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On Tue, 08 Jan 2013 16:10:33 -0600

wes schreiner  wrote:
> On 01/08/2013 03:54 PM, Folderol wrote:

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> > On Tue, 08 Jan 2013 15:36:16 -0600

> > wes schreiner  wrote:

> >

> >> On 01/08/2013 07:16 AM, Burkhard Woelfel wrote:

> >>> WRT use cases:

> >>> I'd love to build something like the time machine jack client, only in

> >>> hardware.

> >>

> >> This already exists. Both the Zoom H4N and the Tascam DR-40 have a mode

> >> where they are constantly recording into a circular buffer, just like

> >> Time Machine. When you push a button the buffer is stored and recording

> >> proceeds like normal, so your recording starts several seconds before

> >> you push the button, just like Time Machine.

> >>

> >> wes

> >

> > Slightly diverging, does any portable recorder have a RT clock so you can stop

> > and start it as you please but still know exactly when a sound occurred. I'm

> > particularly thinking of field recordings of wildlife and spoken commentary.

> >

>

> The two that I'm familiar with, the Zoom H4N and the Tascam DR-40, both

> have clock/calendars and the recordings get a time/date stamp in their

> names. So you know when the recording starts and from that can figure

> out when any event in the recording occurred.

>

> wes

That sounds *exactly* like what I want. Funny, I've never heard it mentions as

a feature before.
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