portable mp3/hard disk recorder

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tryptych

waiting for a time
Can anyone recommend me either - an mp3 player with decent line in recording, with different quality and stereo/mono options, or a cheap portable hard disk audio recorder?

I guess I'm looking for something like a minidisc recorder, but HD/flash ram based, something that can record mixes off a desk, do quick and dirty live recording, found sounds etc...
 
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michael

Bring out the vacuum
Sorry to say, both Archos and Iriver stopped producing their recording players, and they're the only ones I know of that aren't serious kit. I think there's no money in funding some vague middleground between mp3 player and pro quality audio recorder, maybe?
 
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mistersloane

heavy heavy monster sound
My mate was using the MONOLITH MX7010 512MB MP3 PLAYER for a while which I was quite into, you can just drag and drop the recorded file to computer, no transferring, comes out as a wav I think. I think you should be able to pick one up for about 20 quid now lol.
 
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michael

Bring out the vacuum
jk_gabba said:
I'd strongly recommend a Iriver H320 or H340, they don't make them any more but you may be able to get some old stock from ebay or something...
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That's what I've got, I totally recommend it too. It's a heavy beast for an mp3 player, eh, but never mind.

If you put rockbox on it you can record directly to WAV or AIFF, and the start-up time is much faster.
 
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gabriel

The Heatwave
Cowon Iaudio

there's another thread about these somewhere - search iriver/iaudio and you should find it
 
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Edward

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I've got a little one called MPIO that has 5GB of memory, a line in and a little built in mic.
It was £130 about 2 years ago and I bought it because it was the only thing I could find that worked with Mac OS 9 as well as OSX and Windows.
Thoroughly recommend it.
Don't know if you can still get one though.....
 
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soundslike1981

Well-known member
I've had one of these for years and loved it:

http://cgi.ebay.com/100-GB-MP3-Play...ryZ73839QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

However, I've never much used the line-in recording. Still, it records at up to CBR 320kbps, so unless there's somehow noise from the drive itself, it must record pretty well. Also has an SPDIF input, and a built-in mono mic (which does pick up some noise--it's an HDD-based player).

Loved it because the battery lasts 20hrs and it fits any 2.5" HDD, up to 120GB/25,000 tracks.
 
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