Solid State recorder

[Randy LaPolla]

Hi Stephen,
Many people use the Zoom H4n, but my experience recently with one was not the best. It chewed through batteries (even the best ones available) in a very short time, and I had assumed that once folder 1 was full it would automatically start on folder 2, but it didn’t do that; it just stopped without warning. The sound quality was also less than I expected. If you do go with it, set the recording levels manually and monitor them with headphones.

One of my students (David Sangdong) had his break down in the field after only a short time.

Randy

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From: Stephen Morey <s.morey at latrobe.edu.au>
Date: Wed, 1 Jun 2011 22:19:15 +1000
To: "r-n-l-d at unimelb.edu.au" <r-n-l-d at unimelb.edu.au>
Subject: Solid State recorder

Dear RNLD list,



I need some advice as to what would be the best most up-to-date solid state recorder to buy for around $200-$300 , that would run on batteries. I want to buy one for use in Myanmar by someone who is right now in Bangkok and who needs to buy it in the next one or two days. I don't think there will be access to a laptop download when our colleague is in the field, so we'll need a machine that uses flash cards or some other kind of memory card - preferably something that we can buy several of without spending too much money.



Many thanks to all



Stephen Morey

Research Centre for Linguistic Typology

La Trobe University

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