is there anything, even one of the voice memo recorders, that will make a high-quality recording (relatively speaking; I mean good enough) from the headphone mic using a mono or stereo 3.5mm line-in (result being mono, which is fine, and of course that's all the iPhone mic in supports, I think) and then export that as a .mov or .aif file, or even a high bit-rate MP3 or AAC, rather than having to just line-out into a FireWire audio interface on a Mac? what i really need is less a "portable GarageBand" and more a portable recorder for something like my Korg KAOSSILATOR, which stores loops, but has no USB audio out, or any sort of removable memory card, and the contents of a KAOSSILATOR's memory does not survive across power cycle. Meaning if you're out somewhere with the Korg, you have to leave it on, make sure it stays on, and hope the batteries last, until you can get home to the Mac, the FW audio interface and the DAW (or plain, old QuickTime Pro, for that matter).
I can buy a decent field recorder, but then again I wouldn't mind saving $300, either. I can get a Sony, or whatever brand, device with decent quality, memory card support, etc., intended mostly for voice memos, dictation, recording meetings, but will support line-in. But for decent quality that's still $80 - 100 when an app for the iPhone may be just be $10 or less.
