Looking for a good cheap MP3 player that I can record from a mic on

[Benjamindaines]

I am looking for a good MP3 player that I can plug a non amplified mic into and record high quality voice recordings on. I am going to use this for when I am video casting, I'll have a lapel mic plugged into the MP3 player and record the audio on there, download it on to the computer and sync it up with the video in Final Cut. What's out there that's good for this? I would like to spend as little money as possible on this since cash is a bit tight after the iPhone...

--Thanks!

 

[CanadaRAM]

Cheap and high quality --- not words that are often found in the same product.

The usual suspects are the Edirol R-09, the M-Audio MicroTrak, and units from Korg and Zoom. None of these can remotely be called cheap.

The audio I have heard recorded on cheap MP3 players is downright nasty.

https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/324683/
https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/339576/

 

[Benjamindaines]

This looks good (http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/480212-REG/Olympus_141897_DS_30_Digital_Voice_Recorder.html) but I don't like that it only records to WMA and it doesn't say anything about Mac compatible. If you know of anything like this in the same price range that will work with Mac and record to WAV or MP3 let me know!

 

[j26]

IIRC there is some project out there on the big bad internet to use 2g iPods for good quality recording. I think there was something specific in the hardware that made them ideal for it. Have a hunt around google and you might find something.


Having said that I could be mad, and my mind is playing tricks on me.

 

[Benjamindaines]

IIRC there is some project out there on the big bad internet to use 2g iPods for good quality recording. I think there was something specific in the hardware that made them ideal for it. Have a hunt around google and you might find something.


Having said that I could be mad, and my mind is playing tricks on me.

If you're talking about iPod Linux I have tried it on my 4G iPod and it works great, when it works, other times it will just create a blank WAV file.

 

[j26]

If you're talking about iPod Linux I have tried it on my 4G iPod and it works great, when it works, other times it will just create a blank WAV file.

No, it's another project, but I can't find the information on the site I was thinking of.

As an alternative, if you have an iPod, you can get decent adaptors, or else a Minidisc player/recorder - apparently they're cheap and good quality. Here's some info on mac compatibility

 

[Benjamindaines]

What about one of these (http://www.xtrememac.com/audio/earphones_recorders/micromemo_video/index.php)?