[LAU] Looking for portable stereo recording device

[Bob van der Poel]

I've used a Tascam DR5 for a while now. My zoom sadly died as well. Not as
many options on the Tascam, but for old guys like me that is a feature :) I
think the audio quality is about the same.

On Mon, Jun 6, 2022 at 2:57 AM Jeanette C. <julien at mail.upb.de> wrote:

> Hey hey,
> I had a Zoom H4N for a long time, which is now broken. I know many - if
> not
> all - portable devices will register as class compliant mass storage
> devices,
> so Linux isn't such a specialty to consider. But I have other requirements
> and
> know that there are some people - occasionally - working with field
> recordings. Perhaps thinking out of the box may yield the best path.
>
> I really need a stereo microphone which can record to a memory chip as
> uncompressed - or lossless - 48kHz 16bit - or upwards. Since I'm blind the
> device has to be usable, i.e. no touchscreen and not too many/complex
> menus.
> The more static such menus the better. And it should definitely have less
> self-noise than the Zoom H4N.
>
> I'm looking for something up to about 230 EUR.
>
> What I've seen so far: Olympus ls-p1, it has a speech menu, less noise,
> but I
> hope that there's better quality around. I don't know about the usability
> of
> the ls-p4, nor about its sound improvement.
>
> I've seen the Zoom H5, which apparently has less noise and I can only
> assume
> is easy to use, once format and quality are set.
>
> I have considered a smart phone solution, but last time I tried, I
> couldn't
> mount my iphone app containers on Linux, so that approach I will take with
> caution.
>
> I think there are some microphones around which can record to a built in
> card/mememory...
>
> If it helps: I often used my recorder for field recordings outside,
> spontaneously stopping when I heard something interesting. I also used it
> to
> walk around in sonically interesting spaces. I have rarely used it mounted
> or
> set on a stable surface.
>
> I'd appreciate any pointers and suggestions.
>
> Best wishes,
>
> Jeanette
>
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