Topic: Standalone cd recorder setup plan.

[bdasilva]

I want to donate a fixed recording setup at the coffeehouse I work at. Karma K-10 mics from the ceiling to a UA-5... (so far so good) now... can I come out of the UA-5 to a stand alone, consumer, stereo looking. cd burner. (do they they still make these??)   set the levels, push "RECORD" and away it goes till you press stop and then it finalizes the disk and it plays on other machines. All this needs to be one step recording with a product ready when they finish. There are 10 -15 min between acts.

 Am I all washed up on this plan.  Anybody have one of these?? Do they take those "MUSIC" blank cds??

[T.J.]

i used to transfer dat's to a harmonkardon dual cdr burner. it had both an optical and coax digital input. i would connect the M1 to it via active coax 7 pin hit play and record on the cdr burner. after you would just need to finalize the disc which would take 2 minutes total. i'm sure you could do the same with mic>xlr>ua5.cdr burner.

i think the harmonkardon model was HK CDR26 or something like that.

edit to say: i think i still have the burner, but i'm not sure if it still works...

[pfife]

mine needs special music cds... 

[easy jim]

I want to donate a fixed recording setup at the coffeehouse I work at. Karma K-10 mics from the ceiling to a UA-5... (so far so good) now... can I come out of the UA-5 to a stand alone, consumer, stereo looking. cd burner. (do they they still make these??)   set the levels, push "RECORD" and away it goes till you press stop and then it finalizes the disk and it plays on other machines. All this needs to be one step recording with a product ready when they finish. There are 10 -15 min between acts.

 Am I all washed up on this plan.  Anybody have one of these?? Do they take those "audio" blank cds??

I've done this at shows a couple times with a Tascam CD-RW750, using the CD burner as a second recorder.  Another postive for the Tascam burners is that they will perform high quality on-the-fly resampling from a 32-48khz input signal on the digital input.  Since it is a pro level unit, any type of CD-R works and they ignore SCMS from consumer digital signals.

One big issue with using CD burners as recorders at shows, however, is vibrations.  If there will be any significant amplified bass in the room, you will either want it to be in a shock-mounted rack or on some kind of monitor float (flat surface mounted on heavy-duty foam for shock absorption).

[Jamos]

I second the Tascam burners...
I use a CD-RW2000 often to record live gigs.  It's not picky about the kind of blank disc it needs and has a variety of inputs.  Very easy to use.

They still make them.

[bdasilva]

The cables lead back to the kitchen... on a counter. All acoustic music. Never any vibration.  This sounds great.

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[nameloc01]

i have a SONY rcdw500 cd burner. any kind of audio signal is capable of being ran into it, and in turn being burned to a cdr. the Sony requires audio/music cds.not datas.this particular unit has a 5 disc changer also.
i have mine hooked up to my A/V system. i regularly put my master recordings onto cd via it,television music programs also for audio ( if i dont use my stand alone dvdr),vinyl>cdr works,along with FM stereo broadcasts and cassettes transfers.they are very versatile tools.

if you're recording live music with it, i'd run the signal through a mixer/pre then into an amp/receiver then digitally into the burner.