Recording- DVR to to computer?

BmacD · Post by **BmacD** » Wed Dec 21, 2005 9:19 pm

While messing around in my "mad scientist underground lab " last nite I noticed my digital voice recorder laying next to one of the computers and wondered what would happen if one was connected to the other. The DVR works acceptably for recording flute. OK for recording practice sessions for later referance . Of course , very "low-fi ". But when recording music from the computer to DVR the distortion is fierce. Even with volume at a whisper it just isn't usable. I know how uncommon this is but I could posit an occasional use for recording music from the computer to a DVR. So, does anyone out there in Technical Land know if an attenuator circuit is a possible solution to the problem?I don't really want to heat up the soldering iron if some one with more first hand experiance says this just isn't worth it. Yeah, I know about mp3 recorders ect. but thats for late next year.
Thanks,
Bruce

djm · Post by **djm** » Wed Dec 21, 2005 11:10 pm

You didn't say how you are connecting the DVR to the PC, if at all. Or are you just doing an analogue recording, holding the DVR up to the PC's speaker? That would certainly generate a lot of noise!

djm

BmacD · Post by **BmacD** » Thu Dec 22, 2005 9:25 pm

I used a simple monaural patch cord-1/8 in.audio jacks at each end and an isolation transformer in the middle , but no attenuation.

djm · Post by **djm** » Fri Dec 23, 2005 8:38 am

You may have an impedence mismatch between the PC's speaker-out jacks and the DVR's mic in-jacks.

djm