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post #16 of 24
2/15/08 at 12:39pm
same exact model number just japanese version (i suspect nothing is different just a silly firmware revision). i use a line in cable and get very very good results from recording. the machines are more expensive here though compared to the states: i think mine was 120$ usd for 2gb.

i have not been able to rmaa my results on recording or transfer the firles of course... as they are bloody all inaccessible in oma format (unless i had windows). but... they sound wonderful - i was a md user from 1999 and then himd well into 2007 but... i finally sold everything and got interest in harddisk recording but only hobby. i probably wont be worrying too much over all the equipment i used to have for concert-taping with my sharp mddr7 (oh damn was that a good machine for recording)

my cable is like 12 - has an input volume selector full volume or half. great stuff!
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post #17 of 24
4/6/08 at 6:45pm
Linear PCM (Pulse Code Modulation) is refering to digital audio in general. The only digital audio on the market (afaik) which is not PCM is DSD, which is found on SACDs.
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post #18 of 24
4/7/08 at 1:49pm
What about DAT?
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post #19 of 24
4/7/08 at 11:17pm
hi, did a live recording on my Hi-MD last week and the sound came out pretty flat, like a mono recording. would it be due to the microphone?
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post #20 of 24
4/8/08 at 8:55am
toxicsweet - DAT is PCM digital as well. The only digital audio consumer format which isn't PCM is SACD.
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post #21 of 24
4/8/08 at 9:45am
what mic is yours? internal? if internal, it should sound rubbish. if a plugin, it should sound okay i suppose / passable if still the body of the mic is attached to the recorder.

it needs to be a long way from the player tethered by cable and if possible, fed by a battery box (mic preamp) to allow the mic to have full 20 - 20 000 frequency response recording that the recorder should support. the input will have similar problems to a headphone out without an amplifier.

after that, your mic must be good as well as placed in a good position. i have some cheap mic but that are very good: they mount in the ears from sound professionals and whatever you hear and from what angle you hear, the music records - it is in fact, excellent sounding in any format i have used that uses a reasonable bitrate. if your mic is no where near direct sound waves coming in, it should sound muffled. if you have it behind fabric, put your ears behind fabric to hear what it would sound like. what you hear and the best place that your ears hear is often the best place for your mic unless you have a rifle mic that hears telescopically.

1. mic unit (in or out) and quality of mic.
2. mic placement
3. is it tethered and boxed
4. placement *probably most important.
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post #22 of 24
4/9/08 at 2:34am
hi shigzeo

i'm using an external sony microphone powered from the md recorder itself. placed as far away from the player as the cord will allow.

mounted on a stand to raise it high placed at the end of our music practice room further away from 5 noisy wind instruments!

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Originally Posted by shigzeo View Post
what you hear and the best place that your ears hear is often the best place for your mic
that is a good point. thanks! we should try and take a listen for ourselves.

i'm thinking the acoustics of the room probably makes a difference too. the practice room isn't too dry nor is it too boomy. will experiment.
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post #23 of 24
4/9/08 at 2:35am
hmm ... it's an ECM-717 model. and says "STEREO" on it.
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post #24 of 24
2/8/10 at 11:40pm
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Yes, Linear PCM is uncompressed full CD quality audio. 16bit 44.1khz and one would HOPE that it creates an actual *.wav file but you can't trust Sony. Hi-MD recorders, for instance, can record in linear PCM but you have to go through Sonic Stage to get a wav file out of it... grrr... This recorder you're referencing most likely records straight to wav files.
What is the file that PCM records in then?

I haven't used Sonicstage yet, so I just record direct from line-out or optical out from CD/vinyl/tape onto MD.
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