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Title: Automatic Timer Recording
Post by: christen_nc on March 29, 2006, 04:43:29 PM

Hi all....

I am wondering if there is such a way to set up a recorder to turn itself on at a specific time and record for an hour or two and then turn off.  I'm wanting to do some remote field recordings at sunrise and sunset every day for a week or so.  Is there such a beast out there?  Or can I rig something up?  Thanks in advance.

Oh...and I'm not concerned with format...flash, MD, DAT....as long as the freq. response is good.

Title: Re: Automatic Timer Recording
Post by: mmmatt on March 29, 2006, 04:46:47 PM

you can do that with a laptop using cdwav.

Matt
*edit*  you will also need a pre, interface, and mics.

Title: Re: Automatic Timer Recording
Post by: terrapinj on March 29, 2006, 05:10:17 PM

722/744t will handle it as well I believe - depending on what your budget is

Title: Re: Automatic Timer Recording
Post by: kindms on March 29, 2006, 06:01:36 PM

I believe wavelab will also function in this manner

Title: Re: Automatic Timer Recording
Post by: tim in jersey on March 29, 2006, 06:08:53 PM

as will Cool Edit Pro

Title: Re: Automatic Timer Recording
Post by: ianstone on March 29, 2006, 08:24:14 PM

Quote from: terrapinj on March 29, 2006, 05:10:17 PM

722/744t will handle it as well I believe - depending on what your budget is

yeup, you can set a specific record time.

Title: Re: Automatic Timer Recording
Post by: christen_nc on March 29, 2006, 09:02:53 PM

Thanks for the replies guys.

One more thing to add, I will be deploying these out in the woods and leaving them there for days at a time.  I wouldn't want to leave a laptop out there for fear of it getting stolen.  Is there any other hardware I can use?  I was thinking of using a digital voice recorder that has a timer function.  That seems to be my best answer so far.