[CS-FSLUG] Digital recording

[@ndrew]

Robert,

My church still records to tapes primarily, but when I want to record
digitally, I bring in my MP3 player. It's an "old" Archos 15GB Jukebox MP3
Recorder, has a line-in, and records direct to MP3s. Works great for what
it's doing. And in most cases, churches don't have top-of-the-line
equipment, so the quality lost by MP3 compression is negligable. Besides,
it's just talking. At our church, we're using a $50 FM wireless mic from
Radio Shack that picks up portable phones from across the street. Quality.
I'm not concerned about going straight to MP3.

Of course, that won't help you make copies at the church, but it's easy
enough to bring home, connect to a computer, and burn a CD. A computer
sitting at the church would work just as well, and it doesn't really need to
be anything special: just about any box with a sound-card and sufficient
storage space would work. And if it has a CDRW, then, voila, copies. That's
what I'm hoping to do for the long run, if I can wean our church off casette
tapes. Oh, and get a new mic.

--
@ndrew
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http://www.dothedrew.net

"No amount of genius can overcome
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Christiansource-bounces at ofb.biz 
> [mailto:Christiansource-bounces at ofb.biz] On Behalf Of Robert W.
> Sent: Friday, November 12, 2004 6:18 PM
> To: Christiansource at ofb.biz
> Subject: Re: [CS-FSLUG] Digital recording
> 
> On 11/12/2004 11:25:06 AM, Stephen J. McCracken wrote:
> >> I won't be much help here, but I wish I could record 
> straight to MP3
> > 
> > For some situations this might be valid, but for most you 
> don't want 
> > to do this.  As MP3 is NOT lossless compression, you usually would 
> > want to record to a better quality, do any editing, and have a high 
> > quality master to then encode to other formats.
> 
> The tape isn't great quality now. But there's no specific 
> reason it has to go straight to MP3. A digital recording in 
> almost any format would be a step in the right direction.
> 
> My main problem is making timely copies. Secondary is making 
> it available for downloads.
> 
> --
> Robert W.
> robertwo at access-4-free.com
> 
> And the LORD said... "I will have mercy on whom I have mercy, 
> and I will have compassion on whom I will have compassion." 
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