I'm wanting to grab some samples to use in my own music and I'm wondering what the best/cheapest way of doing that is. I'm not looking to record completely pristine noiseless commercial-quality sounds, but something reasonably good which I can play around with later and de-hiss if necessary.
I was thinking of picking up a cheap Minidisc player and getting a decent Mic to use. Similar to Urban Photography, so I can be a bit inconspicious and less looking like one of those wierdos with metal detectors you see wandering along beaches... (apologies to the inevitable keen metal detecting society members where I'll have to apologise and then claim "some of my best friends are metal detecting fans..." ...)
But yes, I'm just looking for a reasonably cheap and cheerful means of grabbing some sounds for myself. Not looking to go over £200 if I can help it.
Equipment to record some machine sounds.
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- KVRian
- Topic Starter
- 1022 posts since 7 Sep, 2004
Do you know if the newer minidiscs with the digital transfer technology impose any limits at all? I heard rumours that Sony Minidisc players will only transfer audio tracks digitally to it's own software/player and that you can't extract WAVs or MP3s directly. Or something along those lines. Currently looking through the FAQ on minidisc.org, but I can't see anything specifically.
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Stupid American Pig Stupid American Pig https://www.kvraudio.com/forum/memberlist.php?mode=viewprofile&u=4753 - KVRAF
- 7065 posts since 25 Nov, 2002 from not sure
consumer grade MDs I believe are tied in some way. Pro grade do not. also look into the edirol smart media recorders. about the same $ no moving parts.