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Creative Lab MuVo replacement for Nomad Jukebox 3?
Hey all:
Infrequent poster here. I try and not clutter things up. Besides being a musician, I also produce a Celtic/Folk music radio show. As part of this gig I ALSO provide an internship for a High School class in Civic Affairs. A couple of students every year churn out about five social issues programs. Some of this involves location recording - interviews, location sounds, etc. They've been using a small cassette recorder, but I think the school can spring for some new stuff. Based on this group's expert opinions (well, some of them are pretty good!) I've been looking at the discontinued but still available Creative Labs Nomad Jukebox 3. However, CL is now making a cheaper flash player that also has a line-in: The MuVo Micro N200. Anyone used this with an external powered microphone as a field recorder? Given that the Micro N200 probably won't have an input level meter, can one monitor the line-in while in record mode? I only need this for portability, ease of use, and quick recording by students for interviews and maybe some ambient background noise (to indicate where the interviews are - street noise, factory noise, etc.) Recording quality needs to be better than cassette ( no duh) but does not need to be like recording music on site. I myself have a Sharp MD unit that I use for Irish jam sessions and other field work, but I wouldn't want to recommend buying it for student use. It's tricky with writing and preserving data, can't be bumped, no USB transfer for editing, media flying around in the carry case, etc. Do ya think the Micro N200 would work, or should I look at grabbing a Jukebox 3 on ebay while available? And while we're at it, what simple microphone system would work as a decent adjunct to either one of these line-in machines? Think: high school student use. I don't want any more boxes or cables than I need. Thanks a ton in advance, Carlos Alden |
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Carlos Alden wrote:
Besides being a musician, I also produce a Celtic/Folk music radio show. As part of this gig I ALSO provide an internship for a High School class in Civic Affairs. A couple of students every year churn out about five social issues programs. Some of this involves location recording - interviews, location sounds, etc. They've been using a small cassette recorder, but I think the school can spring for some new stuff. Based on this group's expert opinions (well, some of them are pretty good!) I've been looking at the discontinued but still available Creative Labs Nomad Jukebox 3. However, CL is now making a cheaper flash player that also has a line-in: The MuVo Micro N200. You should probably look at the new Edirol R-1. Records to CF cards and has mic preamps, unlike the Creative units. while we're at it, what simple microphone system would work as a decent adjunct to either one of these line-in machines? Think: high school student use. I don't want any more boxes or cables than I need. Start with an EV 635a for handheld interviews and ambient gathering. Will probably outlast everything else in the system by a factor of eleven. |
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Carlos Alden wrote:
Besides being a musician, I also produce a Celtic/Folk music radio show. As part of this gig I ALSO provide an internship for a High School class in Civic Affairs. A couple of students every year churn out about five social issues programs. Some of this involves location recording - interviews, location sounds, etc. They've been using a small cassette recorder, but I think the school can spring for some new stuff. Based on this group's expert opinions (well, some of them are pretty good!) I've been looking at the discontinued but still available Creative Labs Nomad Jukebox 3. However, CL is now making a cheaper flash player that also has a line-in: The MuVo Micro N200. You should probably look at the new Edirol R-1. Records to CF cards and has mic preamps, unlike the Creative units. while we're at it, what simple microphone system would work as a decent adjunct to either one of these line-in machines? Think: high school student use. I don't want any more boxes or cables than I need. Start with an EV 635a for handheld interviews and ambient gathering. Will probably outlast everything else in the system by a factor of eleven. |
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