[sdiy] that darned record module i keep obsessing about

[Andrew Simper]

On 17 August 2014 11:22,  <rsdio at audiobanshee.com> wrote:
> An MP3 player would still have to store the file somewhere in order to play it back. Whether SD card or Flash, there's still a file system with audio files. By the time you get an MP3 player working, you might as well do WAV playback.
>
> But I think Henry's original idea was to capture modular moments by allowing you to record when you hear something interesting going on. An MP3 player would be a different tool than that.
>
> Brian

Not sure if you understood my point, perhaps you just skimming what I
said? I know what he wants to do, my point is that an mp3 player is
actually an "easier" thing to do that what he proposes, which I said
to try and put things in perspective of the work / tech involved.


> On Aug 16, 2014, at 6:54 PM, Andrew Simper wrote:
>> Just remember that an mp3 player could actually be considered an
>> easier thing to make by your criteria, since that only has to play
>> back a signal, not record it and then store it as well!
>>
>> Have you checked into the Raspberry Pi? They have SD card and ADC DAC
>> adon cards eg: http://www.electronicsweekly.com/news/design/embedded-systems/132705-2014-03/
>>
>> Andy
>>
>> On 16 August 2014 23:42, Henry Birdseye <henry.birdseye at gmail.com> wrote:
>>> Okay,
>>>
>>> I've been way overthinking this idea. How much does the viability go up if
>>> it's 2 analog 10v p-p signal going into level control, a place to plug a
>>> flash card and a big red button that starts and stop recording directly to
>>> the card. nothing else. no dsp, no programming, just addac and data
>>> transfer.
>>>
>>> Sound better?
>>>
>>> hb
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