Bret - You might be surprised at how much recording you can do directly to a disk file, especially if you explore the possibility of reduced sampling rates and settling for mono instead of stereo. I can easily record for an hour at a time to a .wav file at 11025 monaural samples per second, saving the compression for later. That works out to 22k per second, 1.3M per minute, or 78 megs per hour. If you insist on stereo you could double those figures, and if you insist on higher sampling rates you would increase them accordingly. I have had a lot of trouble compressing stuff with lower sampling rates so I stick with 11025 for routine things. You can always compress the stuff later and then transfer the mp3 version to tape or CD if you want. Regards - Chuck My web site is http://www.mhonline.net/~chuckh The Moon is Waning Crescent (10% of Full)
