Originally Posted by Alan Mills I don't fanyc trying tweak a recording that by the end of half an hour is about 2 seconds out. |
Everyone argues with me about minidisc Alan, but...
It's not quite as bad as you think. Over an hour, Minidisc (and I've tried several machines, pro and consumer) is around half a second slower. Now, on normal stuff, it wouldn't really matter that much, easy to sync etc, but, with music, drums and cymbals etc sound awful, like a really bad echo.
I now use one of two solutions. I bought a really cheap tatty DV cam from a second hand shop (£99), plug in external mic or feed from a sound desk and just record the audio onto DV tape. Perfect every time. Down side slow to capture and large memory use. My other alternative and favourite is if mains supply is available, is to use a CD recorder. Perfect sync again, every time. Down side is shorter record time and pricier.
On half an hour minidisc will probably lag by 0.25 of a second. Poor but not the end of the world.