Re: Looking for portable stereo recording device

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I've used a Tascam DR5 for a while now. My zoom sadly died as well. Not as many options on the Tascam, but for old guys like me that is a feature :) I think the audio quality is about the same.

On Mon, Jun 6, 2022 at 2:57 AM Jeanette C. <julien@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Hey hey,
I had a Zoom H4N for a long time, which is now broken. I know many - if not
all - portable devices will register as class compliant mass storage devices,
so Linux isn't such a specialty to consider. But I have other requirements and
know that there are some people - occasionally - working with field
recordings. Perhaps thinking out of the box may yield the best path.

I really need a stereo microphone which can record to a memory chip as
uncompressed - or lossless - 48kHz 16bit - or upwards. Since I'm blind the
device has to be usable, i.e. no touchscreen and not too many/complex menus.
The more static such menus the better. And it should definitely have less
self-noise than the Zoom H4N.

I'm looking for something up to about 230 EUR.

What I've seen so far: Olympus ls-p1, it has a speech menu, less noise, but I
hope that there's better quality around. I don't know about the usability of
the ls-p4, nor about its sound improvement.

I've seen the Zoom H5, which apparently has less noise and I can only assume
is easy to use, once format and quality are set.

I have considered a smart phone solution, but last time I tried, I couldn't
mount my iphone app containers on Linux, so that approach I will take with
caution.

I think there are some microphones around which can record to a built in
card/mememory...

If it helps: I often used my recorder for field recordings outside,
spontaneously stopping when I heard something interesting. I also used it to
walk around in sonically interesting spaces. I have rarely used it mounted or
set on a stable surface.

I'd appreciate any pointers and suggestions.

Best wishes,

Jeanette

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