CD Recorder with HDD.

[Guest]

Does anyone know of a good alternative to my trusty (but getting old) YAMAHA HDD/CD 1300E.
It has done sterling service for a long time.
I still use analogue equipment and still transfer reel to reel tapes and I wondered if anyone knew or could recommend an alternative.
I would buy another Hitachi if I could find one(with a bigger HD - 60 hours is not great),but they are no longer made, and I don't think Yamaha

any information would be most welcome
Slarty

[Resurrection Man]

Looking at the spec for that Yamaha, I can't see what it can do that a PC or Mac can't.

[slarty]

That's the difference between someone who has been making tapes (analogue) for 50 years and probably someone more up with all things computer.
I do not know how to run an analogue system into a computer.
slarty

[Nick_G]

How about an Alesis Masterlink?

http://www.alesis.com/masterlink

That should do what you want, hopefully without breaking the bank.

[slarty]

Thanks for the tip Nick, but it seems to be as difficult to find as the Yamaha.

[Nick_G]

There's some on US eBay that with shipping come to about £360, which is cheaper than the £695 I saw from a store.

[slarty]

OK - then bring me up to the present. I have an analogue system - Reel to Reel & CD & DAT all running through a graphic EQ to an amplifier(analogue) and into the Yamaha for temporary storage before burning - I then convert the CDs to Flac to send to colleagues/friends/fellow opera nuts).
How could you simplify this - I am now retired and finances are critical. That's why I had the idea of finding a back-up yamaha.
I am only interested in historical recordings, certainly nothing state of the art, but I want to keep everything in the best possible sound.
I only have a laptop(windows 7) and use Roxio for conversions.

thanks
slarty

[Resurrection Man]

Why don't you buy this one on eBay ?

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Yamaha-CDR-HD1300-Audiophile-Grade-CD-HDD-Recorder-CD-R-RW-160GB-Mint-/230989646232?pt=UK_AudioTVElectronics_HomeAudioHiFi_CDPlayerSeparates&hash=item35c80e4998

[slarty]

Thanks for the link Resurrection man. If he will send it Germany then I will buy it.

[Bryn]

How about an Alesis Masterlink?

http://www.alesis.com/masterlink

That should do what you want, hopefully without breaking the bank.

I have an Alesis Masterlink and it's a pretty decent bit of kit, on the whole. However, I now tend mainly to us a Zoom H4n as the recording device and then pop the SDHC card with the recording on it into my a laptop and use Sony's Sound Forge 10 Studio to do any tweaking. By the way, there is a bargain way of getting Sound Forge 10 Studio (that's the cut down, but still powerful enough for most uses, 2 channel version of Sound Forge 10 Pro). It comes as part of the Sony Movie Studio HD Platinum Production Suite 12.

[cloughie]

I have an Alesis Masterlink and it's a pretty decent bit of kit, on the whole. However, I now tend mainly to us a Zoom H4n as the recording device and then pop the SDHC card with the recording on it into my a laptop and use Sony's Sound Forge 10 Studio to do any tweaking. By the way, there is a bargain way of getting Sound Forge 10 Studio (that's the cut down, but still powerful enough for most uses, 2 channel version of Sound Forge 10 Pro). It comes as part of the Sony Movie Studio HD Platinum Production Suite 12.

Bryn
Zoom H4n - how easy is it to use? In particular if you recorded a Mahler 2 from a live concert how easy is it to divide the recording into movements?