Affordable digital recorder advice

[David Lewis]

Hi Nicholas,
I checked out the first website mentioned and they wrote this as to an 
archival quality format "For audio, use WAV 
<http://emeld.org/school/glossary.html#wav> format."  Coincidentally, I 
was at Best Buy last night and looked over their selection and chose the 
lower end of the higher end devices, the WS-100. It is supposed to 
transfer directly into Microsoft WMA format to the computer. I'm pretty 
sure I can then convert it to WAV format either with Windows Media 
player or ITunes. Any advice here? the device cost $100. the next higher 
device was $149.00.
David Lewis

Nicholas Thieberger wrote:

> -->
> Just to add to this thread from an archival perspective. If you are 
> recording unique things that you want to be available to generations 
> to come then you need to think about the format of what you are 
> recording and whether it will endure. Olympus and other small (and 
> cheap, unfortunately) recorders do not record in archival formats.
>
> For a summary of the issues around longterm storage of recorded 
> material and endangered languages you could look at 
> http://emeld.org/school/index.html.
>
> There was a discussion of recorders on the RNLD list and if you go to 
> the archive of the RNLD list, here: 
> http://listserv.linguistlist.org/cgi-bin/wa?S1=resource-network-linguistic-diversity 
> and search for 'flash' and 'recorder' you will get some useful info
>
> A summary item is here: http://linguistlist.org/issues/16/16-2710.html
>
> All the best,
>
> Nick Thieberger
>
> At 7:36 AM -0700 30/1/06, Mia Kalish wrote:
>
>> Jan & all,
>>
>> I have been using Olympus digital recorders for years now. They have 3
>> quality settings (low, medium, & high) and 2 recording modes (one for
>> meetings, one for one-to-one). The ones I buy are about $99. I 
>> recently got
>> a Sony refurb unit for $32 at e-cost.com.
>>
>> I didn't read the thread about recorders, because I'm really happy with
>> mine, and I had shared about it before.
>
>> Mia
>
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