What external mike can you use that sounds good with a 3.5 mm jack ? Just about anything, though if it needs phantom powering you'll need to make external arrangements. The Rode NT4 is a handy solution though. An integrated stereo mic with the choice of phantom powering or internal 9v battery. It ...

I can get the Sony from the US for 45 but I will need to get an adapter to convert 110V to 240V. Are these easy to buy and cheap ? Are we still talking about the D50? According to Sony's site it doesn't run directly on mains voltage, it needs: "DC in 6V. Four AA size Alkaline batteries (supplied ...

John Willett wrote: But it does not have the digital input that the 50 does!

Goodness! An un-needed feature is missing! What a deal-breaker!

You can't tweak "goodness" into a bad recording!

Marbury wrote:I think I will go for the sony D50 as I can get it overseas for just over £300 and it's a more pro recorder.

Now, what on earth does that mean?

Which version of Nero do you have? Maybe, if you have one of the lite versions, as typically bundled with CD burning hardware, it doesn't support CD-Text.

But CD-Text isn't what you need, and isn't what iTunes uses to retrieve track information. You need Gracenote.

Try the H2 as well. It may not LOOK as "pro" as using an H4 and an external mic, but results are pretty good.

Investigate "Gracenote". Google is your friend!

I'm not going to stop saying this! Bad posture and tension, not lack of support, cause back strain. A plain stool is all you need, plus attention to these factors. Height adjustment is useful. Add a cushion if you suffer from piles. If you want to buy a flash toy, pick something more useful. Since ...

yeah i no its only stereo mate it just says on the site supports any mixer up to 16ch but i understand it can only do Left and Right What site? The UCA202 is a dirt cheap (but doubtless it does what it says on the can) stereo interface. It doesn't "support" any size of mixer in particular. I wonder ...

I'm not going to stop saying this! Bad posture and tension, not lack of support, cause back strain. A plain stool is all you need, plus attention to these factors. Height adjustment is useful. Add a cushion if you suffer from piles. If you want to buy a flash toy, pick something more useful.

Beene wrote:I thought about using 24/44.1 for my music and 24/96 for voice overs as there might be a sound improvement that's noticeable in a solo vocal?

I see this as more a marketing issue than a sonic one! Send 24/96 files to clients who will be impressed by them! Otherwise 44.1 is just fine.

Can you spend that much money on a PC? ;) Sure... but only if you want something that outperforms any Mac by a country mile ;) Oh, you don't have to pay THAT much for a Mac-beater :-) The Alienware monster I quoted was largely about components quite irrevelent to a DAW, like £1000 worth of graphics ...

Blimey! You're right! Dell do a boy-racer range called Alienware. I just specced one up to £6,750.45! And that's without a monitor. Includes their very best audio card though - something called a SoundBlaster. Must be good - anyone heard of them?

Thanks for the comments. I appreciate your candour. Regarding your advice about asking a good lawyer - I am a good lawyer! Well OK. You're not sounding like a lawyer. But we'll let that pass. If we're being frank, in this field, you've just proved you aren't a good lawyer, you're a rather dangerous ...

For reasons that I have explained to Hugh Robjons in a personal message, I have taken the decision to close my question. I have gained a few possible information leads from the suggestions that I have received, and accordingly thank the members of the forum for their time and participation. You ...

Yeah. First-generation electronic INSTRUMENTS sometimes attract continuing interest. But first-generation recording gear gets quickly superceded (and, generally, rightly so :-) Since reading an article in Tape Op where a youngster drools over an Akai 4000DS (well, it's ANALOGUE, ennit?) I'm holding ...

if as you say, the recording machines only have mono outputs, then to improve intelligibility, and provide a copy for the defense, it might be that the sensible option is to record 4 passes , one track at a time, into a DAW of some sort, align the tracks for start time , and perhaps edit ...

Are you sure you shouldn't really be asking "How can I tell if this material has been edited?"? The fact that it has a mono source but has been distributed on a 2-track format seems something of a red herring.

What spatial differences? As I (maybe) understand it, 4 mics are recorded onto 4 tracks. If there WERE a method of dubbing to a stereo mix, maybe the 4 channels would be pan-potted to 4 different locations between fully L and fully R. This would be a sensible idea, and might increase intelligibility ...

What is the usual procedure for making a mix-down from this 4-track recorder? You've told us there is a mono headphone output and a "PA output" (I'm not too clear what this is?). Obviously any copy for outside listening would be made to a 2-track medium, because there is no mono format in general ...

I had hoped that someone on this forum might know that one thing that could not be concealed if making a mono stepped-down four track tape back to a stereo tape. Would it ever have been stereo? The 4 tracks could have been mixed down to 2. But unless they were recorded from mics pointing at the ...

Unfortunately, most questions of this sort lead back to someone who has become obsessed with the feeling that he's been cheated, confuses people he MIGHT have consulted with those he actually HAS consulted, and hasn't actually suffered any quantifiable loss other than to his pride. You say your ...

A lot of the point in putting a guitar amp in the recording chain is to get the characteristic sound of amp AND speaker - i.e. putting a mic in front of a combo amp. DI from just the amplifier is another option. What equipment you need depends on what facilities the amp offers. An advanced one might ...