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MP3 recorder for live band recording?

Discussion in 'Recording Gear and Equipment [BG]' started by Tim Cole, Nov 28, 2005.

  1. Nov 28, 2005 #1
    Tim Cole

    Tim Cole

    Jun 12, 2002
    Findlay, Ohio
    Looking at getting a mp3 recorder to take board mixes of live gigs if possible. I've done the minidisc route in the past with decent results, but it is too much of a pain to dump MD format onto the computer in real time to do all the editing/etc. Would be much easier to dump it already in mp3 format.

    Anyone experienced with a MP3 recorder for this use? Any suggestions on a model to get?
     
  2. Nov 28, 2005 #2
    NJL

    NJL

    Apr 12, 2002
    San Antonio
    Tim,

    I used to record some of our gigs...it came out nice, even with my lame Philips MP3 player/recorder. I highly recommend you NOT get a Philips HD MP3 player/recorder...the software and firmware really suck.

    :)
     
  3. Nov 28, 2005 #3
    Freaky Fender

    Freaky Fender

    May 27, 2001
    Saunderstown, RI
  4. Nov 28, 2005 #4
    Tim Cole

    Tim Cole

    Jun 12, 2002
    Findlay, Ohio
    Not looking to spend an arm and a leg, just looking for something to get some decent recordings with. NJL, do you have any suggestions?
     
  5. Nov 28, 2005 #5
    Minger

    Minger

    Mar 15, 2004
    Rochester, NY
    I say Iriver - many of their stuff has Line in Support, and some of em go up to 320 kbps MP3...
     
  6. Nov 28, 2005 #6
    patrickj

    patrickj

    Aug 13, 2001
    Ellicott City, MD
    Yep, iRiver paired with a good mic or a mixer + a few good mics.
     
  7. Nov 28, 2005 #7
    NJL

    NJL

    Apr 12, 2002
    San Antonio
    If I had a budget, I would go with an iPod, but I don't have a budget. :(
     
  8. Nov 28, 2005 #8
    Tim Cole

    Tim Cole

    Jun 12, 2002
    Findlay, Ohio
    I have an ipod I am really happy with for playback, but looking for something to use exclusively for live recordings.....
     
  9. Nov 29, 2005 #9
    BassManic

    BassManic

    Jul 14, 2005
    Wuerzburg/Bavaria/Germany
    Hey....no, don't use the iPod (no flames please). Somebody correct me if I'm mistaken, but the iPod is just not working. The input is just not able to handle signals. There is a gadget out there, the ikey, with this you should be able to connect any USB storage (even the iPod) device and record your stuff directly into mp3 format, but the iPod is just not doing the job....... damn, but I loves me pod....

    Jens

    BTW, for questioners, we allready tried the belkin and griffin input solutions, not worth the bucks! Good for voice recordings, no singing though, only memo's. Any new ideas, glad to listen...
     
  10. Nov 29, 2005 #10
    geoffkhan

    geoffkhan

    May 30, 2004
    Bay Area, California, USA
    +1 for the M-Audio! 24 bit 96 kHz... excellent!
     
  11. Nov 29, 2005 #11
    zombywoof5050

    zombywoof5050

    Dec 20, 2001
    I'm really liking the iFP-799. Works great for recording MP3 straight off the board. Actually I just use a splitter on my headphone feed and run the other stereo line into the iFP-799, works like a charm and it only cost $140. The quality is better than I expected. I can get over 8 hours of recording at 256kbps quality.

    Here's a link where I talk a bit more about it (post 24 & 26):
    http://www.talkbass.com/forum/showthread.php?t=203638&page=2

    If you want to spend more, and be able to record in WAV format, and have level control on-the-fly, that M-Audio one looks really good.
     
  12. Dec 3, 2005 #12
    i_got_a_mohawk

    i_got_a_mohawk

    Feb 9, 2005
    Edinburgh & Dundee, Scotland
    My guitarist has an iRiver H140 (I think thats the model anyway), and we used to plug into the aux output of the mixer (phono to 1/8th stereo cable was used), we could play with the panning on the mixer and have a proper sounding stereo recording, was really good quality aswell :)

    Im looking into an iRiver H340, it should be able to do the same, but its quite pricey