portable recorders.. any advice / suggestions please?

[S]

http://www.musictechmag.co.uk/mtm/portable-recorder

like the edirol ro9 myself, or

[prussell]

i think it mostly depends on what the application is; recording live music, field recording, or just recording mixes/mixdowns from a mixer or soundcard.

i've heard nice things about the R-09.

[pizzamon]

http://www.korg.com/Product.aspx?pd=284

[S]

http://www.korg.com/Product.aspx?pd=284

fck sake thats looks nice, a bit too pricey though - unless i ship it from the US.

Im just looking for something to capture nature samples, farts, conversations, chain saws, this crazy room in my work that has loads of tubes in the ceiling for some reason which sounds great when you clap in, you get the idea.

The most important factor really is the quality of built in mics, their range, must be stereo and 360 degrees sounds cool{how do you type the degrees symbol?}

[n1]

http://www.musictechmag.co.uk/mtm/portable-recorder

like the edirol ro9 myself, or

zoom h2, cheaper, and has good reviews

[prussell]

if you're looking to do field recordings you'd be better off getting a real microphone w/ wind screen, rather than depending on the built-in mic(s).

[ArhiteK]

just ordered Zoom H4n

man, adjustable stereo condensers, 2 XLR inputs, 4 channel recording, full spread of of effects (rev, comp, lim dist etc etc), works as USB audio interface, monitoring on headphones...

only bad thing that I have read about it so far is that it works only from AA batteries, and it can't charge them. But, few packs in reserve and rechargeable batts with charger and you are on.

It's somewhat more expensive, but it's worth it...

http://www.samsontech.com/products/prod ... rodID=1994

[Nordin]

if you're looking to do field recordings you'd be better off getting a real microphone w/ wind screen, rather than depending on the built-in mic(s).

do u have any suggestions of real microphones to get? i'm looking to get one for field recordings and real instruments.