MD: rec-pause + koss eq-30

2000-06-05 Thread Luke Rayner


hi all,

so IMO the best options for rec-pause(or lack of it are)

1. slide for immediate recording, OR slide and hold for record-pause(like 
the Aiwa models)
2. slide for immediate recording
3. rec-pause with time-machine recording(even just 2 secs, but this may have 
an adverse effect on battery life)
4. option stored in memory allowing choice of immediate rec OR 
record-pause(although as stated this can lead to confusion)
5. rec-pause

but i guess the best option depends whether there is AGC...but the Aiwa 
option is by far the best

on another note, has anyone got the Koss EQ-30(a mini/portable/handheld 
graphic equaliser)? is it worth the $30US?

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MD: end search petition

2000-05-30 Thread Luke Rayner


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

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).

thoughts?

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Re: MD: Compression on Sharp-831

2000-05-04 Thread Luke Rayner


Chris Eddington wrote:

I have experienced this noise exactly as you have, when trying to record
digitally from my laptop.

Chris (and maybe others)

how are you recording(digitally) from your laptop to md? i have a laptop 
running windows95 but currently the only way i can record is from the 
headphone output, which is terrible. i can hear the hard disk spinning etc.

also, a few weeks ago someone posted about the sharp ATRAC being better than 
sony's for recording rock/contemporary music, ie cymbals etc sounded 
crisper. has anyone got any more comments on this? i know that the sharp 
ATRAC has problems with the french horn...but is it better for other types 
of music than sony's?

luke

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MD: australia/sydney cheap 60m blanks, mz-r90 released here

2000-04-04 Thread Luke Rayner


i went to the sony shop at chatswood,sydney at the weekend. they're having a 
moving sale.
they were selling the mz-r90(silver) for $749(right next to the mz-r55 on 
sale for $699 down from it's rrp of $749!). none of the other portables were 
discounted much either.

they also had sony 60m blanks for $3AUD each. the other blanks were pretty 
much normal price, discounted maybe 10-15%. 74es for $10.[a while ago i 
posted about the 74es being sold cheaply at a duty free store in sydney, but 
i was wrong. they were $9 duty free and $11 normal, i think. which doesnt 
make them good value after all.]

can anybody hear the difference between the 74es blanks and any other disc?
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