Can anyone recommend a decent MP3 recorder???

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Posted by DANNY M on Apr-06-2005 17:14:

Can anyone recommend a decent MP3 recorder???

To record live sets straight from the mixer etc....

Budget about �100 - �150

Any ideas peeps????

Cheers

Danny

Posted by DaveSchloosh! on Apr-07-2005 14:22:

Buy a second hand portable DAT recorder.....

you can then record at the best quality and transfer to PC or whatever mediaum you want at a later date.

We use DATs out of mixers in various clubs/studios, and have produced CD's for commercial sale......

Posted by sw1 on Apr-12-2005 00:20:

Check out mp3DirectCut. It's free and a great MP3 trimmer as well.

Posted by harcourt on Apr-12-2005 19:39:

Get an iRiver MP3 Player (20GB or 40GB). They have optical IN/OUT (as well as regular line in/out), also record either WAV or 320kbps MP3.

Posted by Vero on Apr-13-2005 16:04:

MD records work well too.

Posted by DANNY M on Apr-13-2005 18:56:

Thanks for the help guys

Posted by UnBracKo on Apr-14-2005 10:53:

quote:
Originally posted by sw1
Check out mp3DirectCut. It's free and a great MP3 trimmer as well.

does it rip? or only does it cut the sets in different parts?
because I've tried to get an mp3 recorder for free but no luck, the cheapest I've found it's the Advanced Mp3 recorder for 30 �

Posted by Dervish on Apr-14-2005 18:43:

quote:
Originally posted by DaveSchloosh!
Buy a second hand portable DAT recorder.....

you can then record at the best quality and transfer to PC or whatever mediaum you want at a later date.

We use DATs out of mixers in various clubs/studios, and have produced CD's for commercial sale......

Doesn't DAT have a slightly higher sample rate (than CDs, don't think it's too much higher)? Dunno how much better it is though?

Posted by sw1 on Apr-14-2005 23:11:

mp3DirectCut

quote:
Originally posted by UnBracKo
does it rip? or only does it cut the sets in different parts?
because I've tried to get an mp3 recorder for free but no luck, the cheapest I've found it's the Advanced Mp3 recorder for 30 �

I believe it records as an mp3 file. I've only tinkered with that part once, just to see what the button does.
I mainly use it as an mp3 trimmer/editor. It's got dual dB level displays. I'm not sure if it has record level adjustments. You may have to do that in your sound card line-in level adjustment.

It's a small and unobtrusive program. Just unzip the download and you can double-click on the .exe file to start. It just creates an .ini file for your custom settings. It doesn't require installation at all! No registry changes, maybe a .dll file required, but that's it. Small, unobtrusive, doesn't change anything in your operating system, doesn't require installation, and it's free! Just how a program should be!