Re: Looking for a digital voice recorder with USB and mp3

From: Melissa (melissa_at_colorado.xxx)
Date: 03/21/05 

Date: Mon, 21 Mar 2005 13:08:18 -0600

John Woodgate <jmw@jmwa.demon.contraspam.yuk> wrote :

> I read in sci.electronics.design that Melissa <melissa@colorado.xxx>
> wrote (in <gqWdnTDmZK54xqPfRVn-qw@forethought.net>) about 'Looking for a
> digital voice recorder with USB and mp3', on Sun, 20 Mar 2005:
>
>>I'm looking for a digital voice recorder that will record in MP3 format
>>and dump the files into the computer via USB port. It needs to be able
>>to record clearly in an organiozational meeting, we want to use it to
>>record minutes of meetings and store them on the computer, thereby
>>eliminating "taking notes" and having to type them in. We'd also like to
>>find the most bang for the lowest buck possible. Are there any reviews
>>anywhere on these?
>
> You are making the task difficult by asking for USB.

Ok, difficult, but what's out there.

> It is very easy to
> do what you want if you connect the recorder output to the sound card
> input, either analogue (wire) or digital (fibre-optic).

Analog is slow, right? And I don't have fiber inputs on this computer.

> There are
> hundreds of mini-disc and other audio recorders on the market which will
> do this. You can also record **directly** to a portable computer,
> feeding it from one or more microphones depending on the size of the
> meeting.

Well yeah but I'm looking to spend as little as possible.

 
> I recently recorded several hours of presentations on sound systems on
> to my portable's hard disc in MP3 format, using the simple application
> WinADR from http://www.artech365.com/winadr/
>
> Again, there are many low-cost applications around that will record to
> hard disc in mP3 format.

But I don't have a portable PC. 

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