$30 portables are still made as well, and for their intended
application, they work. They are still a lot cheaper than a flash
recorder with a 1 gb card
Joe Salerno
Industrial Video Services
PO Box 273405
Houston Texas 77277-3405
David Lennick wrote:
> I know this is going to sound like heresy..but they're still making cassettes!
> You can get 'em at the dollar store or you can get real perfeshnel ones (the
> kind none of us would be caught dead using anymore because those are SO last
> millennium) here:
>
> http://www.american-digital.com/prodsite/category.asp?c=145
>
> Don't knock a medium that is still usable and incredibly simple to handle for
> civilians. Inexpensive cassette recorders may not be easily found, the
> portables that sold for $30 should be tossed into the nearest dumpster and
> boomboxes are not the answer either, but every Goodwill has shelves full of the
> last generation of home audio systems, some of them in decent condition, and a
> mike good enough for voice recording can be bought at any music store.
>
> dl
>
> steven c wrote:
>
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Kurt Nauck" <[log in to unmask]>
>>> I received this email - please respond to Allison directly if you
>>> have a suggestion.
>>>
>>> Thanks!
>>>
>>>> Date: Tue, 12 Sep 2006 19:38:16 -0500
>>>> To: "Allison Crotwell" <[log in to unmask]>
>>>> From: Kurt Nauck <[log in to unmask]>
>>>> Subject: Re: information
>>>>
>>>> At 04:06 PM 9/12/2006, you wrote:
>>>>> Hi,
>>>>> I am looking for advice on what to buy for the purpose of making
>>>>> audio recordings of my children. I want to purchase equipment that
>>>>> would serve this purpose. I am interested in a recording device
>>>>> that will give me a good sound recording. Do you carry such
>>>>> equipment and what would you recommend.
>>>>> Thanks for any help you may be able to offer,
>>>>> Allison Crotwell
>>>> An interesting question! I'm not an expert in this field, so I will
>>>> forward your email to a group of people who would be happy to give
>>>> you advice. You will definitely want something that makes digital
>>>> recordings, and stay away from tape as that is already obsolete.
>>>> There is equipment specifically designed for use in the field and
>>>> geared towards oral history.
>>> Kurt & Diane Nauck
>>>
>> The first question here (it seems to me) would be "Recordings of
>> your children for what purpose?"
>>
>> She could want recordings of them speaking (if so, just as an audio
>> equivalent of snapshots...answering questions...providing audio
>> histories or commentary, or...), or performing (as musicians...as
>> actors...as speakers...or...)...and, if performing, in what
>> setting? Or perhaps recordings to help identify them in case
>> of...what?!
>>
>> These would define what sort of miking is needed, as well as the
>> accuracy/fidelity of the recordings...
>>
>> Steven C. Barr
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