I find the Sound devices to be the best recoredr I have used since the
Nagra IV-S. Very good and easy to use. By audio competent I meant
needing great sound... Glad to hear they are easier than a Tascam to
use!

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Lou Judson • Intuitive Audio
415-883-2689

On Apr 19, 2006, at 7:45 AM, Alec McLane wrote:

> At 09:25 PM 4/18/2006, Lou Judson wrote:
>> Personally, I use this: http://www.sounddevices.com/products/744t.htm
>> but it might be a bit much for, ahem, a piper, unless they are
>> wealthy and extremely audio competent.
>
> Wealthy, yes. But I can report that we use the similar but
> lower-priced 722 here to record concerts and the students who record
> have found it very easy to work with. Some are not particularly
> experienced with audio, yet the learning curve is not steep and they
> have had a much easier time setting levels and making good recordings
> than with the Tascam DA-P1's that we've used in the past.
>
> Alec McLane
>
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