Edirol R-09 WAV/MP3 Recorder

[Bartlomiej Plichta]

Hello all,

I would just want to say that having tested most CF audio recorders, 
there really is no match for the Tascam HD-P2, if one wants an 
all-in-one, inexpensive, portable recorder.

The step up is the line-up offered by Sound Devices. Then, Nagra, if 
money is no object. Also, look out for the new Sonosax recorder due out 
soon.

Everything else, including Marantz, M-Audio, Edirol, simply does not 
qualify as high-precision, reliable instruments that are necessary for 
linguistic analysis.

Let's not forget about the importance of picking the right microphone 
and using the right recording technique.


Bartek Plichta

Jane Simpson wrote:
> Update from CHILDES list
>
> Date: Thu, 2 Nov 2006 19:42:12 -0330
> From: Yvan Rose <yrose at mun.ca>
> To: Chris Letts <Chris.Letts at newcastle.ac.uk>
> Cc: info-childes at mail.talkbank.org
> Subject: Re: Update on R9 digital recorder
>
> Dear Info-CHILDES members,
>
> I fully agree with Chris's conclusion about the EDIROL R9.
>
> Looking for alternatives, I found that the M-Audio MicroTrack 24/96
> offers similar features at a similar price, but in what seems to be a
> much sturdier construction. I have not fully tested it yet but based
> on preliminary trials, the device seems promising.
>
> Yvan Rose
> Department of Linguistics
> Memorial University of Newfoundland
>
>
> On 2-Nov-06, at 9:08 AM, Chris Letts wrote:
>
>   
>> I previously reported that we were pleased with the performance of the
>> EDIROL R9 digital recorder, but had some misgivings about its
>> construction.
>>
>> Regrettably these have proven to be well founded - we have been
>> using 2
>> of these machines for about 3 months now, and both have suffered
>> damage
>> even through relatively light use and careful handling - it looks like
>> they are just too flimsy for anything but very controlled use.
>>
>> Chris Letts,
>> Technical Site Manager,
>> KGVI Building,
>> School of Education, Communication & Language Sciences
>>
>>
>>     
>
> On Thu, 19 Oct 2006, Tom Honeyman wrote:
>
>   
>> Without having tried one of these (so I could be talking total
>> nonsense) generally speaking these smaller devices tend not to have
>> great analogue to digital convertors and also tend not to have the
>> best mic input plugs either. If anyone has one, we'd love to give a
>> sample to our sound guy Frank for his opinion.
>>
>> I don't think SD cards are a problem.
>>
>> Joe Blythe was pretty happy with it, and Claire Bowern comments that
>> they're good:
>>
>> http://blogs.usyd.edu.au/elac/2006/10/
>> recording_naturalistic_convers_1.html
>>
>> -tom
>>
>> On 19/10/2006, at 2:28 PM, Robert Hoogenraad wrote:
>>
>>     
>>> We were wondering about any down-side to the Edirol R-09 WAV/MP3
>>> Recorder.
>>>
>>> Is the fact that it uses SD cards a problem?
>>>
>>> Robert Hoogenraad & Myf Turpin
>>> --
>>> Robert Hoogenraad, Linguist
>>> e-mail: <hoogie at netspace.net.au>
>>> PO Box 8285, Alice Springs, NT 0871; Phone (08) 89 52 6564
>>>
>>> Charles Darwin University, Alice Springs Campus, Desert Knowledge,
>>> Room 226
>>> CDU, PO Box 795, Alice Springs, NT 0871
>>> phone (08) 89595249; fax (08) 89595344
>>>       
>>
>> Tom Honeyman
>> PARADISEC Project Co-ordinator
>> Pacific and Regional Archive for Digital Sources in Endangered Cultures
>> Sydney Unit, room 238, Transient Building F12
>> University of Sydney NSW 2006
>> tel +61 2 9036 9557
>> fax +61 2 9351 7572
>> tom.honeyman at paradisec.org.au
>> http://www.paradisec.org.au
>>
>>
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>>     
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Bartlomiej Plichta
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