[LAU] Portable Digital Recorders

[Bob van der Poel]

I have a Zoom H4 ... does all this. I think the H4N (as well as the
H2) will be fine as well.

I've got some recordings on my webpage:
http://mellowood.ca/music/recordings/index.html

Bob,

On Sun, Jan 31, 2010 at 2:17 PM, Kevin Cosgrove <kevinc at cosgroves.us> wrote:
> Hi there,
>
> I'm interested in getting a portable digital recorder, something
> that can run on batteries or ac power (presumably through a
> wall-wart?), that has built-in stereo mics, and something which
> will take 2-4 line external inputs.  I've seen a lot of such
> things come on the market in recent years.  Many have SD or SDHC
> cards for their audio memory, which is fine with me as I have
> an SDHC card reader in my computer.  If I get one with a USB
> interface it's my _requirement_ that it operate with Linux over
> USB.  The same would go for firewire, though I haven't seen any
> of those.  Some units record only in lossy compressed format
> only, while others have uncompressed formats available.  I would
> prefer the uncompressed format to be available.  I'd also need
> at _least_ 4 hours of stereo 44.1kHz at at least 16-bit, with
> something like 24-bit being more desired by me.
>
> I'll be doing remote recordings, then bringing the audio home to
> chop up with Audacity and/or Ardour, then authoring the result to
> CDs.
>
> So, what works well with Linux and works well in general?
>
> Thanks people!
>
> --
> Kevin
>
>
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