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Kitsune · 02-18-2004, 05:01 PM

but Sony's DRM obsession seems to take them out of the running

Don't use Sony -- buy a Sharp MD. I've been using mine to record sounds off the street and it works quite well. One really neat trick is to purchase some cheap condensor mics from Radio Shack and solder them in place of the speakers in a set of headphones. Make sure they are facing outwards and have some kind of foam for wind protection and you've accomplished two things: 1) no one notices you are recording and 2) when played back, you can close your eyes and it seems as if you are re-living the experience because the microphone placement and seperation is exactly the same as your ears. Its creepy in how well it re-creates the environment audiably.

The only issue is that my Sharp MD-80 is old and doesn't permit the "drag and drop" of today's MDs. But since I don't do very much recording, I just plug it in to the audio-in on the PC, hit "play" on the MD, and record using the standard software on the PC.

02-18-2004, 05:01 PM	#6
Kitsune still eats dirt Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Tampa, FL Posts: 3,031	but Sony's DRM obsession seems to take them out of the running Don't use Sony -- buy a Sharp MD. I've been using mine to record sounds off the street and it works quite well. One really neat trick is to purchase some cheap condensor mics from Radio Shack and solder them in place of the speakers in a set of headphones. Make sure they are facing outwards and have some kind of foam for wind protection and you've accomplished two things: 1) no one notices you are recording and 2) when played back, you can close your eyes and it seems as if you are re-living the experience because the microphone placement and seperation is exactly the same as your ears. Its creepy in how well it re-creates the environment audiably. The only issue is that my Sharp MD-80 is old and doesn't permit the "drag and drop" of today's MDs. But since I don't do very much recording, I just plug it in to the audio-in on the PC, hit "play" on the MD, and record using the standard software on the PC.