Re: MD: End-Search petition response

2000-08-11 Thread Graham Baker
Thanks for that - I have been wondering (and asking) if there was any response - nice to see something, although it's not a lot... GB - Original Message - From: Dan Frakes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: MDList <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, 11 August 2000 4:07 Subject: MD: End-Search petitio

Re: MD: end search petition

2000-06-02 Thread Neil
On Thu, 1 Jun 2000 11:40:35 +0100 (BST), [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > I've been researching which portable recorder to buy for ages now. I plan > to use it for sampling ambient natural sound (pretension alert?!). I need > a unit which has both manual and automatic gain recording, which can >

Re: MD: end search petition

2000-06-01 Thread Neil
On Thu, 01 Jun 2000 08:08:40 -0400, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Sean Buckingham wrote: > > I've been researching which portable recorder to buy for ages now. I plan > > to use it for sampling ambient natural sound (pretension alert?!). I need > > a unit which has both manual and automatic gain

Re: MD: end search petition

2000-06-01 Thread Graham Baker
From: Graham Baker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, 1 June 2000 8:17 Subject: Re: MD: end search petition Yes, how about the ability to be able to adjust manual record levels without having to pause recording first? IMHO, this Sony mis-feature is almos

Re: MD: end search petition

2000-06-01 Thread J. Coon
Sean Buckingham wrote: > I've been researching which portable recorder to buy for ages now. I plan > to use it for sampling ambient natural sound (pretension alert?!). I need > a unit which has both manual and automatic gain recording, which can > also be level-adjusted whilst recording. This rul

RE: MD: end search petition

2000-06-01 Thread Rahim Anderson
Im a happy owner of an aiwa f70, and hope not to experience said problem. I was pointed to this unit by a friend who is quite happy with his unit, and im happy wiht mine. I havent heard of a disc erasure problem, though I've only had my unit for a few months, I use it on a day in day out basis.

Re: MD: end search petition

2000-06-01 Thread Sean Buckingham
>On Wed, 31 May 2000 19:06:12 -0400 John Lee <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I think the system on Aiwa portables is the most intuitive of all: on the > f70, if you slide and hold the record switch fow a few seconds, it'll go > into record-pause. Then you could set your levels and everything. If

Re: MD: end search petition

2000-05-31 Thread David W. Tamkin
Jonathan Irwin solicited, I> Any other suggestions (serious ones)? Jeffrey Scorsone submitted, S> yeah, follow Sharps lead and have a menu item for timed trackmarks as S> well as syncro start recording in analogue mode. I love my R50, and S> since Sony did create MD, I don't want to change br

Re: MD: end search petition

2000-05-31 Thread John Lee
I think the system on Aiwa portables is the most intuitive of all: on the f70, if you slide and hold the record switch fow a few seconds, it'll go into record-pause. Then you could set your levels and everything. If you slide and release, it'll start recording immediately. Pretty smart, eh? -Joh

Re: MD: end search petition

2000-05-31 Thread Graham Baker
Yes, how about the ability to be able to adjust manual record levels without having to pause recording first? IMHO, this Sony mis-feature is almost as daft as the end search button... As far as the record-pause before record thing with the Sharp portables - I have a Sharp 701 and I don't find th

Re: MD: end search petition

2000-05-31 Thread Jeffrey Scorsone
On Wed, 31 May 2000, Jonathan Irwin wrote: > > Any other suggestions (serious ones)? yeah, follow Sharps lead and have a menu item for timed trackmarks as well as syncro start recording in analogue mode. I love my R50, and since Sony did create MD, I don't want to change brands, but I hate

RE: MD: end search petition

2000-05-31 Thread WZ
> feature. Presumably when you're recording something, you need to check > levels, inputs, etc. and in order to do this, you need the unit in > REC-PAUSE mode. I see this as two different approaches. I don't see any obvious disadvantages to do either [i. going into rec-pause mode ii. recording i

Re: MD: end search petition

2000-05-31 Thread Jonathan Irwin
On Wed, 31 May 2000, Eric Woudenberg wrote: > I should be more explicit: would Sharp owners who have lost recordings > due to the Sharp's REC-PAUSE startup please speak up? I'm not looking > to justify my position, I really want to know if the Sharp's mode of > operation presents problems. I ha

Re: MD: end search petition

2000-05-31 Thread Richard Wright
At 11:46 31/05/2000 -0400, you wrote: >Eric Woudenberg writes: > > >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!). > >I should be more explicit: would Sharp owners w

RE: MD: end search petition

2000-05-31 Thread Simon Barnes
Luke Rayner wrote: > 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 I never noticed this, and it DOES seem to exceed the remit of

Re: MD: END SEARCH Petition (was: question on end search)

2000-05-13 Thread harmons
on 5/13/00 9:56 AM, Eric Woudenberg at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > Richard Huggins <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > >> But...are you all saying >> that if your recording portable is in the STOPPED position, it STILL will >> overwrite material if RECORD is pressed? >> [...] >> Educate me! > > >