recording sermon - MD or PC?

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At the moment my church is recording out Sunday sermon via cassette recorder....

Now, we would like to upgrade our system to digital means so that we can duplicate as many sermon copy as we like (it's very time consuming with casstte)

my question is, is it better to used a Laptop or MD for this?

The advantage of Laptop is that you can record the sermon in realtime and then convert them to mp3 or audio CD and burn as many copies as you like....

The advantage of MD is that it's cheaper... :) and even more portable.... but can you transfer MD recordings straight to PC or you have to re-record again into the PC for duplication?? (I am not familiar with MD)

Hope you guys can help out! :)

Thanks!
Leeking
 
I've never used either, Leeking, but I know two guys who use laptops to record with.
I've heard the stuff when one of the guys finished, it was pretty good. Lot better than I would of guessed it to be.
 
Leeking said:
.... 1) The advantage of MD is that it's cheaper... :) and 2) even more portable.... 3) but can you transfer MD recordings straight to PC or 4) you have to re-record again into the PC for duplication?? (I am not familiar with MD)

Hope you guys can help out! :)

Thanks!
Leeking
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Definitely use the LAPTOP. :)

1) No it is not cheaper. You can get 200 cd's for $9.99

2) No it is not. :confused:

3) No. Not with out re-recording.

4) Yes.
 
It would probably be easier with the lap top but you're right about the initial costs being much higher. A MD recorder being about $200-$300 and a lap top with a decent sound card and a CD burner in the $1500 + range. A low bucks approach would be a mini disc recorder and a hand full of bnlank discs (since you can record over them) and a sound card for a PC that has a TOSLINK input on it. You could then record your sermons on the mini disc, bring it home and make a digital transfer into a PC, do what ever editing you want and either make CDs or MP3s, and just record over your mini discs for next time. I believe a mini disc recorder and a TOSLINK capable sound card will be cheaper than a laptop withall the bells and whistles.
 
Thanks for all your responses guys.... great help! :)

Guess I'll opt for the Laptop route, as we'll be getting a used one (so cost not that high)... it's a PII 300MHz, 6G HD.... guess it should do the trick. :)

Thanks!
HAppy New Year!
Leeking
 
uh-oh!

Bad news guys....

We try the laptop to record last night and realize that the Laptop doesn't have a Line-in! (some say most laptop doesn't have line-in)

It only has a mic-in and phone jack. We recorded through the mic-in and it sounded like shit as expected.

what do you think guys? is there a way out? are there laptops with line-in???

HELP!!
 
There are plenty of external audio devices for laptops. If your lap top has a USB jack, you can find many USB devices as well.
Check out www.midiman.com
I think they have a few.

Oren
 
thanks...

but I think we'd prefer to wait for a used laptop WITH line-in to come along.... :)
 
Re: uh-oh!

Leeking said:
Bad news guys....
.... (some say most laptop doesn't have line-in) .... are there laptops with line-in???
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Most laptops that I have used, have a LINE IN, LINE OUT, and a MIC IN.

You could go the USB route (to give you additional inputs). Or you could wait for another used laptop to come around.
 
SPINSTERWUN said:
Did you check ouy the link that Aren gave you?
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yup, I know of those stuff....

but that would be added cost and out of our budget. :(

I also did a quick check on some Dell notebooks and all of them seemed to have line-in.

Guess we'll be waiting for a while...

Thanks again for your help guys. :)
 
By far the easiest way to record in your application is minidisc. Set to mono you've got 148 minutes of no brainer recording time that will likely shuffle things into managible partitions (songs) on it's own. If you can find them Sony minidisk decks are cheap and more reliable than earlier versions (I've got a couple of JE330's that were $179). Then you can run the data to a computer, do a little editing and burn CD-R's.
 
Thanks Riku,

you're the first to comment. :)


Leeking
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I've got a Sony JE-510 and JE-320 MD recorder, and MD is fine.

It's definitely easier than 'puter recording.

Anyway, MD would be a good solution. MD is not expensive, and makes a fine, hifi recording. Some MD recorders may or may not have MIC inputs, so check different models. Sony and Tascam both sell some relatively high-end MD decks.

Also, the standalone CDR/CDRW recorder would be a great choice, which is the same relative cost of a MD recorder. CDR/CDRW recorders vary in features, so do your homework. Again, Sony and Tascam both sell some relatively high-end CDR/CDRW recorders.
 
Riku said:
by the way did you get the behringer Ultragain MIC2200 preamp?
What do you think about it?
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ahhh, you still remember...

haven't got it yet....

my budget got squashed when I bought an upright piano for my wife last month. :(

Guess, I need to wait a little longer.... my next immediate purchase will be the audiophile 2496 and MIC2200.
:cool:
 
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