DavidOFOTD

Well as an extremely happy owner of an Axim X5 400 I have been trying to find uses for my Axim other than the standards (TV remote, internet browsing, etc.). One of my hobbies is live music recording and I figured this would be a good use of my Axim. The folks over at Core Sound (www.core-sound.com) apparently have developed and are releasing a new Compact Flash card that allows for the input of a digital audio signal. Asumming that takes up my CF slot on my AXIM and leaving the SD slot open that leaves me with about 256mg of record space. Well an average concert that I record usually ends up being around 1-1.5 GB. A friend has the Dual-Slot Expansion Pack for his iPaq that enables him to run 2 CF cards (one for the audio input and one for a 1GB CF memory card). I have noticed that theyhave several models for the iPaq.

Does anyone know if such a device is available for the Axim or will the iPaq unit work with the Axim?

Here is the direct link for the audio input device for anyone that might be interested.
http://www.core-sound.com/HighResRecorderNews.html

dequardo

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Originally posted by DavidOFOTD Does anyone know if such a device is available for the Axim or will the iPaq unit work with the Axim?

No and no.

deftech

Agree with dequardo. The iPaq unit will in no way work with the Axim, as they have different connection ports. As for an Axim-compatible sleeve, there are currently no manufacturers producing them. It is a possibility in the future, but with the Axim already offering dual-media slots.....I doubt that a manufacturer will bother making any sleeves due to this, and the fact that it would make the Axim pretty bulky.

--deftech

sciman111

DavidOFOTD

What type of music do you record?

ArnonR

I don't know of a dual CF expansion for the Dell
however you can find 1GB SD cards instead...
(http://www.nextag.com/serv/main/buye...mplate=kwMar11)

Arnon

aximteen

That link is for a CF card, as far as I know the biggest SD card is 512Mb

deftech

I've seen Lexar 1GB SD somewhere before, but don't have time to look through my bookmarks right now.

--deftech

DavidOFOTD

sciman111, I tape the Dead, Widespread Panic and mostly any band that allows taping and some that don't. But please for those not in the know about this wonderful hobby -- I am **NOT** a bootlegger. I NEVER sell or charge anything for one of my recordings.

I appreciate the help even though this topic has taken a few days to get going. I would encourage you all to take a look at the site I posted eariler (link below) as this use of the Axim is really exciting and really gets out of the standard uses it seems like are discussed on this site.
http://www.core-sound.com/HighResRecorderNews.html


Does anyone have any opinions about when they will make SD cards at the 1GB or above size? Any guesses on costs? Obviously CF is the cheapest way to go but if there is no Dual-CF adapter then SD would be the only way to go.

David

ceej13

Sandisk soon and Panasonic sometime this year and would retail for $330.00

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io333

Realistically, $75 is the most I'll ever pay for expansion, regardless of how big it is. I just don't feel like putting that much $$ into one ram card.

DavidOFOTD

Well when you are recording audio at 16bit / 44.1khz (CD quality) then you fill around 512mb with 1 hour of actual time. M

DavidOFOTD

Well when you are recording audio at 16bit / 44.1khz (CD quality) then you fill around 512mb with 1 hour of actual time. Most of the concerts that I record run around 2hr30min or so. I think the thing about using the Axim for this purpose is that 99.9% of this community either say WHAT??? or WHY??? Well the what is my hobby and the why is because we can.

I love my Axim, I just really hope that Dell blows them off the shelf so that we can get some 3rd party developers to create and sell new products so that instead of a few hundred uses we can have a few thousand.

dequardo

You can record in .mp3 mode thereby dramatically increasing your recording capacity. A couple of candidates are Resco's Sound Explorer and 'NoteM' (free)

http://www.geocities.com/zavorine/wince/mp3.htm

deftech

I used to be very big into collecting live shows, and researched a lot on what equipment I wanted to buy. However, I never actually bought the equipment. Live music, especially collecting it, is a very, VERY addictive hobby!! And like David stated earlier, for any of you people having your doubts, it is a perfectly legal hobby as long as you don't make any profit from your trades. Many bands even promote live recording at their concerts.

Anyhow, getting off topic here. This device seems very awesome, but I wonder how good it is on the battery. It would suck to be 2 hours into the concert and the Axim crap out on you. Sometimes you can get in a location (especially if you have Recording tickets) that would allow you to plug into the electrical socket, but this is not always an option. Any idea on battery life with this thing?

--deftech

deftech

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Originally posted by dequardo You can record in .mp3 mode thereby dramatically increasing your recording capacity. A couple of candidates are Resco's Sound Explorer and 'NoteM' (free) http://www.geocities.com/zavorine/wince/mp3.htm

MP3 format (even at 320kbps) drastically reduces the quality and frequency range of the recording. While you might not notice much loss of quality on a standard studio CD, MP3 is usually frowned upon by the live-recording enthusiast. On a HIGH END set of speakers, you can easily hear lots of quality difference between MP3 and a lossless format music file.

--deftech