"AD Reco" that allows you to import records / cassette sound sources to your smartphone or Walkman

IO DATA DEVICE INC. Will release "AD Reco" (AD-1), an "analog recorder for smartphones" that can digitally record analog sound sources of records and cassette tapes, in mid-May. The price is an open price, and the store price is expected to be around 8,000 yen excluding tax.

A conversion cable that allows you to digitize and import analog sound sources to your iPhone, Android smartphone, or Walkman "NW-A100 / ZX500" series. It is a software encoding method and is used in combination with the new music application "CD Reco Music" developed by IO. Compatible OS is iOS 11.0 to 13.0 and Android 5.0 to 10.0.

Includes a USB Type-C adapter for Android smartphones and Walkmans. To use it on an iPhone, Apple's "Lightning-USB 3 Camera Adapter" (4,500 yen plus tax) is required separately.

The main unit is equipped with a LINE input (stereo mini) and PHONO input (RCA) for analog audio, and the terminal on the recording device side is USB (Type-A). It also has a line output, so you can check the sound being recorded with your own speakers. It also has a ground wire for record players. It weighs about 60g. A separate stereo mini cable or RCA-stereo mini conversion cable is required.

The product was exhibited for reference at the company's press event in January, and the product name, price, and specifications have been officially announced this time.

Easily record analog sound sources and automatically add song titles

Use the "CD Reco Music" app when recording. The app recognizes the analog sound source, identifies what song is input, and automatically reflects the song information such as song name, album name, artist name, and jacket photo in the recorded data. It also has a function that automatically distinguishes between songs while recording an album, divides it into files for each song, and automatically saves them. The data of "Gracenote MusicID Stream" on the Internet is used to acquire the music information, and it takes about ten seconds to recognize the music. If the song is not automatically identified, you can manually edit it later.

Sound quality settings can be selected in 5 steps: "CD sound quality" (44.1 kHz / 16bit FLAC), "High sound quality" (AAC 320kbps), "Standard" (AAC 256kbps), "Long time 1" (AAC 128kbps), "Long time 2" (AAC 96kbps) can be selected. When 300 songs are imported, the standard capacity is 8.9GB for CD sound quality, 2.9GB for high sound quality, 2.3GB for standard, 1.1GB for long time 1, and 0.8GB for long time 2. The save destination is the built-in memory of the smartphone or Walkman.

Following the smartphone CD recorder "CD Reco" released in 2014, I-O will make it possible to easily record analog sound sources such as records and cassette tapes, which have been attracting attention in recent years, on smartphones without a PC. Developed "AD Reco" aiming at.

In addition, the analog recording function that the Walkman's conventional model (NW-A50) had is no longer in the 2019 model (NW-A100 / ZX500 series), so that the AD recorder can be used as an external recording device. Was also in the background of development.

As with the CD Reco, the company plans to carry out a sales promotion that allows you to purchase AD Reco together at the Walkman section. It can be reprinted. "

"CD Reco Music" used for recording from AD Reco to smartphones is a new free application that is a renewal of the conventional CD Reco application "CD Reco". In addition to importing music, it has a music player function, and you can use lyrics display, lyrics sharing, playback ranking check, playback music sharing function to SNS (Now Playing function), CD booklet function, etc. In addition, you can use the backup / restore function for creating original CDs and changing models in combination with the separately sold CD recorder.

In addition to supporting existing CD records (wired type CD records will be supported in future updates), it will be positioned as an "IO music app" that works with IO products such as AD records, and this fall will be the med. We are planning a complete transition from existing apps to CD-Reco Music. Functions such as NAS linkage function and backup to USB memory will be supported in future updates. In addition, it is considering adding new functions for a fee in the future.