So, You Think Your Recording Equipment is Up-to-Date?

Alan Brookes · From: Brummy living in Southern California

So you wonder if you have enough channels for your upcoming project. Go back to 1906 and you would be wondering if you had enough cylinders in stock.
(From the Sears-Robuck Catalogue of 1906).

Michael Maddex · From: Northern New Mexico, USA

Alan, according to an online inflation calculator, the 1906 $10 would be $263.16 in 2016 dollars. Today, in the three hundred dollar neighborhood, you can buy a Tascam 4-channel handheld recorder or a Tascam 8-channel Portastudio. This is a case where I think that I would like today's products much better than yesterday's.

Refs: http://www.davemanuel.com/inflation-calculator.php?theyear=1906&amountmoney=10
http://www.musiciansfriend.com/portable-field-recorders/tascam-dr-44wl-handheld-linear-pcm-recorder
http://www.musiciansfriend.com/multitrack-recorders/tascam-dp-03sd-8-channel-portastudio

NB: Tascam (and MF) is used as an example only. The reader is advised to evaluate any and all brands of his/her choice. Cool

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John Macy · From: Rockport TX/Denver CO

Or one roll of 2" tape....
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Scott Duckworth · From: Etowah, TN Western Foothills of the Smokies

You know, I've been thinking about developing a gramophone horn adapter for smart phones that would also charge the phone, and have Bluetooth remote control. The horn would be acoustically coupled, and the charging would be wireless also. I bet I'll make millions.

I have to at least do as good as they guy that started selling bottle water... from a garden hose in Detroit...
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