Sony ICD-SX750 Stereo digital voice recorder....

[Heather Souter]

Taanshi, Keola,

Thanks for the heads up!

I have now tested the ICD-SX750 for Mac compatibility.  It is as simple as
plugging into a USB port, clicking on "IC Recorder" icon on the desktop and
then dragging and dropping the files.  I then played both a .wav (LPCM at
44.1Hz) and an .mp3 file by simply clicking on them.  They both opened up
immediately and played on my default player (iTunes).  I then opened the
.wav file using Transcriber.  There were no problems either.  So, it seems
that the ICD-SCX750--in contrast to the ICD-MX20-- really is Mac
compatable.  That said, I almost wish I had waited just a few days more and
I would have been able to get a Zoom H1....  Maybe next time!  LOL!

Eekoshi pitamaa.
Hehater

On Mon, Aug 30, 2010 at 4:09 PM, Keola Donaghy <donaghy at hawaii.edu> wrote:

> Heather, have you tested the Mac compatibility? I have an ICD-MX20, and in
> all recording modes it uses Sony's proprietary compression, which cannot be
> read on any Mac program I'm aware of  (this was based on testing and
> research 2 years ago when I bought it; perhaps that's changed). When I
> bought the unit I too was told it was "Mac compatible. The unit will mount
> on a Mac, but the files are unreadable/unplayable. I've always had to load
> them on a PC, convert to WAV or MP3, then transfer to my Mac. Perhaps your
> model is different and allows you to record uncompressed or using a
> compression scheme that is Mac readable.
>
> Keola
>
> On 2010 ʻAu. 30, at 10:38, Heather Souter wrote:
>
> I just purchased Sony ICD-SX750 Stereo digital voice recorder to use in
> field recording.   I got it on sale for about $150CAD and am hoping it is a
> sound purchase (PC/MAC compatiable, records in Linear PCM in both 22.05 and
> 44.2Hz....).  I have a good XLR mic and need to purchase a XLR to stereo
> mini-jack transformer cable.  I am thinking of going with a Hosa but if
> anyone has a different suggestion, please advise.
>
> BTW, thanks to some recent comments on the list about the impact of
> weird-looking recording gadgets on Eldersilat, I will be keeping my wind
> sock on my voice recorder at almost all times!
>
>
>
>
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