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ZOOM H2 Portable Digital Recorder
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by Bruce Bartlett, 4.15.2008
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This recorder is simple, well equipped, sounds good, and — best of all — priced right.
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Sony PCM-D50 Portable Linear PCM Recorder
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This affordable PCM-D1 baby brother has created a niche within the crowded handheld field recorder market.
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by Russ Long, 2.15.2008
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Several other manufacturers have recently released affordable field recorders, but I can safely say that none have met the Sony tradition of solid craftsmanship and great sound.
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M-Audio MicroTrack II CompactFlash Stereo Recorder
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This 24-bit/96-kHz micro recorder maximizes the potential of sub-$400 models.
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by John Gatski, 1.15.2008
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Despite the plethora of more expensive (and flashier) CompactFlash-based stereo recorders, and a few lower costs ones as well, the M-Audio MicroTrack continues to be a favorite among recordists and musicians.
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M-Audio MicroTrack II Handheld Digital Recorder
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12.15.2007
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Forget having only the world as your oyster; kick things up a notch and have the world as your studio with the MicroTrack II.
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Korg MR-1000 DSD Professional Mobile Recorder
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Korg delivers a very nice package for “a format that has a real future.”
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by Tom Jung, 12.15.2007
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Controlling my enthusiasm for the MR-1000 is difficult; it sounded like a real dream product when I first heard about it. Later, when I finally heard this little beauty, it certainly did not disappoint.
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Rosendahl bonsaiDRIVE
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This mini video/multi-track audio hard disk recorder finds itself at home everywhere.
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by Dr. Frederick Bashour, 11.15.2007
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Its concept involves having a standalone, synchronizable hard disk recorder as the portable media storage device, instead of merely a removable hard disk of comparable size and weight.
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TASCAM DV-RA1000HD Digital Two-Track Recorder
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TASCAM’s flagship high-resolution recorder gains an internal hard drive
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by Russ Long, 8.15.2007
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When the TASCAM DV-RA1000 was introduced a couple of years ago it was acknowledged as a practical medium for high-resolution mixing and mastering.
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KORG MR-1 Portable PCM/DSD Recorder
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Recording Direct Stream Digital (DSD) has never been more accessible.
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by Mike Rivers, 8.15.2007
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The Korg MR-1 digital recorder captures PCM up to 192 kHz using the Broadcast Wave Format (16 and 24 bit up to 48 kHz, 24 bit only at higher sample rates), as well as records three DSD (direct stream digital) formats at 2.8 MHz streaming rate.
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Fostex FR-2LE Stereo Field Recorder
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This low-cost “baby brother” to the Fostex FR-2 offers essential features without extra price.
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by Frank Beacham, 8.15.2007
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During the long, long wait for the Fostex FR-2LE stereo field recorder to wind its way to market, I was enamored by descriptions of a smaller, scaled-down version of the well-regarded (but bulky) Fostex FR-2.
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ADK Pro Audio LYVE Tracker
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ADK Pro Audio introduces a self-contained recording system based on Steinberg DAW technology for use with a Yamaha PM5D digital console.
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by Dan Wothke , 5.15.2007
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The widespread acceptance of Yamaha digital consoles amongst live sound professionals has spawned the need for a compatible and easily interfaced digital recorder — one that provides engineers with the ability to capture both live and studio performances.
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Disc Makers Elite4 Automated DVD/CD Duplicator
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An automated publishing unit for those with a burning desire to duplicate.
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by TY FORD, 4.15.2007
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The Disc Makers Elite series — a CD/DVD publishing unit with robotic loading, four burners and an inkjet printer — has been around since the late '90s.
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Sony MZ-M200 MiniDisc Recorder
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Sony has a few new tricks for the old MiniDisc dog...
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by Ty Ford, 2.15.2007
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When do my singer/songwriter, wedding and event video shooter, radio news interviewer, concert taper and podcaster friends ask me about inexpensive, high-quality (as in, at least 16-bit/44.1 kHz) recording thingees?
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Mytek 8X192 ADDA Digital Converter
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A great-sounding, top-of-the-line converter (with a DSD option).
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by Dave Martin, 12.15.2006
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In the early days of digital recording, most of us didn't even entertain the idea that the converters that came with our recorders were less than they should be.
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Edirol R-09 Flash Recorder
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by Frank Beacham, 8.01.2006
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A new pocket-sized, six ounce portable has emerged from Roland's Edirol division that — though not perfect by any means — is serving my requirements for a take-everywhere field recorder.
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Fostex FR-2 Field Memory Recorder
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by Ty Ford, 8.01.2006
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There are a growing number of DAT replacements on the market. The Fostex FR-2 is one of them. Leveraging their experience and lessons learned with the PD2, PD4 and PD6, Fostex has advanced its line of stereo field recorders with the FR-2.
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Edirol R-4 Four-Channel Portable Recorder and Editor
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by Ty Ford, 6.01.2006
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Edirol, as a business entity connected to Roland, knows a lot about disk recording. With the R-4, Edirol has created a box smaller than a George Forman grill that runs on eight AA batteries or AC power and records up to four tracks at a time, has two built-in mics and two built-in speakers.
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Sound Devices 744T Portable Four-Track Hard Disk Recorder
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by Ty Ford, 4.01.2006
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There's something intrinsically spooky about pressing the record button on a Sound Devices 744T ($3,950). Even when it's recording up to four tracks of audio, it's not making any noise unless you stick your ear on the unit itself.
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TASCAM CD-01UPro Professional CD Player
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by Rich Rarey, 4.01.2006
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I love the simple things: A pretty picture, a sonnet, a simple CD player. TASCAM, TEAC Professional Division, has delivered the latter of those in the new CD-01UPro CD player. Thankfully, this pro player doesn't record, convert, edit, chase timecode, or anything else but provide a well-considered cornucopia of ways to playback CD, CD-3 and MP3 discs.
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TASCAM HD-P2 Digital Compact Flash Recorder
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by John Gatski, 3.01.2006
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Remote recordists have never had such high-quality, portable recording device choices for so little money. Case in point, is the new 24-bit/192 kHz sampling TASCAM HD-P2 stereo recorder, which won the PAR Excellence Award at the New York AES last October.
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M-Audio MicroTrack 24/96 Flash Recorder
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by Dr. Frederick Bashour, 3.01.2006
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As profiled in Pro Audio Review's December 2005 issue, portable digital recorders using Flash memory storage exemplify one of the hottest-growing trends in pro-audio today. Sooner or later, every engineer will choose one (or more) of them; after seeing the selection available at the AES convention last fall, I chose M-Audio's MicroTrack 24/96, and have been using it almost daily ever since.
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