October 22, 2003
mobile recording device
finally, someone made a recording device that encodes mp3 from a line in so I can (if I had more $$$) record stuff from a mobile device. The telephone conversation convertor is probably the best feature, so look for lots of new albums to include phone conversations sampled over some sick beats. No info about the adc on the device, which isn't reassuring. And it supports WMA? what's up with that? Apple needs to jump on this bandwagon. They will, and will do it much better. But check it out anyway:
http://www.gizmodo.com/archives/009607.php#009607
Link via gizmodo
Posted by will at October 22, 2003 04:19 PMComments
We need this for stuffing mobile voice annotation in the database - right?
Posted by: sfisher at October 22, 2003 10:06 PM
yes please!
Posted by: will at October 23, 2003 08:33 AM
Since the iPod has a recording capabilities now (and a voice recorder attachment), I'm sure line in isn't far away. I did some research on the area earlier this year: http://randomfoo.net/?p=2003_04_06_archive.inc#200136436
minidisc.org probably has the most comprehensive listing of recorders: http://minidisc.amulation.com/uploader_table.html
Basically, the problem w/ all the cheap consumer level recorders are lack of levels/level control, monitoring of recording, inputs, and compression options. On the other hand, the pro recording devices (Denon, Marantz, Mayah, etc) typically start at around $1K and are comparatively quite bulky.
Posted by: leonard at October 24, 2003 02:39 AM
