Re: [ARSCLIST] Recorder needed

[David Lennick <dlennick@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I know this is going to sound like heresy..but they're still making cassettes!
You can get 'em at the dollar store or you can get real perfeshnel ones (the
kind none of us would be caught dead using anymore because those are SO last
millennium) here:

http://www.american-digital.com/prodsite/category.asp?c=145

Don't knock a medium that is still usable and incredibly simple to handle for
civilians. Inexpensive cassette recorders may not be easily found, the
portables that sold for $30 should be tossed into the nearest dumpster and
boomboxes are not the answer either, but every Goodwill has shelves full of the
last generation of home audio systems, some of them in decent condition, and a
mike good enough for voice recording can be bought at any music store.

dl

steven c wrote:

> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Kurt Nauck" <nauck@xxxxxxxxx>
> > I received this email - please respond to Allison directly if you
> > have a suggestion.
> >
> > Thanks!
> >
> > >Date: Tue, 12 Sep 2006 19:38:16 -0500
> > >To: "Allison Crotwell" <allisoncrotwell@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> > >From: Kurt Nauck <nauck@xxxxxxxxx>
> > >Subject: Re: information
> > >
> > >At 04:06 PM 9/12/2006, you wrote:
> > >>Hi,
> > >>I am looking for advice on what to buy for the purpose of making
> > >>audio recordings of my children.  I want to purchase equipment that
> > >>would serve this purpose.  I am interested in a recording device
> > >>that will give me a good sound recording.  Do you carry such
> > >>equipment and what would you recommend.
> > >>Thanks for any help you may be able to offer,
> > >>Allison Crotwell
> > >
> > >An interesting question! I'm not an expert in this field, so I will
> > >forward your email to a group of people who would be happy to give
> > >you advice. You will definitely want something that makes digital
> > >recordings, and stay away from tape as that is already obsolete.
> > >There is equipment specifically designed for use in the field and
> > >geared towards oral history.
> > Kurt & Diane Nauck
> >
> The first question here (it seems to me) would be "Recordings of
> your children for what purpose?"
>
> She could want recordings of them speaking (if so, just as an audio
> equivalent of snapshots...answering questions...providing audio
> histories or commentary, or...), or performing (as musicians...as
> actors...as speakers...or...)...and, if performing, in what
> setting? Or perhaps recordings to help identify them in case
> of...what?!
>
> These would define what sort of miking is needed, as well as the
> accuracy/fidelity of the recordings...
>
> Steven C. Barr