I¹ll weigh in with a total thumbs up on the Sony D-50I LOVE mineeasy to use, sounds great. I found the Zooms baffling to use, and traded my Zoom H-4 in within weeks of purchase for the Sony D-50. on 6/29/11 8:26 AM, Duane Dale at duane.dale at gmail.com wrote: > ** Be sure to fill out the survey/skills inventory in the member's area. > ** If you did, we all thank you. > > > > You might be satisfied with the Zoom H1 recorder ($100, or $130 with a kit of > accessories including a windscreen). I've got one and it's plenty adequate > for spoken word and even mid-quality music. > > It'll function as a stand-alone digital recorder, > or as a remote microphone for using a separate recorder (or a computer as a > recorder) -- giving preamplified output for longer cable runs, I think, > or it can receive input from a separate microphone (such as a shotgun mic, for > instance). Two recording modes (wav or mp3), wide choice of bit rates, 2GB + > additional micro-SD takes at least an 8GB, which gives 100+ hours of mp3 > recording. > > An example of a higher-end counterpart would be Sony PCM-D50 at $500, and Zoom > makes some higher-priced ones too, but Zoom H1 seems like a very good value if > it the quality suits you. > > -- Duane Dale > > On Tue, Jun 28, 2011 at 1:02 PM, <donna at blazey.com> wrote: >> ** Be sure to fill out the survey/skills inventory in the member's area. >> ** If you did, we all thank you. >> >> >> >> Hi, I'm looking for some recording advice. >> >> I have a wonderful variety of song birds off my deck. How would I go about >> recording them? I have no experience in this area, but I figure there must be >> a way to get a "decent" recording... maybe? Just for my own use. >> >> 1. I have a MacBook Pro, Imac, iPhone and if needed, I can purchase a small >> voice recorder. >> 2. Would there be a way to edit and save in iTunes? >> 3. I do have an Acer netbook if PC has a better answer. >> >> Thanks, >> >> Donna >> >> __________________ >> blazey design >> p: 413-598-0788 <tel:413-598-0788> >> c: 413-348-8141 <tel:413-348-8141> >> www.donnablazey.com <http://www.donnablazey.com> > > GRAPHIC DESIGN ILLUSTRATION COPY WRITING PROOFREADING > > _______________________________________________ > Hidden-discuss mailing list - home page: http://www.hidden-tech.net > Hidden-discuss at lists.hidden-tech.net > > You are receiving this because you are on the Hidden-Tech Discussion list. > If you would like to change your list preferences, Go to the Members > page on the Hidden Tech Web site. > http://www.hidden-tech.net/members > > > > _______________________________________________ > Hidden-discuss mailing list - home page: http://www.hidden-tech.net > Hidden-discuss at lists.hidden-tech.net > > You are receiving this because you are on the Hidden-Tech Discussion list. > If you would like to change your list preferences, Go to the Members > page on the Hidden Tech Web site. > http://www.hidden-tech.net/members -- Adam Bauer Founder, Dharma Boutique http://www.dharmaboutique.com sacred & sensual offerings ~ 3% for people & planet See video of our latest container of goods arriving from India: http://www.youtube.com/dharmaboutique -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://lists.hidden-tech.net/pipermail/hidden-discuss/attachments/20110629/3731fa21/attachment.html