recording equipment

[juelle]

I would like to switch over from recording on cassette tape to recording on CDs.  What's the best equipment to use?  I'm looking for the simplest way.  I can do it with my computer, but the process is too long and complicated.  I tried a Roland machine that belongs to a friend, and it was very complicated as well.  Any ideas?

[m]

I would like to switch over from recording on cassette tape to recording on CDs.  What's the best equipment to use?  I'm looking for the simplest way.  I can do it with my computer, but the process is too long and complicated.  I tried a Roland machine that belongs to a friend, and it was very complicated as well.  Any ideas?

How much money do you want to spend?

[juelle]

I don't even have a ballpark figure, but I hope that "simple" will be "inexpensive".  It would be nice to record the student's recent compositions at their lessons, without a lot of time delay.

[m]

Sorry, double hit

[m]

If you want to record straight on CD as simple as it is possible I am afraid you will need to pay for this luxury.

The cheapest recorder I know of would be Marantz CDR300 @ appr. $699 street price. In addition to it you will need a pair microphones, cables and microphone stand.

In comparison, something like Zoom H4 (which has built in mics) can be had for $250 (plus $50 for 2gb SD card and reader).
All you need to make CD is to connect the reader into USB port, drug the files you need into your computer burning software, check "Disk at once" box, and press red Record botton. In 2-5 minutes--Voila! your CD is ready  .

[juelle]

Thanks for the suggestions.  I'll check into those.  The other option is hiring my local music store owner to record a set of master CDs for me, but that wouldn't solve the problem of recording the kids' compositions on the spot.  So I'll go shopping. 

[gjkoster]

Hi Juelle,

I've read about this ease-to-use recording device made by Kawai. It is a bit expensive but easy to use and - apart from the price - perhaps just the thing for you. I'm thinking about buying one myself though it seems to be cheaper in Europe.

https://www.keyboardmag.com/story.asp?storycode=17315

Regards,
GJ