[LAU] Portable Digital Recorders

[james morris]

The H4 is quite good as a first (and in my case only) portable recorder.
It does everything you require, and can also be used as an audio device
(aka soundcard).

Used as an audio device you can also use it's built in FX, but as an
audio device it can only handle 16bit 44.1khz while as a recorder it can
record 24bit 96khz wavs/mp3.

I've also used it via JACK as audio in/out devices. Also used it as
input device while my 'real' soundcard was output device (ignoring the
sync problems).

I have noticed that with the mic settings on high the inbuilt stero mics
possibly pick up interference from the writing-data LED! Anyone else get
this?

James.


On 31/1/2010, "Bob van der Poel" <bob at mellowood.ca> wrote:

>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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