my placement is designed to get our vocalist/bass players vocals from his floor wedge monitor. Can't believe how well it works. Very simple operation. Trick for me is remembering to turn it on, then off, at the end of a set. Next step, learning to download files on to my computer, to archive them.
pegleg32 Posted December 11, 2011 Posted December 11, 2011 I"m using the Sony PCM-M10. I'm not unhappy with it but I think there might be better out there. You can sample here: http://www.reverbnation.com/donsanders These are mostly me messing around and notes to myself, etc. so don't expect too much. It does give you an idea of the quality of the recorder
mars_hall Posted December 11, 2011 Posted December 11, 2011 Rich had the nicest one I've seen at PSPIV. He'll chime in in a bit
Blunote Posted December 11, 2011 Posted December 11, 2011 I have an Olympus LS10 that I use all the time. Brent also has one and has uploaded several tracks made with it. Do a search and you'll find them. It can record in stereo, is pretty easy to figure out, comes in a pretty solid all metal case, can run off batteries or DC wall plug, Can continuously loop a selection, recording or part of a recording Plays lots of different formats can accept an SD card connects to PC via USB outputs to my multi effects unit, or speakers via a standard headphone jack Can be tripod mounted Can buy a remote for it enabling it to be placed off stage and controlled remotely from stage Having said all that, the model itself has been discontinued. The new models (LS20 & LS7) seem to have all the same functionality.
DetroitBlues Posted December 11, 2011 Posted December 11, 2011 a member of a social movement that protested the technological advances brought on by the industrial revolution under the premise that these advances robbed them of their jobs. Contemporary use is applied someone 'afraid' of new technologies. I was expecting a more simple term, perhaps just stating lost job due to technology....
bobmeyrick Posted December 11, 2011 Posted December 11, 2011 I was expecting a more simple term, perhaps just stating lost job due to technology.... The term "Luddite" comes from Ned Ludd - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ned_Ludd and http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luddite To quote from the latter link, "The movement emerged in the harsh economic climate of the Napoleonic Wars and difficult working conditions in the new textile factories. The principal objection of the Luddites was to the introduction of new wide-framed automated looms that could be operated by cheap, relatively unskilled labour, resulting in the loss of jobs for many skilled textile workers." There's definitely a contemporary resonance...
TalismanRich Posted December 11, 2011 Posted December 11, 2011 I had the Zoom H4n at PSP. Here are a few samples of things from that. Eyes - From PSPIV . Recorded with the internal microphones only live in the barn. http://dl.dropbox.com/u/33133336/Eyes%20-%20PSPIV.mp3 Blackbird- DId this one in the living room with my Zoom in multitrack mode. I used an external MXL 992M condenser mic (phantom powered) and tracked each individually. Pulled the track back to Cubase (included with the Zoom) for a mixdown. http://dl.dropbox.com/u/33133336/Blackbird.mp3 That should give you an idea of what you can do with one. They aren't particularly difficult to use, you just need to understand the way its laid out. Runs off batteries or AC. 2 channel, 4 channel, or multitrack mode. It has some internal effects (reverbs, amp sims, etc). I've been impressed. It won't replace a full multitrack studio, but for on the go, it's very nice.
mad dog Posted December 11, 2011 Posted December 11, 2011 Sony PCM D50. Not too hard, but you'll have to learn how to use it. Well worth the trouble, as the sound in this thing is truly amazing. I'm constantly impressed by the sound quality. MD
bolero Posted December 11, 2011 Posted December 11, 2011 I have a Roland R05, love it small, runs on AA batteries, takes a mini SD card, will do 24/96 as well as standard formats, has a good built in stereo mic as well as and input for other mics http://www.floridamusicco.com/proddetail~prod~r05_handheld_recorder.htm
tsp17 Posted December 11, 2011 Author Posted December 11, 2011 thanks for all the good suggestions. i'll pick one up after xmas.
barrymclark Posted December 11, 2011 Posted December 11, 2011 I was expecting a more simple term, perhaps just stating lost job due to technology.... Sorry. One of my favorite areas of history is the Industrial Revolution.
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