voice recorder

[Aidan Wilson]

I have to second the suggestion for the Zoom H2, but also the Zoom H4 is a 
pretty good recorder. Another consideration though, is to use an external 
mic rather than the built-in microphones these recorders come with. And 
never, ever use mp3 or other lossy formats when recording.

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Aidan Wilson

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On Fri, 10 Apr 2009, Neskie Manuel wrote:

> Weytk,
>
> This is an important question that should be ansered.  I highly
> suggest not spending less than $100 dollars on a voice recorder,
> because the low end recorders will limit what you can do with the
> interview.  What if you'd like to give it to someone to put on the
> radio or create a podcast.  Read this article for more background [1].
>
> I would suggest getting either an
>
> * Olympus LS-10
> * Zomm H2 Handy Recorder.
>
> Both create high quality wav files that can easily be edited in
> software such as Audacity which is free/open source.  I avoid sony,
> panasonic and other low end recorders because you usually need some
> special software or the quality isn't good.
>
> If anyone needs the lowdown on good audio equipment and tools check out Transom.
>
> Putucw
>
> [1] - http://cjsfpa.blogspot.com/2009/03/why-your-recorder-might-not-cut-it-for.html
> [2] - http://transom.org/tools/legacy.php
>
> On Fri, Apr 10, 2009 at 12:10 PM, pmeyer at sdcoe.k12.ca.us
> <pmeyer at sdcoe.k12.ca.us> wrote:
>> Anybody have up-to-date recommendations for not-too-expensive but good
>> small digital voice recorders for narrative and linguistic research?
>> Thanks.
>> Paula
>>
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