voice recorder

[gilana]

I'm taking voice lessons, and the teacher suggested I bring a voice recorder. So far all the ones I've found are either crazy expensive (and the tape recorder was more expensive than the digital thingummies!) or don't work on a Mac. The nice guy at the Apple store suggested getting a minidisc recorder from eBay, but before I go that route I thought I'd see if anyone either has something I could borrow for a while, or has any guidance on buying such a beast. Thanks!

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[metahacker.livejournal.com]

Is your mac a laptop? If so, you could just use it?

[gilana]

Nope, it's a desktop. Makes it a little harder to shlep over there :)

[joyeous.livejournal.com]

I do have a small tape recorder and a couple extra tapes. I use it for voice lessons too, but am not planning on going again any time soon. When do you need it by?

[gilana]

Thanks, that would be great! I'm planning to buy something digital, but that might take a week or two. I'd need it by Thursday. Any suggestions for good times/places to meet up?

[catness.livejournal.com]

I don't know what you call expensive, but I have a Zoom H2 that I use for recording band stuff, and I use a Belkin TuneTalk with my iPod. Links here:

http://www.amazon.com/s/?ie=UTF8&keywords=zoom+h2&tag=googhydr-20&index=sporting&hvadid=2860595281&ref=pd_sl_18dt700sfv_e

http://catalog.belkin.com/IWCatProductPage.process?Product_Id=277661

[gilana]

Yeah, right now over $50 is definitely too expensive. And my iPod is too old for the Belkin. But thanks for the help!

[elements.livejournal.com]

(Hi this is Erica, just followed link from your FB)

My friend Adam has a page with some recs for a cheap kit he uses for mobile podcasting - it's very portable but the price varies depending on how much it costs on ebay http://www.podcastconsultant.net/what-i-use/. I have a similar but larger (both physically & in capacity) iRiver that I've used for years at the music & dance workshop I go to every summer.

I also know that some small flash drives or non-ipod mp3 players can be good for turning into low-capacity recorders, just add a mic, but it matters which and frustratingly I can't remember where I got the info on what is best. Will try to remember.

[taiganwolf.livejournal.com]

This is probably too late to matter, but how old is your mac? More to the point: did it come with GarageBand as one of the pre-installed apps? That can be used to record voice.

[gilana]

Thanks, but it's a desktop, not a laptop, so while it can record voice, it can't come to my lessons :) But I got a cheap and decent digital voice recorder that seems to be working ok.

[taiganwolf.livejournal.com]

*confused* I guess I fixated on the "work on a mac" requirement and so assumed you were looking for something for your computer. ^_^;;