" MS" wrote in message

"Arny Krueger" wrote in message
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In general, music need not be recorded by these devices to be played
by them. Most music is placed on these devices by means of file
transfer from a computer. It is not usually recorded on them per se.

That is obvious Arny. I know that.

Good, I felt had to cover that, just in case.

My reason for asking about a
recorder is not to make music to listen to on the portable device. It
is that I sometimes like to record live concerts. Currently I have
used a minidisc recorder for that. I am wondering if one of these
other recorders might be a good alternative to that.

People are doing just that with these recorders. Their biggest weakness is
the fact that they don't include really good microphone preamps, and
something external usually has to be added.

(Certainly would
be easier to transfer music to computer--just transfer the
file--whereas the minidisc I have to play live into the computer, in
real time, to make a computer file.) (I don't think one can "rip" a
minidisc as one can with CDs.) I don't know what the music quality
would be for such devices though. Most that record say "voice
recorder", which means memos to yourself, not generally music
quality.

Recorders like the Nomad Jukebox 3 and iRiver IHP-120 have a number of high
quality inputs for recording, including line level inputs and optical
digital inputs. There's no lack of compatible hardware to use them with.

Has anyone reading used one of these devices for recording live music?

No, but I have made recordings with the line-level inputs of my Nomad
Jukebox.

I currently use a 12 track recorder for my live work.

If I had to make a 2-track live recording I'd probably either use my Nomad
along with one of my existing mic preamps or pick up a small Behringer
mixer, depending on the application and how many mics I wanted to use.