[HANASHIR:7281] Re: Recommendations on tape recorders and computer programs to clean up noisy tapes

[Penny White <pwhite2...>]

Ros
A portable minidisc recorder with a stereo mic work great for live
recording - not cheap - but very good quality, very portable and easy to
edit/search.  I've been using one for about a year now and will NEVER go
back to tapes!
-Penny
----- Original Message -----
From: Ros Schwartz <rs4 (at) post(dot)queensu(dot)ca>
To: <hanashir (at) shamash(dot)org>
Sent: Saturday, November 04, 2000 10:53 AM
Subject: [HANASHIR:7277] Recommendations on tape recorders and computer
programs to clean up noisy tapes


> Hi to all of you,
>
> Looking to upgrade the minimalist tape recorder that I have brought to
> HN in the past.  My tapes are too scratchy and hard to hear ... it seems
> a shame to spend all that time and effort recording them, to then get
> poor quality tapes.
>
> I tried a handheld recorder also, it was so convenient but produced even
> noisier tapes.
>
> What do you recommend - brands, features, cost?  What about the balance
> between size and quality?  I was looking at an ad for a machine intended
> for dictation - would that likely be good for recording music as well?
> What about digital recorders?
>
> Also, I seem to recall a discussion a while ago about computer programs
> that could clean up noisy tapes.  What are some of these, how can they
> be obtained, are they hard to use?
>
> Thanks as always,
>
> - Ros
>
>

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