Sound Recording MP3 or MiniDisc

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need2know

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I would like to record some animal sounds but do not know witch I should choose. Pogo RipFlash Plus or Sony MiniDisc MV-S1. Both are digital one using memory and the other mini discs.

Has anyone here used any of these or rerecorded there own sounds, I would like some input.

Thanks

Rich
 
I've got a Ripflash Plus. Looked long and hard at the Sony MDs, and have to say it was appealling that the PoGo was only about a hundred bucks rather than $250 or so for the MiniDiscs.

Also, the Sony MD Walkmans available last spring didn't have any USB or path to digitally upload to a PC so one had to use the line out to the soundcard line in--which meant two A/D conversions, one in and one back out to the device after massaging the sound in GW.

Here's a link that might be interesting if you're looking at the MD:

http://www.minidisc.org/uploader_table.html

That all said, for field recording the MD [or some as-yet untried device?] may have better fidelity in the higher frequencies than the PoGo RipFlash Plus. Apparently, on recordings made with the RipFlash using the analog line-in jack, the PoGo MP3 recording codec clips frequencies above 17KHz even though it samples at 256Kbps/48 bits. Happily, the Ripflash will play back to 24 KHz --without frequency clipping-- MP3s that have been recorded (on my PC) at the GW/LAME codec at 320Kbps and 48bit sampling, then downloaded to the RipFlash via the USB cable. [whew!]

(In other words, if you want [the most exquisite] mouse and lipsqueaks and the high range stuff, you'll get better fidelity recording to computer [and then downloading to the Ripflash], rather than recording directly to it, at least the RipFlash Plus model I've got).

I know birders use the Sony MDs a lot. But I don't know of any who have looked on a frequency analyzer to see if the Sony codec clips high freqs in it's compression. [Ditto the iPod and iRiver.]

The iRiver harddrive gizmos look interesting. Also Apple just yesterday announced some new DIGITAL wireless link that connects their iPod to a home stereo that's coming out next month. (though iPods may not record yet? Dunno.)

LionHo

[hope that's a little clearer now?]
 
Now hold yer horses there, Fuelie, I'm not exactly saying just yet that my beloved PoGo's not up to the task, just trying to fairly compare it with the Sony MiniDisc. (The MiniDisc, incidentally, was an audiophile's wet-dream before the iPod and it's clones came along). I'm still reasonably delighted with my RipFlash; note that the 17KHz limit applies to recordings made with the line-in jack. That's still more dynamic range than a cassette tape, and much better than the speakers most everyone is using for predator callers.

No doubt some better device will pop up before too long, though.

FWIW, anybody who's got another recording MP3 or WMA or MiniDisc or HDD juke and wants put it through the paces so we can come up with decent specs, I'll be happy to detail what I did to graph the output in GoldWave.

LionHo
 
RCA makes a MP3 player that works great for predator calling. It's very small and will hook up to PC via USB cable.

It's called "K@ZOO"

RCA mod no. RD1021/RD1071

It's not much bigger than a Zippo lighter.

I found one on EBay for about $35
 
No, the Kazoo is not cabable of recording as you mention. You can download from your PC any MP3files or .wav files only. I am working on a wireless speaker with the K@Zoo only because it is so small. I have used a CD player in the past but just want a smaller device you can hang around your neck, then drop and take a shot.

Will post pics in future.
 


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