
aaronmcoleman
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Hello,
I'm looking for a nice hand held recorder. It's not for music, although it may be used to record some ideas.
I'm a linguist and I'm looking for something to accurately record spoken language for later transcription. Here is what I would really like: something accurate that will capture everything clearly and sound natural, I want at least two mics for stereo so I can listen to the speaker in space and related to the other speakers, I would prefer additional jacks to plug in my mics, and I'd really like something with 360 omni sorta pattern, battery life of at least 5 hours, and it's gotta be durable because it's going to travel a lot.
What I've looked at so far is H4N (has everything except omni mic options, but I can get that with my own mics), H2N (cheaper, but doesn't seem to have jacks for external mics, but does do 360), Tascam DR100 (more expensive than the rest, but has everything...even phantom power).
any advice, or experience would be appreciated, or if you have another one you like. Budget, lets say $350 or less.
I'm looking for a nice hand held recorder. It's not for music, although it may be used to record some ideas.
I'm a linguist and I'm looking for something to accurately record spoken language for later transcription. Here is what I would really like: something accurate that will capture everything clearly and sound natural, I want at least two mics for stereo so I can listen to the speaker in space and related to the other speakers, I would prefer additional jacks to plug in my mics, and I'd really like something with 360 omni sorta pattern, battery life of at least 5 hours, and it's gotta be durable because it's going to travel a lot.
What I've looked at so far is H4N (has everything except omni mic options, but I can get that with my own mics), H2N (cheaper, but doesn't seem to have jacks for external mics, but does do 360), Tascam DR100 (more expensive than the rest, but has everything...even phantom power).
any advice, or experience would be appreciated, or if you have another one you like. Budget, lets say $350 or less.