Re: ipods for field recordings

["L.A. Angulo" <labaloops@yahoo.com>]

yes,thanx for the link folks,this is the one i meant

http://www.xtrememac.com/audio/earphones_recorders/micromemo_video/

hmmm...then guess it looks better than it might be...
Luis



--- Per Boysen <perboysen@gmail.com> wrote:

> On 15 maj 2007, at 13.20, L.A. Angulo wrote:
> 
> > Hi Per,
> > I saw a guy the other day with one ipod which had
> a
> > adaptable/removable microphone on the lower
> part,but i
> > forgot to ask him what model ipod he had.So you re
> > saying with a good mic think they be be just as
> good
> > as a say an Edirol R-09 or what u have?
> 
> 
> Yes, that's what I'm saying. I also said this:
> 
> > As good as the mics you plug into it. And also as
> > good as the mic pre
> > amps sound.
> 
> BTW, when you're talking about an "iPod", do you
> mean the brand name  
> owned by Apple? Because in English "a pod" can be
> used for any kind  
> of little unit used to transfer something. Me, I was
> specifically  
> talking about the Zoom H4 and its built-in X matrix
> positioned stereo  
> mics. I've been holding off from buying an iPod
> because there were no  
> on that came with audio recording facility, so two
> years ago I bought  
> the 30 GB iPod anyway, thinking I got "get a
> handheld dictaphone  
> later on". So when the H4 launched on the market it
> was way better  
> then I had been thinking about picking up.
> 
> Two years ago I researched the market for recordable
> iPods and found  
> nothing usable. Either you had to buy an old iPod
> model and run a  
> Linux hack on it or you had to go with some add-on
> that didn't give  
> the audi fidelity needed for music. And also, the
> iPod I wanted -  
> with the biggest hard drive and video display -
> wasn't compatible  
> with those "crappy fidelity" add-ons. That may have
> changed since  
> then, but you have to do a web search to find out.
> 
> Greetings from Sweden
> 
> Per Boysen
> www.boysen.se (Swedish)
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> 
> 
> 
> 


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