Re: Are there simple line-powered MP3 recorders?

Martin Riddle wrote:
"Joerg" <notthisjoergsch@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:U28Nk.6047$be.934@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
| Martin Riddle wrote:
| > "Joerg" <notthisjoergsch@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
| > news:zh5Nk.3935$D32.3441@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
| > | For our church we are looking for mains-powered (no batteries) MP3
| > | recorders that can record up to 1.5hrs, preferably onto a USB stick.
| > As
| > | simple as possible, like on/off, record, stop.
| > |
| > | I have looked around the web and only found gear from Roland which had
| > | mixing functions and stuff that makes it too complicated, or Intempo
| > | which is more geared towards recording from radio channels and would
| > | probably need some hack to connect to our mixer. If this costs a few
| > | hundred Dollars that's ok but it cannot be complicated with teeny LCD
| > | screens and menus. In essence I'd have to be able to call someone and
| > | say "Turns this dark gray gizmo in the left corner on and hit the red
| > | record button", not explain a lengthy menu tree where they need a
| > | magnifier just to see it.
| > |
| > | IOW what we need is a cassette recorder sans cassettes, that records
| > | onto USB. Any ideas?
| > |
| > | -- | > | Regards, Joerg
| > |
| > | http://www.analogconsultants.com/
| > |
| > | "gmail" domain blocked because of excessive spam.
| > | Use another domain or send PM.
| >
| > This is neat...
| > http://www.ikey-audio.com/ikey.htm
| >
|
| Yes, I found a few of this kind. But: AA batteries, charger ...
|
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The Ikey appears to need a wallwart. Its much easier to buy a UL approved/listed wallwart than to put a AC plug in the box. You'll be hard pressed to find that.
Have you looked on the BHphoto web site? lots of pro stuff there, might be what your looking for.


Yes. Mostly they offer products with intermediate disk storage but from there they transfer to not so modern media such as CD, not USB sticks. Like this one:

http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/447951-REG/Marantz_CDR310_CDR_310_2_Channel_Stereo_Mono.html

The other ones are usually battery operated pod-style devices. Maybe we have to settle for one of these but it's not ideal. No good power supply, can often not be operated without inserted batteries (which in this scenario _will_ leak some day), or aren't USB compatible. Flash cards and stuff are nice but the de-facto standard these days is USB.

--
Regards, Joerg

http://www.analogconsultants.com/

"gmail" domain blocked because of excessive spam.
Use another domain or send PM.
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