Sony MZM200 Professional Portable Hi MD Recorder
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Manufacturer: SonyModel: MZM200
Product features:
- Compatible with both Hi-MD media and standard MiniDisc media
- Hi-MD selectable recording times provides 94 minutes of uncompressed PCM linear audio, or up to 34 hours of ATRAC3plus compressed audio
- Hi-MD self record uploading allows transferring self-recordings onto a computer and storing them as a .wav file
- Conventional MD recording modes (SP, LP2 and LP4) allow making conventional MD recordings when playback compatibility with MD deck
- Conventional MD self-recordings can be uploaded via USB 2.0 to WIN PC using supplied Sonic Stage software (Excludes EMD content)
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Customer Review: Pocket Studio
Summary: 5 Stars
This little thing is great. For listening, the digital amp sounds really good. Better than that of an iPod which is rated for 2x as much power and many people acclaim. Recording quality is excellent, its like having a cd recorder in your pocket. The supplied micorphone makes really clear recordings. For live shows, as an amateur taper I couldn't be happier with it with the exception that it doesn't pick up as much bass as I would like and the separation is nothing to write home about, but you won't really have much luck finding something as small that does a better job, go and get another plug in power mic or use a power module for a higher quality mic. One con about the mic is that the wire is a little short, but its nothing a 5 dollar trip to the Shack won't fix.The player itself is really small, light and sturdy. It looks great and feels dense and compact in your hand. My only gripes are 1. The FF/FR/Pause/Play switch on the side feels fragile. 2. There are functions on the recorder only accessible from the supplied remote such as track titling and sound processing.The sound processing settings are pretty standard but it does have a feature that i really enjoy. This is the dynamic volume normalizer function. I listen to alot of recordings of live shows and it really helps to smooth out the sound of the recording in times when you can tell someone walked in front of the mic or when the taper moved, etc. I think it makes some recordings sound more consistent. All in all, this is a very versatile little gadget, it fits in your pocket, can be taken anywhere and creates exceptional 'tapes'.
*Updated: I've had it for a few months now and my usual set up at concerts and music festivals is the recorder in my pocket, a longer mic cable up to the mic on my hat. This makes great recordings! I couldn't be happier with it. The tapes you can make sound just about as good as tapes I listen to that were recorded on equipment where the mic alone cost 3x more than this whole package. Voice recording is of very high quality and the mic does a great job of picking up voice from across the room, great for lectures.
Another feature not mentioned often is that this recorder will format old 74/80 minute MD's into HI-MD format. This almost triples the capacity of old MD's which are more affordable than the HI-MD's (about a dollar eighty vs. around 5 dollars for the Hi-MD discs).
Description of Sony MZM200 Professional Portable Hi MD Recorder
This Hi-MD portable audio recorder is ideal for journalists and musicians who need to make high-quality stereo audio recordings using cost-effective removable media. The MZ-M200 recorder comes supplied with an ECM-DS70P Stereo Microphone and MDR-EO931Earbud Headphone. The recorder uses affordable Hi-MD media with 1 GB storage capacity. Three Hi-MD recording modes are supported including: Linear (PCM) 44.1kHz/16-bit, ATRAC3plus 256kbps (Hi-SP) mode and ATRAC3plus 64bps (Hi-LP) mode. In addition, three conventional MD recording modes are supported including: ATRAC 292kbps (SP), ATRAC3 132kbps (LP2) and ATRAC3 66kbps (LP4). The recorder supports USB 2.0 uploading + downloading with PC (using supplied Sonic Stage software), and USB uploading with MAC (using supplied Hi-MD Music Transfer software), allowing transferring audio recordings to a computer and storing them on the computer in .Wav file format. This Hi-MD device can also be used as a USB mass storage device, allowing storing data files on the Hi-MD disc along with audioDigital Cameras and Photo Categories
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