[Nfb-web] Roland CD2

Thu Apr 5 08:26:05 CDT 2007

Hello Peter. While I'm sure this unit would do a lot, it may be overkill.
Much of what these recorders do can be accomplished with audio editing 
software, such as Sound Forge. The key for a recording to be successful is 
to have a clean signal to the recording device. In other words, it needs to 
not be overdriven which causes clipping, and not have added background 
noise.
The rest of the cleanup can be done later.
I would also rather record to flash memory than a CD since a CD is another 
thing to buy and/or lose.
I'm sure these units serve their purpose, however.
There are some nice flash-based recording systems that are rack-mountable as 
well, which I may look at. I like the Olympus, though, since it's portable 
and can remain within my travel bag, keeping the possibility of doing remote 
broadcasts.

J.J.
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Peter Donahue" <pdonahue1 at sbcglobal.net>
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Sent: Thursday, April 05, 2007 12:25 AM
Subject: [Nfb-web] Roland CD2

> Hello again everyone,
>
>    I've checked several sources for the Roland CD2 and have seen it 
> selling
> for $700.00. I know that's pricy, but if this unit is everything the Alamo
> Music Rep said it is and I can use it independently it would be worth
> spending the extra bucks. And especially if it has different built-in
> effects, noise reduction, and recording modes one can set when particular
> types of equipment such as wireless microphones are being used.
>
>    During the Saturday morning session of the NFB of Missouri State
> Convention last weekend we had a problem where the microphone picked up 
> the
> speakers okay, but for some reason they, "Repeated themselves" several
> seconds after being heard over the podium mic. I described the situation
> best as an, "Echo effect." Statements the speaker made over the mic would 
> be
> heard again a few seconds later at a much softer volume. This problem went
> away when Bryan switched from the wireless mic to the standard mic for use
> by speakers.
>
>    I have a few digital-audio gurus I plan to contact to see how the echo
> can be removed from that file. I successfully recorded the entire Saturday
> Morning session, and about two hours of the Sunday Morning Session so all
> was not a total loss. A network outage at the convention hotel and my
> computer locking up caused us to lose what I was able to record of the
> Saturday Afternoon Session.
>
>    Getting back to my original point it may pay to spend a few hundred
> extra bucks for a unit that would address matters of this kind such as
> having on-board recording capability, and the ability to be configurable 
> in
> order to be compatible with microphones and other equipment in use 
> allowing
> one to eliminate problems such as the echo effect I described above. Let 
> me
> work on it guys. All is not lost.
>
>    I should also do a scan for .wav files on my C drive as I may not have
> lost the Saturday Afternoon Session due to the lock-up. I think Sound 
> Forge
> automatically backs up your work in the event of a computer crash or a
> lock-up. Let me check it out.
>
> Peter Donahue
>
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "J.J. Meddaugh" <jj at bestmidi.com>
> To: "NFB Webmaster's List" <nfb-web at nfbnet.org>
> Sent: Wednesday, April 04, 2007 10:07 PM
> Subject: Re: [Nfb-web] recording audio
>
>
> Hello Gary. I was looking at purchasing an Olympus DS 50 just for this
> purpose. It records at 128K MP3 and seems to behigh-quality enough to do 
> the
> job without breaking the bank at $250. In Michigan, we've recorded the
> conventions on cassettes, but I think it's time we replace this.
>
>
> J.J.
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Gary Wunder" <gwunder at earthlink.net>
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> Sent: Wednesday, April 04, 2007 10:29 PM
> Subject: Re: [Nfb-web] recording audio
>
>
>> This is a most interesting question but it leaves me wondering if we are
>> wise to place all our eggs in one basket. Might we not be better off to
>> use
>> a stand-alone digital recorder or at least something not tied to one
>> laptop.
>>
>> Gary
>>
>>
>> ----- Original Message ----- 
>> From: "Bryan Schulz" <b.schulz at sbcglobal.net>
>> To: "NFB Webmaster's List" <nfb-web at nfbnet.org>
>> Sent: Wednesday, April 04, 2007 5:22 PM
>> Subject: [Nfb-web] recording audio
>>
>>
>> hi all,
>>
>> Could someone give suggestions for a software app to record audio going
>> into
>> the mic jack of a sound card?
>> While using winamp and shoutcast to send audio to the internet, what
>> program
>> could be run at the same time to capture the same audio for archival
>> files?
>> thanks,
>> Bryan
>>
>>
>>
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