Hi,
"Luke Rayner" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> regarding the cover letter,
>
> the petition was to do with getting rid of end search(which i personally
> dont mind too much because i'm used to it but yeah, they should get rid of
> it) but the cover letter also mentioned that 'pushing RECORD should place
> the unit into REC-PAUSE mode'(to unify it with home decks admittedly) but
> this was not mentioned as part of the petition...this should have been
> separate
Right. I hope I didn't overstep here. The cover letter and the
petition are two separate items (the petition statement and the 300
accompanying signatures are all stapled together as one (thick!)
document). The signatures endorse the petition, which is just to get
rid of END SEARCH. If Sony agrees with this they will naturally be
asking, "What then?", and it is this point I am addressing (with my
opinion) in the cover letter.
> anyway, what are peoples thoughts on REC-PAUSE mode from pushing RECORD? i
> personally dont like it. i prefer recording to begin straight away. if you
> want to be put into REC-PAUSE then it's almost just as easy to press PAUSE
> then RECORD. the only thing being placed automatically in REC-PAUSE does is
> *remove* the option of recording straight away, thus it's more likely that
> you'll miss the beginning of the recording(esp live/field recordings which
> is what portable recorders are for).
This did occur to me, but Sharp portables have always started in REC
PAUSE mode, and I don't hear any carping about that feature from Sharp
users (but now's your chance!).
Dattier wrote:
> On units with time-machine recording there is no risk of missing the begin-
> ning, but that feature appears only in decks. Though it doesn't present a
> problem for me, I agree with Luke that there's more flexibility if there are
> both a way to start recording immediately and a way to go into rec-pause.
> The two portable recorders I own both start recording immediately by default
> but have a way to go into rec-pause as well; one is a Sony MZ-R3 with manual
> end search and the other is an Aiwa AM-F70 with automatic end search.
True, but getting modern Sony's (such as the MZ-R90) to start in REC
PAUSE mode is, for all but the most nimble, a two handed operation
(and doing it on the MZ-R90 with one hand, while holding the unit, is
nearly impossible).
I think recording is logically two steps:
1) Prep (check source connectivity, levels, recording mode, time remaining)
2) Start (hit one button, when ready)
How many people would want to start valuable recordings without doing
the Prep step? The people making the home decks realize this, and so
do the Sharp portable designers.
Barnes wrote:
> I never noticed this, and it DOES seem to exceed the remit of the petition.
I apologize. To me, the petition is to remove END SEARCH, the cover
letter (fairly) incorporates my opinion. Perhaps I should have made
that distinction clearer.
> I can see the argument for making portables work just like the decks, but it
> can also be useful to be able to start recording with one operation. Best
> solution would be a non-volatile choice between these options.
But be careful, user assumptions about which way this non-volatile
switch is set are more likely to be a cause of recording failure than
simply learning that "Post 2000, Sony Portables and Decks Operate
Identically" (and yes, why *not* have TIME MACHINE recording available
on portables?).
Rick
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