Re: MiniDisc for field recording

["Jehn" <juno7@cfl.rr.com>]

I thought the MDs were pretty obsolete at this point..the availability of
the medium itself..

Whatever you do..get yourself  a good wind sock
----- Original Message -----
From: "Duke Sexton" <catilyne@icicle.net>
To: <Loopers-Delight@loopers-delight.com>
Sent: Sunday, September 22, 2002 9:20 PM
Subject: Re: MiniDisc for field recording


> At 06:53 PM 9/21/2002 -0700, Mark Sottilaro wrote:
>
> >After seeing Matt D's amazing found object set, my wife started talking
> >about using field recordings in her music.  I figure a MD 
>player/recorder
> >would be the way to go, but which one?  What's the best model currently
> >made?  Do they all have mic inputs?  CNET didn't seem to mention this
> >feature on any of them.  A recommendation for a decent stereo mic would
be
> >useful too.
>
> Pardon me for asking what may seem an obvious question but why Minidisc 
>in
> particular, as opposed to something like portable DAT?
>
> Granted, it's been a looooong time since I seriously looked at MD, but I
> always had the impression that it was natively low-fidelity -- crippled
> sample- or bit-rate (I forget which), and lossy compression that kicks in
> every pass/transfer it touches.  Of course, I'm a bit of a vinyl junkie 
>so
> I even tend to find full16-bit/44.1khz substandard in many cases.  But 
>has
> the Minidisc as a medium improved that much since its inception?
>
>          -c-
>
> _____
> "i want to reach my hand into the dark and *feel* what reaches back"
>                                                  -recoil
>