hello,
i'm making the merge into this voice acting world, and am on the market for a digital recorder. anyone have any suggestions on some good reliable ones that won't put me in the poorhouse...?
thank you!
i'm making the merge into this voice acting world, and am on the market for a digital recorder. anyone have any suggestions on some good reliable ones that won't put me in the poorhouse...?
thank you!
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Re: digital recorders
Fri, June 17, 2005 - 8:23 PMI highly recommend getting an iPod. Couldn't be more straightforward, whereas DVAs often involve a lot of piddling around with recording, storing, uploading, converting.
Do you want the recorder to make MP3s to send to people for professional use? If so, get a good mic.
If it's just for personal use, it doesn't really matter. -
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Re: digital recorders
Fri, June 17, 2005 - 9:10 PMOkay, let's try the non-computer-freak-out/correct-acronym version.
This is what I meant to say. The words above are merely a figment of your imagination. ;)
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I highly recommend getting an iPod. Couldn't be more straightforward, whereas DVRs often involve a lot of piddling around with recording, storing, listening, uploading, converting. iPod's aren't cheap, but neither are high end DVRs.
Do you want the recorder to make MP3s to send to people for professional use? If so, get a good mic.
If it's just for personal use, the Griffin i-mic should be fine. -
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Re: digital recorders
Sat, June 18, 2005 - 9:55 AMi do have an ipod, and i thought about getting the griffin i-mic. i wonder what the quality is like, though? what i mean is, i'm not too concernec about this thing having uber top notch studio quality sound, but i would like to have a pretty good idea what i sound like so i can gauge my sound.
do you have a griffin? if so, how would you rate its sound quality based on what i said above...? oh, and i looked at the Olympus DS2. any thoughts on that one?
thank you for your recommendation! -
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Re: digital recorders
Sun, June 19, 2005 - 9:20 AMThe i-mic is absolutely fine. I recorded a bunch of lines, which I was practicing at a cafe, while outdoors with cars and street sounds in the background and I could hear every word without difficulty despite the fact that I was also speaking at a very low volume.
I don't know anything about the DS2. I do know, however, that the DM20 is definitely less user-friendly than an ipod. Since DVRs have teensy-weensy built-in mics, I don't know how much better than the Griffin they could possibly be (if at all). Griffin to iPod is definitely better than my old tape recorder, though. And you can get a refurbished one from the Apple store for $20-30some.
If you already have an iPod, there is no reason to buy a voice recorder.
If you're looking to "gauge your sound" in a technical/specific way, i.e. how do my plosives sound?/how sibiliant am I?, you may not find the Griffin all that helpful. Obviously, you don't get from the Griffin what you get from a studio set-up.
Anyway, investing in a Grffin i-mic is a lot cheaper - if you already have an iPod - than buying a new DVR. -
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Re: digital recorders
Sun, June 19, 2005 - 9:57 AMawesome. thank you so much for your advice!
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