Superb WAV/MP3 recorder...

[Darren S]

We picked up one of these little gadgets after needing to record some voice options on our phone system. As it turns out, our phone system only requires WAV files in 8-bit mono, so this recorder is 100% overkill - lol!

http://www.roland.com/products/en/R-09/index.html

Anyways, it's not cheap - not too far off £300, iirc. But the recording quality is simply superb. Even just listening to the playback via a set of mere iPod headphones, there is a depth and clarity to the recording that defies the little recorder's size.

It is also very, very sensitive. The background noise that can be picked up (if needed) is again, very impressive.

I just wish I had had this when I went to the Chatsworth Rally Show. Getting some WAVs of the Audi Quattros and Lancia S4's going at full chat would have been audio p**n. I guess there is always next year.

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[bigmouk]

We use a few Tascams at our place with shotgun mics. The shotgun mics are very cool with 3 settings so you can pick up someone talking like 100 metres away. Best these would be smart to use with the quattros like u say ... just point to what you want to record!

http://www.solidstatesound.co.uk/tascam_dr-1.htm

http://www.solidstatesound.co.uk/AT_ATR55.htm

 

[Darren S]

We use a few Tascams at our place with shotgun mics. The shotgun mics are very cool with 3 settings so you can pick up someone talking like 100 metres away. Best these would be smart to use with the quattros like u say ... just point to what you want to record!

http://www.solidstatesound.co.uk/tascam_dr-1.htm

http://www.solidstatesound.co.uk/AT_ATR55.htm

Lol - they look like very similar pieces of kit, Moz. Probably all made in the same bloody factory!

I think I'll have a dabble with the recorder itself - especially with the remote function. Would be kind of intetesting to compare the sound difference between the OEM 182 exhaust and the Janspeed that's going on, on Monday.

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