Solid State Recording
Professional Solid State Recorders:
In most cases a Professional CD Recorder is the best choice for a Church. This is especially true of you are producing CD copies to give to members. If however you need more than 80 minutes recording time, you are editing the program on a computer before burning CDs, or you are posting the audio on a web site, you might want to consider using a Solid State Recorder.
Marantz PMD560 Professional Solid State Recorder
The PMD560 is a professional Solid State Recorder which records your audio in stereo onto a Compact Flash Card. The recording time is determined by the size of the Flash Card you use. You can record up to several hours of high resolution audio on one card. The data can then be transferred to your computer either through the USB port on the PMD560, or by removing the Flash Card, and inserting it into the Computer.
The PMD560 records in either MP3 or WAV format and can create up to 99 Virtual tracks. It has Line In and Out jacks as well as a Headphone jack. Sampling frequency is selectable between 44.1 KHz (CD format) or 48KHz (DAT format)
Consistent Recording Volume
Sometimes it can be difficult to get enough volume from your mixer to your recorder. Even if you can, the level is often inconsistent, becoming too quiet at times and too loud at other times.
The solution to both these problems is the SL33 Stereo Line Level Limiter. This device connects between your mixer and recorder to boost the level, if needed and also compress the signal to help you maintain consistent levels automatically.