[Dixielandjazz] Recorder

[Gary Lawrence Murphy]

I use a Zoom H2 recorder, very serviceable and at only about $150
(probably less by now) if it ever gets left behind or crushed in a
gear bag, it's no big thing.

On 8/27/14, Dingo <roadie at btinternet.com> wrote:
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Jim Kashishian
>
>>I  record all of our gigs using a Tascam DR-40 Linear PCM Recorder in
>>stereo.  The gadget is not terribly expensive, extremely small, will hold
>>two sets of 45 minutes no problem on a 2 GB card (supplied).
> <snip>
>
> Thanx for nod on this recorder, Jim; I wish this technology had been around
> 30 or so years ago. Am now trying to justify my need for one tho', with
> little jazz in my area and being more-or-less housebound these days, I'm
> having difficulty, but ......... ;-)
>
> My first venture in to gig recording was in 1968 with a second hand open
> reel Akai X-4 stereo portable (a poor man's Uher). When it worked it was OK
> but was plagued by dodgy motors.
>
> Ten years on and having got into the local jazz scene, I bought a JVC
> CD-1635 stereo cassette portable which produced many hours of decent gig
> recordings. I'm digitising some of these at the moment. After that, for a
> short while, I used a small Tandy/Radio Shack stereo portable with external
> mics. I did get some half decent recordings tho' with the auto recording
> level these were few and far between.
>
> After that, and having started doing the sound mix for festivals, I
> 'plumbed' my Sony EV-S800 DMAS mains deck into the mixer then, finally,
> switched to using a Sony MiniDisc deck. An almost forgotten format these
> days, but I still like MiniDisc.
>
> Right ..... I'm back off to the Tascam website for some more attempted
> justification.
> --
> John D
>
>
>
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