SteveShaw wrote:
SNIP
...I use rechargeables. Uploading is quick and easy, and you can easily edit your recordings with Audacity or something similar. And of course you can erase everything once uploaded and use the SD card again and again. You can buy 4Gb SD cards around here now for less than £8.
Ditto on the rechargables and the 4Gb cards.
About editing: If you record in mp3, the files are "checksum protected" which prevents you from selectively altering sections of the file. You have to save to another fomat (eg in iTunes) then load into an Audacity or whatever. So if you plan to edit, consider doing the primary recording in a different format (.wav, for example).
Still, I'll say its a great little gadget.
Another tip: the gadget is very sensitive. If you hand-hold it, it will pick up ever little silent scrape or swish when you alter hand position on the side of the machine. But it comes with a handle that screws into the bottom of the gadget and allows you to hold it without the garbage noise being recorded.
It also comes with a little stand you can screw in instead of the handle, so you can sit it upright on the floor or a table for directional recording. Or you can screw in a tripod, though I've never done that.
All fits in a small zipper pouch, along with extra batteries and cards, etc. The gadget itself is not that much bigger than the standard cigarette pack. No stock in the company, just very impressed.
