Re: MD: Funky charging on the R900

2000-10-12 Thread Leon
I agree that the R900 doesn't give near-spec performance for battery life. At least not in recording. :) Still, I personally find the R900's charging all right. The battery level indicator, though, feels a tad "funky". It's probably because (a) the range of speed the spindle is on, and (b)

Re: MD: Sony mz-r70 agc...

2000-10-12 Thread Neil
On Thu, 12 Oct 2000 04:03:32 GMT, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Knowing not much about the functioning of the r70 during digital recording, is AGC always 'on' when recording from a digital source unless the level is manually set? /me shivers with the thought of having to set the level

Re: MD: Sony mz-r70 agc...

2000-10-12 Thread J. Coon
Brian wrote: oy it's late, i'm tired, and spruce stinks! When it's late and you are tired, things can get muddled. Try searching for Bruce Springstein instead of Spruce Bringstein in Napster. -- Jim Coon Not just another pretty mandolin picker. mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] If Gibson made cars,

Re: MD: SCMS

2000-10-12 Thread Len Moskowitz
Keith Whitfield [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Where Do you get the SCMS stripper from or do you build them yourself. What price are they and are they the sort of thing you can get in electronic/Audio shops if not wheres a good web site to buy from. The Midiman CO3 does the job at a reasonable

MD: Sharp 722 / Mics?

2000-10-12 Thread Len Moskowitz
Mark [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Thanks to the help I received here, I purchased the Sharp MS722. ( I'm the guy recording live audio to accompany my photo slide shows) I still need to purchase binaural mics. At $950 the Core high end models are out of the question. How about the middle end

RE: MD: Sharp 722 / Mics?

2000-10-12 Thread Peter Forest
Why don't you buy simply a small tie-microphone ? For about $40 I can have one for you and I think this will not be a big expense... I use it for all our conference meeting with my MS-722... Email us at [EMAIL PROTECTED] Best Regards, Peter - www.kheopsminidisc.com -Original

Re: MD: Sony mz-r70 agc...

2000-10-12 Thread Brian
On Thu, 12 Oct 2000, Neil wrote: What mean "spruce"? Ah, it's my mail client, which decided to segfault while writing the message. With consciousness fading fast, I had to complain. :) Thanks for the info! -brian - To stop

Re: MD: Sony mz-r70 agc...

2000-10-12 Thread David W. Tamkin
Brian asked, Knowing not much about the functioning of the r70 during digital recording, is AGC always 'on' when recording from a digital source unless the level is manually set? /me shivers with the thought of having to set the level for every digital recording... No. AGC applies only

MD: Tray loading or not

2000-10-12 Thread Keith Whitfield
What are the pros and cons of a tray loading md deck. My mate can't decide over the jb940 or ja333 he can't decide between tray loading or the push in method. I like the push in method better. Also I just got hold of the new sony catalogue and the technical spec has an error for the jb940 It

Re: MD: agc... and my rant

2000-10-12 Thread Steve Corey
"David W. Tamkin" wrote: Scale factor edit is not the only way. Many recorders do allow setting gain on digital input. However, I've never heard of any that have automatic gain control for it, only for analog input. Because I have many CDs that are mastered too softly, I find digital gain

Re: MD: agc... and my rant

2000-10-12 Thread David W. Tamkin
Steve Corey wrote, | I have many CD's that are mastered too loudly [because their dynamic | range is compressed and even the softest passages are almost as loud | as the peaks]. Tracks that are unrelentingly fortissimo throughout are relatively few in my collection, and I agree with you that

Re: MD: agc... and my rant

2000-10-12 Thread Steve Corey
"David W. Tamkin" wrote: the problem which I described as "mastered too softly" is not that the soft passages are soft -- they're supposed to be, after all -- but that the loud- est ones are too soft. My trouble is tracks where the peak is at -6 to -4 But even the loudest part of a track

Re: MD: agc... and my rant

2000-10-12 Thread Jeffrey E. Salzberg
And Steve, if your idea of older music is Peter Gabriel, it's not surprising that there's little if any overlap in our collections. Peter Gabriel? THAT newcomer?! = Jeffrey E. Salzberg, Lighting Designer http://www.suncoast.quik.com/salzberg

Re: MD: agc... and my rant

2000-10-12 Thread J. Coon
"Jeffrey E. Salzberg" wrote: And Steve, if your idea of older music is Peter Gabriel, it's not surprising that there's little if any overlap in our collections. Peter Gabriel? THAT newcomer?! Peter Who? Must be a newcomer.

Re: MD: Sharp 722 / Mics?

2000-10-12 Thread J. Coon
There are some good mikes at SOund professionals that aren't too expensive. http://www.soundprofessionals.com/tmics.html http://www.soundprofessionals.com/ Peter, I took the liberty of making your links active. Peter Forest wrote: Why don't you buy simply a small tie-microphone ? For

Re: MD: Sony mz-r70 agc...

2000-10-12 Thread chris dryden
"J. Coon" wrote: Brian wrote: oy it's late, i'm tired, and spruce stinks! When it's late and you are tired, things can get muddled. Try searching for Bruce Springstein instead of Spruce Bringstein in Napster. 'Bruce Springsteen' (with 'ee' instead of 'ei') might give you better results.

Re: MD: Tray loading or not

2000-10-12 Thread sherryl
Keith Whitfield wrote: What are the pros and cons of a tray loading md deck. My mate can't decide over the jb940 or ja333 he can't decide between tray loading or the push in method. I like the push in method better. I'm assuming both are motor driven?? Well with the tray loading mechanism