Recording audio -> digital format

[theFijian]

Can any of you electronics bods out there lend some advice. I'm the webmaster for my church and we have a large collection of sermons on MP3. Up until now I've been playing the tapes of sermons through my soundcard and recording them using WaveEditor which comes with Nero 5.5. Needless to say this is a tedious task and it takes about 2 hours to get from a tape of sunday's morning and evening sermons to two MP3 files ready to be uploaded to the website.

To cut down the time to get the sermons internet-ready I want to be able to records them digitally. Does anyone have any recommendations for devices for recording straight to a digital format? MiniDisc? iPod? What are my options?

cheers,
Andy

 

[rdale]

Hi,

Do you have\access to a digital camcorder? If there is one available to you w\passthrough technology, you can capture via firewire (VERY FAST) to avi. From that you'll have an audio track (wav) that can be quickly converted with WaveEditor or Audacity or Adobe Audition.

Sorry, I don't have any experience w\MiniDisc or iPod. If they only save to mp3 as opposed to raw wav, your editing choices may be limited.

 

[Stryper]

ipod doesnt allow you to record line in.
http://reviews.cnet.com/Philips_HDD100/4505-6490_7-21129460.html?tag=pdtl-list
if thats too expensive look for other mp3 players with line in recording.

 

[FarFromHome]

At our church we have a Denon DN-C550R that we use to record every sermon to CD. From there we upload it to our web server. We purchased it from a local dealer for about $600.

 

[Jason Gastrich]

Hi Fijian,

I have a suggestion. I use a portable, MP3 player/recorder and it works very well. Mine is called the Archos Jukebox Recorder 10. It has 10GB of storage and connects to the computer with a USB cable. You can record with its mic or you can run your own mic to it. Running your own gets you better sound quality. Use a Shure mic and a monster cable for high quality recordings.

It will record in a variable bitrate around 175. You can copy the file to your computer and encode it at 160 or 128 bits; which is CD quality.

God bless,
Jason