Professional MP3/WAV/AIFF players - do they exist?
Colin MacDougall
Bit of advice if such a thing is available but currently I am on the lookout
for a professional type solid state player that can play either MP3 or WAV
or AIFF or all three. I'm involved with a theatre group and at the moment
we use a high end MiniDisc player to provide music and sound effects for
the shows. Our particular MiniDisc player is quite old now and has recently
become a bit erratic - hence the need to replace it.
Ideally I would be looking for something that will fit in a 19" rack and
have a
big clear display and big chunky buttons and switches; when we're running a
show the sound desk is dimly lit so the little fiddly ipod and other such
players
would be no use. We'd like to transfer the music in to the device using
something
like a USB memory stick or one of the many memory card formats that are
now available.
We've sometime use a CD player but the MiniDisc seems quicker at cueing so
any solid state replacement would have to be just as quick.
Do any manufacturers make such a thing? - I've Googled for one, but without
success.
TIA, Colin
Andy & Kim
"Colin MacDougall" <colinma...@nospam.co.uk> wrote in message
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Hello mate, I use a Denon DN-D4500 that plays Wav/MP3's at the club I work
at. It seems to have all the things you want.
http://www.denondj.com/prodview_item.asp?pid=55&cid=1
Andy
Phildo
"Andy & Kim" <An...@akmt.demon.co.uk> wrote in message
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> Hello mate, I use a Denon DN-D4500 that plays Wav/MP3's at the club I work
> at. It seems to have all the things you want.
> http://www.denondj.com/prodview_item.asp?pid=55&cid=1
OP is after a solid state device. I've never seen one (although I have seen
rackmounted mpeg players that may do it - I'll let Tim Scott fill you in on
that one) but never a solid state MP3 player. You are probably better off
sticking with minidisc, getting an IPOD type thingy or using a laptop.
Phildo
Rolo Tomassi
marantz make a whole range - record to MP3 etc and uses Compact Flash
Cards/Microdrives.
http://tinyurl.com/8lcw4 amongst others
HTH
Rolo
Hubert Barth
>marantz make a whole range - record to MP3 etc and uses Compact Flash
>Cards/Microdrives.
>http://tinyurl.com/8lcw4 amongst others
Just be aware that the remote interface is next to useless. We
(broadcast station) ordered one to see whether it could replace our
old EMT cart players. BTW the EMTs *are* RAM-Card players, good panel
layout, but ancient technology. Only up to 80s of linear audio per
slot (4) .
The Marantz front panel layout is also not suitable to dial in and
fire off audio tracks quickly, so we returned it.
If I were the original poster I悲 probably look into HD based devices
or even use a PC with appropriate software.
regards
--
Hubert Barth
Cologne/Germany
http://www.bigbands.de
Tim Scott
"Phildo" <Ph...@phildo.net> wrote in message
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I have two mpeg 4 video players - not really what you are wanting though.
You can get DVD (home/hifi) players that have memory card slots, that will
do what you want - most hifi units are 19" and fit nicely into a 2U rack
tray kit.
Bob Urz
Marantz makes a series of them.
http://www.d-mpro.com/users/folder.asp?FolderID=1582&CatID=18&SubCatID=169
http://www.easternelectronics.co.uk/pmd660.htm
Bob
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Marc Amsterdam
marantz PMD660, portable and Marantz PMD570 19"
Flashcard Recorder, rs232 control,GDI control usb upload, MP3, wav,
balanced line in, spdif in/out, and it runs 8 hours on a relative
cheap compact flash card
yes they are great! ( and expensive)
Splat
> Ideally I would be looking for something that will fit in a 19" rack
> and have a
> big clear display and big chunky buttons and switches; when we're
> running a show the sound desk is dimly lit so the little fiddly ipod
> and other such players
> would be no use. We'd like to transfer the music in to the device
> using something
> like a USB memory stick or one of the many memory card formats that
> are
> now available.
Just get a cheap laptop. If you need more light for the keyboard just get a
USB-powered light-on-a-gooseneck. You can rackmount a laptop with kits
available on the web.
--
Splat
Rv!
> USB-powered light-on-a-gooseneck. You can rackmount a laptop with kits
> available on the web.
If using a laptop, I can suggest using Jazler Show available here...
http://www.jazler.com/demo/
We use if for jingles and adverts on our local community radio station. It's stable
and easy to set up.
Rv!
Svante Pettersson
Hubert Barth wrote:
> If I were the original poster I´d probably look into HD based devices
> or even use a PC with appropriate software.
Any suggestions about this kind of software then? I have a laptop and I
have a gig coming up that I think will involve firing off some sound
effects. Up until now I've always used a CD player but it would be
eassier using the computer as I know things will be switched around
during rehearsals, and maybe even as the shows start rolling, and that
would save me the hassle of burning new cds. Or getting lost among the
tracks on the original cd...
/SVante
Gavin Ramsay
> Hi everyone,
>
> Bit of advice if such a thing is available but currently I am on the lookout
> for a professional type solid state player that can play either MP3 or WAV
> or AIFF or all three. I'm involved with a theatre group and at the moment
> we use a high end MiniDisc player to provide music and sound effects for
> the shows. Our particular MiniDisc player is quite old now and has recently
> become a bit erratic - hence the need to replace it.
Hey Colin,
Another option is a laptop-based idea. I use Cricket for theatre shows:
It's a simple cue-sheet based system which plays back multiple audio
events (each with different fade times, volumes and changes) using a
"GO" button like a lighting desk. You can (also like the lampies) set
wait and follow-on times, and there's a big text display to tell you
what happens next. There's a useful user-group and the developer is
quick to respond to questions. Mac OSX only, though - there must be lots
of other things like this for different platforms.
Just in case you're not tied to hardware...
Good luck
Gavin
Hubert Barth
>
>Hubert Barth wrote:
>> If I were the original poster I悲 probably look into HD based devices
>> or even use a PC with appropriate software.
>
>Any suggestions about this kind of software then? I have a laptop and I
>have a gig coming up that I think will involve firing off some sound
>effects. Up until now I've always used a CD player but it would be
>eassier using the computer as I know things will be switched around
>during rehearsals, and maybe even as the shows start rolling, and that
>would save me the hassle of burning new cds. Or getting lost among the
>tracks on the original cd...
Sorry I can愒 help you here. @job we either use a full blown radio
software or ancient EMT cart players.
There have been recommendations by other people earlier, wish I had
this archived. I remember something like "Sports sounds" mentioned,
but had no luck with google.
DaveD
> Sorry I can´t help you here. @job we either use a full blown radio
> software or ancient EMT cart players.
> There have been recommendations by other people earlier, wish I had
> this archived. I remember something like "Sports sounds" mentioned,
> but had no luck with google.
>
> regards
here you go ..
http://www.sportssoundspro.com/
works well for theatre, sports events and community radio IME.
DaveD
Robert McTigue
I use it a lot, SportsSound Pro is great. I have about 4 days of music
and stingers as well as ramps setup in one "set". It saves the day on
some shows.
--
Touched by his Noodly Appendage
Adair Winter
> marantz make a whole range - record to MP3 etc and uses Compact Flash
> Cards/Microdrives.
> http://tinyurl.com/8lcw4 amongst others
>
> HTH
>
> Rolo
We use a couple of these at my church to record with, never actually used it
for play back but I suppect it would work fine.. nice unit.
http://www.aandcaudio.co.uk/Marantz-PMD570-Digital-Audio-Recorder-pid941.htm
Adair