Re: [ARSCLIST] Digital oral history recorders - any recommendations?

[Matt Sohn <mahatma57@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

> Still another new option:
> http://www.bswusa.com/proditem.asp?item=PROTRACK
>
> This is a clever concept. iPods are ubiquitous. Note, 
> though, that a hard drive iPod is a bit more fragile than 
> a flash-memory recorder, and heavier with this contraption 
> around it. Still, though, a library or charity may be able 
> to solicit donations of old iPods and end up with a cheap 
> solution here.
>
> -- Tom Fine

I have a stereo microphone with a line in jack built into it 
that I can plug into the bottom jack on my iPod. It makes 
surprisingly good recordings to WAV files of lower-volume 
sources, though it completely blew out trying to record a 
live band. I bought it at Wal-Mart for about $30.
I haven't used it for any interviews, but I would think it 
would work pretty well.
I see some mixers are starting to incorporate iPod slots, so 
you can do your recording on it.

-Matt Sohn