>I think the Neuros II (http://www.neurosaudio.com/) is closer to what >you need. It includes a built in microphone as well as a mic in. >Records in mp3 or WAV (up o 48KHz). USB 2.0 interface. Mine works very >well with Linux. You can get one with 256MB of memory for $140 or one >with a 20GB hard drive for $250. I would need one for making free sound effect library. Has it a stereo mic-in connector? Or stereo line-in connector for which I may find mic2line conversion cables? How do you transfer the recorded files to Linux? Is the device seen as a standard usb disk? And the audio files can be transferred as any other file? This is important if I use public PCs for emptying the recorded sounds to a web site. Neuron is only device which seems to have free (as in freedom) transfer method between the device and computer. Creatives etc. simply require one to install a special executable to your MS Windows. One may transfer audio files as regular files, but they cannot be played! Juhana -- http://music.columbia.edu/mailman/listinfo/linux-graphics-dev for developers of open source graphics software