Core Sound Now Shipping SPDIF CF Card

[Janak Parekh]

<div class='os_post_top_link'><a href='http://www.core-sound.com/HighResRecorderNews.html' target='_blank'>http://www.core-sound.com/HighResRecorderNews.html</a><br /><br /></div>Concert lovers, rejoice! You can now buy a professional-grade, PDA-based recording solution if you have a Pocket PC.<br /><br /><img src="http://www.pocketpcthoughts.com/images/web/2003/parekh-20030908-PDAudio.jpg" /><br /><br />"The PDA-based PDAudio will operate on rechargeable batteries for more than enough time to record a concert, and be able to quickly transfer audio data to a laptop/desktop computer (PC or Mac) via removable solid-state memory cards (currently available in sizes up to 4 GB from Lexar), removable PC Card hard drives (from Toshiba, Kingston and CMS: 2 and 5GB available now), CF Card hard disk drives (1 GB currently and up to 4 GB from Hitachi/IBM come Fall '03, 2.4 GB from MagicStor and 4.7 GB by the end of 2003), high capacity external 2.5" hard drives (40 GB or more) using the PC Card interface (see Addonics at addonics.com), SD cards (up to 1 GB from SanDisk and Panasonic) and via wired and wireless local area networks."<br /><br />They go on to say that "The combination of the PDAudio-CF, HP 2215 and an SD memory card is the smallest high resolution digital audio recorder in the world." So cool!

[wizardmaster2k]

8) it sounds cool, but i would have no need for it. it is always nice to see new things comming out for our "toys"

[dean_shan]

I read about this the other day (friday I think) on someone on PPCT posted about it. I like to make recordings a lot. I would like to get this but it has a very high price tag.

[Kevin Daly]

I hesitate to mention this, but might was well point out that those people who are given to making bootleg recordings of concerts (among whom I am not numbered, in case you're wondering) would love this.

[Scott R]

Very cool indeed. After hunting through their web page, it looks like it costs $200 including Linux software (for flashed iPaqs, etc.). If you want PPC software to use it, it looks like that costs extra (from a variety of developers). It has a coax and digital input, so if you want to record a live performance using a high quality mic, they also sell Mic2496, a dual mic pre-amp/A-to-D convertor. That adds another "brick" to carry and it's very expensive at $499. As such, I'm not sure how cost effective (or small) this would be compared to using a small DAT recorder and microphone, though you wouldn't be able to edit the samples on the go with that. It's been so long since I've toyed with my electronic recording studio gear that I'm not up-to-date on this sort of technology.

Scott

[gpspassion]

A nice improvement over the built-in microphone for sure, but I'd settle for a good quality stereo mic built into a CF card...coupled wth an analog stereo input, especially if it can be sold for $50 :idea:

I might be missing something here, but this type of setup is only really useful if you're going digital to digital, i.e not for a live recording where the above setup would make much more sense. I haven't looked into this for a while but I'm pretty positive you can find some very good analog mic's...

[GadgetDave]

But if you're recording a concert that you're performing (legitimately), you may already have a digital out on the board that you can just plug in ... and get the whole concert. On the other hand, if you've got full equipment, what's a rack-mounted DAT add? :wink:

Still kinda cool ...

[gpspassion]

Yeah, like you say, if you have access to the digital out of the board, you probably don't need an iPaq...a laptop will do the trick!

Again, I hope these guys come out with an analog version for $50 one of these days, they'd probably sell a ton.

[townsendtribe]

I don't know about recording a concert (I don't get out much) but something like this would be very helpfull to record the Sunday service (a little more interesting to me).

Anyone have any good information on converting this content for streaming off the web?

[ron_mason_1972]

for a full recording & editing package, look at http://www.PocketREC.com (up to 48khz, 16bit mono at a standard iPAQ with external microphone without extra sound card)

O.k. - they make industrial solution (broadcast and media), but it has all you need for audio recording & editing while you are on the go! :) :)

btw: they have said a few weeks ago that they will support the pdaudio card, too :D


:D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D

[dean_shan]

Ron, how much is the PocketRec?

[gpspassion]

Other than putting a 5450 on their frontpage, pocketrec.com has been basically unchanged since...huh...2001, when it was deemed to be "vaporware". I'd sent them an email at the time and never heard back.

It seems that in the meantime they've built a cable for the 5450 and e755, for other PocketPCs you still need some kind of hardware mod...

I like that CF solution, just don't see much of a market or as a much of a market as for a nice analog version.

[audiophile]

Perhaps slightly unrelated: For PocketPC acoustic measurements Ivie has an interesting solution that uses a IPAQ sled with high quality built-in mic-preamp with 2 analog inputs.

see http://www.ivie.com/ie33/index.htm

I saw this at the CEDIA show last week-end and am lusting over one of these for audio-acoustic measurements.

[ron_mason_1972]

dean: I don't know exactly what PocketRec costs, I just know that they obviously have started shipping a few weeks ago. Harris Broadcasts is the distributor of PocketRec here in the U.S.

I am working at a radio station, so we have ordered a bunch of them - my collegues have tested the software and say that it's great! :)
I've had my hands on their system at the this years NAB show. (i can guarantee: no vaporware!)

If you do professional news gathering, PocketRec is the most phantastic tool I have seen since many years!!! :D :D :D

[Scott R]

That PocketRec site definitely does not give one a confident feeling. No price, no means for trying to order one, just a very vague "Get in touch" box where you put in your email address. Bizarre.

Scott

[The Yaz]

If you are looking for a device that would complement your PocketPC, a company called Pogo Products has a neat Digital recorder that can record in mp3 or wma. It can do this off its built in mic, line in plug, and even record songs off its am/fm receiver.

It has 32mb internally, but also has a sd/mmc slot to make transferring to a PocketPC a breeze.

take a look:

http://www.pogoproducts.com/radio_yourway.html

Steve 8)