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[mousepod]

Originally Posted by innerSpaceman

It occurs to me that with all the progress to digital, there's really nothing affordable in the way of portable recording devices.

Not true. But they're not geared toward the general public. I have the Zoom H2, which is easily obtainable for <$150.

[Moonliner]

Originally Posted by innerSpaceman

I actually used my recording walkman not too long ago to record some stuff at the Park for the Disneyland 50 CDs. It occurs to me that with all the progress to digital, there's really nothing affordable in the way of portable recording devices.


I suppose nowadays my best bet would be to use either my camera or phone to record video, just for the audio.

Originally Posted by mousepod

Not true. But they're not geared toward the general public. I have the Zoom H2, which is easily obtainable for <$150.

It's probably too late, but I ran across this today....

Zoom brings stereo audio to Q3 pocket camcorder ~$250.00

While those into good sound likely warmed to Zoom's H4n Handy Recorder back at CES, the Samson Technologies-owned company has just switched the game up on us with its newfangled Q3 Handy Video Recorder. As the product name implies, it's the first pocket camcorder to hit the market with such a serious focus on good sound, packing a directional, dual condenser microphone setup that enables shooters to capture clips at 24-bit/48 kHz while even focusing the mics on the sound source.