Hi everyone,
i have been videotaping concerts for some time and want to start making my own audio recordings.
I've read the introduction guides ([1-5],$$$) and think that i have a small clue what it was about.
I own a Cowon D2, which has a line-in and the option to make 256kbit/ 44kh .wma recordings. (
http://www.cowonamerica.com/products/cowon/d2/tech_specs.html) I was wondering if i can use it as a storage [5] or even more and thus want to know for what steps [1-5] it can be used properly.
Since i already plugged a microphone into the D2 and recorded something and then was able to play/hear it, i think it has the capability of [3-5], but i have no idea if it does that job good or bad.
I am not sure if it disqualifies the D2 that it cannot record in loseless formats like flac or wav. (Perhaps it gets this option when Rockbox finally gets released for the D2.) All i can say is that i can hear big differences between 128k mp3/wma and loseless formats, but i cant hear any difference between 256k and loseless.
I think i will obviously at least need a microphone and power supply [1-2] and have no clue what kind of microphone would be good. I cant really tell how much money i want to spend - it depends on the enhancement of the quality of the recordings... i think 100$ would be absolutely no problem and i am willing to spend more if it helps me to get better audio recordings.
I would use the equipment mainly for stealth recordings of rock-concerts (prog, psychodelic, post, kraut).
I hope you can help me with my Cowon D2 question and have some advice for me what kind of additional equipment i have to buy and have some product recommendations.
Thank you very much