Looking for a digital voice recorder with USB and mp3

[Melissa]

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?


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[John Woodgate]

I read in sci.electronics.design that Melissa <[email protected]>

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. 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). 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. Boundary-layer microphones are very good for this application.
The low-cost ones are mostly not greatly inferior to the more costly
ones. If you need to use more than one, you need a simple microphone
mixer unit.

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.

 

[marc]

You can get a creative nomad jukebox 6 gb for $55-$60 on ebay.
You can record with it, it plays mp3's, and has usb transfer.

http://www6.tomshardware.com/mobile/20001110/mp3-19.html

 

[Melissa]

I read in sci.electronics.design that Melissa <[email protected]>


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.



--
Yours In Liberty, Melissa - Colorado, U.S.A.
http://melissasliberty.blogspot.com/

The last best hope for liberty, to give the world its first Bill of
Rights: http://www.UPAlliance.org/billofrights.htm

 

[John Woodgate]

I read in sci.electronics.design that Melissa <[email protected]>

But I don't have a portable PC.

I thought it was a condition of US citizenship. (;-)

OK, my suggestion was no good for you, but you've now had better ones.

 

[Peter Bennett]

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?

iRiver, Panasonic and others make these - have a look at Radio Shack.