Subject: Re: [linux-audio-user] [little OT]Why does this not exist?
From: Jason (hormonex_AT_yankthechain.com)
Date: Thu Nov 08 2001 - 06:54:14 EET
I want a digital input because I have a portable DC A/D converter (that I
spent way too much mney on) and so I don't need mic pres and a/d
converters driving up the price.
On Wed, 7 Nov 2001, dave willis wrote:
> On Wed, 7 Nov 2001, Jason wrote:
>
> > I want a portable 3-5 gig hard disk with an AES/EBU or Spdif input
> > that will let me write ID's in between chunks of raw PCM Data at any
> > bit/sampling rate that's reasonable. I want a fire-wire port And I
> > want it to cost less than five hundred dollars.
>
> [sounds like you're sitting in santa's lap (it's about that time, i
> guess).]
>
> well, then, make one! remember that brit a few years ago that made a
> small computer to hook up to his car stereo to play mp3s and published his
> designs and software? well, people were too lazy and inept to make it
> themselves, so they bugged him to make them, so he did, and now he's rich
> off of this. hrm... maybe i should keep this to myself and get busy!
>
> anyway, you could probably find a small motherboard and cpu, add a laptop
> harddrive, a good soundcard (mount it parallel to the motherboard), and
> hook a laptop battery up to it. you might need to build your own power
> supply and controller (just hook it up to the keyboard port),
> and then you'll want an lcd display. firewire might be a problem to find
> on a small board, and you probably won't want to cram a second card on the
> board, but some boards do come with ethernet.
>
> but why do you only suggest digital input? i'd rather have balanced xlr
> jacks like that extremely expensive tascam dat recorder (and not that crap
> sony one), and, of course, digital out.
>
>
> > It seems it would put the portable DAT market out of business in a
> > manner of days, so I can't for the life of me figure out why no one is
> > making one.
>
> i really doubt that. dat tapes are inexpensive and extremely portable,
> independent of any expensive hardware. also, when you run out of tape,
> you can put in a new one without needing a computer around (if you had a
> computer around, you wouldn't need the device you want!).
>
> wow, i don't know where all that came from. i'm just waiting for the
> electronics store to open.
>
>
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