Kevin Cosgrove wrote: > Hi there, > > I'm interested in getting a portable digital recorder, something > that can run on batteries or ac power (presumably through a > wall-wart?), that has built-in stereo mics, and something which > will take 2-4 line external inputs. I've seen a lot of such > things come on the market in recent years. Many have SD or SDHC > cards for their audio memory, which is fine with me as I have > an SDHC card reader in my computer. If I get one with a USB > interface it's my _requirement_ that it operate with Linux over > USB. The same would go for firewire, though I haven't seen any > of those. Some units record only in lossy compressed format > only, while others have uncompressed formats available. I would > prefer the uncompressed format to be available. I'd also need > at _least_ 4 hours of stereo 44.1kHz at at least 16-bit, with > something like 24-bit being more desired by me. > > I'll be doing remote recordings, then bringing the audio home to > chop up with Audacity and/or Ardour, then authoring the result to > CDs. > > So, what works well with Linux and works well in general? > > Thanks people! > > -- > Kevin > Hello Kevin, the Zoom H4 seems to work well, both the storage and audio parts of the device are class compliant. We have Tascams at work, I'll give those a go but Tascam is not very well known for its Linux friendliness. Best, Jeremy _______________________________________________ Linux-audio-user mailing list Linux-audio-user@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://lists.linuxaudio.org/listinfo/linux-audio-user
