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WRT use cases:
I am a record-all-rehearsals guy. A hackable/extendable box would fuel my=

 urge to solder and help me get rid of the lengthy setup routine I go throu=

gh before every rehearsal.
No, wait, I actually tend to forget recording because of the hassle...
I'd love to build something like the time machine jack client, only in hard=

ware. 
- Burkhard
-- please excuse top posting from my crappy old Palm Pre

Johannes Kroll <jkroll@lavabit.com> schrieb am 07.01.2013 18:42:=20
On Sun, 6 Jan 2013 08:48:35 -0800
"Len Ovens" <len@ovenwerks.net> wrote:
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> On Sun, January 6, 2013 5:57 am, Johannes Kroll wrote:
> > Hi all!
> >
> > This is kind of off-topic here but I thought if there is such a=

 thing,
> > some of you guys might know.
> >
> > I'm looking for an audio recorder where the firmware and/or the
> > hardware is hackable. Ideally, this would be similar to the Tascam
> > DR-05 in price and features, but with free/libre firmware and har=

dware.
> > Maybe someone knows of such a project?
> >
> > Alternatively, is any of the "closed" devices such as the Tascam=

 DR-XX
> > known to have modifiable firmware?
>=20
> The price point would be the hard part. Any of the open hardware proje=

cts
> I have seen are more expensive than the closed projects, just because=

 they
> are small and don't have the price cuts of large scale manufacture. The
> Open Moco is a great example in the smart phone world (one of the few=

 that
> got to a usable/buyable product). And may actually work for you... tho=

ugh
> I don't know that it has stereo in.
>=20
> What I would suggest is to take something like the dr ($60 is cheap)=

 for
> the case, mics and display and add one of the small open general purpo=

se
> mother boards that are around. The gumstix or something similar would=

 fit
> the case... there may even be an atom based board that would fit....=

 or
> would fit in a box not much bigger. The question would be how much tim=

e do
> you personally want to send hacking? (hardware hacking) How much can=

 you
> spend? The computer swapout alone would more than double the price.
>=20
> As for hacking the unit itself, the first question is why. Not so much=

 why
> you want to, but why would others want to. Before something gets the
> firm/software hacked there generally needs to be a reason at least a=

 few
> people want to do so. Some extra functionality that is obvious (the sm=

art
> phone has so much locked functionality it is frustrating so there are=

 lots
> of hacks). The dr already seems to me to anything I would think of usi=

ng
> it for,
As to why, I can think of a few things:
 - triggering recording at fixed time intervals, or based on some audio
   event like raised volume, or based on some external event, e. g. for
   syncing to a video camera
 - implementing USB audio so the device can be used as an external
   microphone. The recorders I've seen only output an analog signal.
 - changing recording parameters like custom sampling rates or different
   encodings. Commercial ones mostly do uncompressed WAV or MP3, but no
   lossless compression like FLAC for example.
Other people probably have other ideas...
Last not least, I simply like the idea of being in control of hardware
I buy.
As to price: the DSO nano is a free/open source oscilloscope which
isn't expensive at all, so building free and inexpensive hardware is
possible. Actually, using the DSO nano as a base could be a good
start for a recorder, it has A/D converters, mass storage and
everything... Just no mics.
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WRT use cases:I am a record-all-rehearsals guy. A hackable/extendab=

le box would fuel my urge to solder and help me get rid of the lengthy setu=

p routine I go through before every rehearsal.No, wait, I actually=

 tend to forget recording because of the hassle...I'd love to build=

 something like the time machine jack client, only in hardware. - Burkhard-- please excuse top posting from=

 my crappy old Palm PreJ=

ohannes Kroll <jkroll@lavabit.com> schrieb am 07.01.2013 18:42: <=

br>On Sun, 6 Jan 2013 08:48:35 -0800

"Len Ovens" <len@ovenwerks.net> wrote:
>=20

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> On Sun, January 6, 2013 5:57 am, Johannes Kroll wrote:

> > Hi all!

> >

> > This is kind of off-topic here but I thought if there is such=

 a thing,

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> > some of you guys might know.

> >

> > I'm looking for an audio recorder where the firmware and/or=

 the

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> > hardware is hackable. Ideally, this would be similar to the=

 Tascam

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> > DR-05 in price and features, but with free/libre firmware and=

 hardware.

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> > Maybe someone knows of such a project?

> >

> > Alternatively, is any of the "closed" devices such as the Tas=

cam DR-XX

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> > known to have modifiable firmware?

>=20

> The price point would be the hard part. Any of the open hardware=

 projects

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> I have seen are more expensive than the closed projects, just beca=

use they

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> are small and don't have the price cuts of large scale manufacture=

=2E The

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> Open Moco is a great example in the smart phone world (one of the=

 few that

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> got to a usable/buyable product). And may actually work for you...=

 though

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> I don't know that it has stereo in.

>=20

> What I would suggest is to take something like the dr ( is chea=

p) for

quoted text
> the case, mics and display and add one of the small open general=

 purpose

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> mother boards that are around. The gumstix or something similar wo=

uld fit

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> the case... there may even be an atom based board that would fit..=

=2E. or

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> would fit in a box not much bigger. The question would be how much=

 time do

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> you personally want to send hacking? (hardware hacking) How much=

 can you

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> spend? The computer swapout alone would more than double the price.

>=20

> As for hacking the unit itself, the first question is why. Not so=

 much why

quoted text
> you want to, but why would others want to. Before something gets=

 the

quoted text
> firm/software hacked there generally needs to be a reason at least=

 a few

quoted text
> people want to do so. Some extra functionality that is obvious (th=

e smart

quoted text
> phone has so much locked functionality it is frustrating so there=

 are lots

quoted text
> of hacks). The dr already seems to me to anything I would think of=

 using

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> it for,

As to why, I can think of a few things:
 - triggering recording at fixed time intervals, or based on some audio

   event like raised volume, or based on some external event, e. g. for

   syncing to a video camera

 - implementing USB audio so the device can be used as an external

   microphone. The recorders I've seen only output an analog signal.

 - changing recording parameters like custom sampling rates or different

   encodings. Commercial ones mostly do uncompressed WAV or MP3, but no

   lossless compression like FLAC for example.
Other people probably have other ideas...
Last not least, I simply like the idea of being in control of hardware

I buy.
As to price: the DSO nano is a free/open source oscilloscope which

isn't expensive at all, so building free and inexpensive hardware is

possible. Actually, using the DSO nano as a base could be a good

start for a recorder, it has A/D converters, mass storage and

everything... Just no mics.
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