[Matt[_6_]]

Hello. I'm after a voice recorder that can connect to a USB port to
transfer the audio recordings. However, I also want a voice recorder
that can be powered by the USB port as well, as my present voice
recorder is eating up AAA batteries.

I found one device that looks promising:

http://www.b4udirect.com/index.cfm?c...238130/&bhcp=1

but the price suggests to me it is far more professional then what I
am going for (i.e. lecture recordings).

Does anyone know of any other products I should look at?

Kind Regards,

Matt

[hank alrich]

Matt wrote:

Hello. I'm after a voice recorder that can connect to a USB port to
transfer the audio recordings. However, I also want a voice recorder
that can be powered by the USB port as well, as my present voice
recorder is eating up AAA batteries.

I found one device that looks promising:

http://www.b4udirect.com/index.cfm?c...238130/&bhcp=1

but the price suggests to me it is far more professional then what I
am going for (i.e. lecture recordings).

Does anyone know of any other products I should look at?

Zoom H2 - less than $200 US.

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ha
shut up and play your guitar

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Hey Matt,
How are ya? You're right,it is a bit pricey! Try this;

http://cgi.ebay.com/Digital-Voice-Re...1%7C240%3A1318

Quick Q, what do you want it for? I mean if it's just for lectures
than you should be able to pick something up low end $30. I mean, some
MP3 players record voice. You can even get an adapter for your Ipod
(presuming you have one).

Note, when i say low end i mean it's not broadcast quality. But, it's
very clear.

[[email protected]]

Ipods are usb powered.

[Richard Crowley]

"Matt" wrote ...
Hello. I'm after a voice recorder that can connect to a USB port to
transfer the audio recordings. However, I also want a voice recorder
that can be powered by the USB port as well, as my present voice
recorder is eating up AAA batteries.

Consider rechargeable batteries.

What USB are you powering it *from*?
If you are powering from your notebook computer, then why not
use the computer itself to record with?

[Richard Crowley]

wrote ...
Ipods are usb powered.

iPods are NOT "USB powered"
iPods are USB recharging.
When plugged into USB, they cannot be operated.

[Chris Hornbeck]

On Fri, 24 Oct 2008 07:43:49 +0300, "Richard Crowley"
wrote:

wrote ...
Ipods are usb powered.

iPods are NOT "USB powered"
iPods are USB recharging.
When plugged into USB, they cannot be operated.

I-pods are Satan powered, and I don't mean anything at all
about content, attention span deficit, hearing damnage, or
societal loss.

No, I'm talking about Firmware Ugliness. Yes, friends,
right here in River City, (chorus), and that starts with F
and that ends with U and that rhymes with fooey.

I think that an objective POV of their firmware issues
can all too easily point to a deliberate crippling of
existing machines. Example: the issue of their inability
to both show video and on-screen navigation.

Maybe they were delivered fatally broken, but I'm unconvinced.


Bitch, bitch, bitch, sorry,

Much thanks, as always,
Chris Hornbeck

[Romeo Rondeau[_4_]]

Richard Crowley wrote:
wrote ...
Ipods are usb powered.

iPods are NOT "USB powered"
iPods are USB recharging.
When plugged into USB, they cannot be operated.



NOT true at all! If you eject the iPod, but leave it plugged in, you can
operate it and it will power from the USB at the same time (at least on
Windows)

[Chris Hornbeck]

On Fri, 24 Oct 2008 00:30:44 -0500, Romeo Rondeau
wrote:

If you eject the iPod, but leave it plugged in, you can
operate it and it will power from the USB at the same time

I rest my case. Spawn of Satan. 'Nuf said.

Much thanks, as always,
Chris Hornbeck

[Mike Rivers]

Matt wrote:
Hello. I'm after a voice recorder that can connect to a USB port to
transfer the audio recordings. However, I also want a voice recorder
that can be powered by the USB port as well, as my present voice
recorder is eating up AAA batteries.

If 109 pounds is too expensive for you (and I think that's a bit too
expensive for your application) then you aren't likely to find what
you're looking for. How much "USB powered" do you want? Few of these
recorders can be plugged into a USB port or power supply and used as if
they wre on AC power, though some have an internal battery that can
(usually only) be recharged by connecting to a USB port or AC power
supply. And most of the small recorders that are designed for music
recording - the kind with which most of us in rec.audio.pro are familiar
- include an AC power supply.

You might want to change your sights a bit, look for one that has
reasonably good battery life and get a couple of sets of rechargeable
AAA cells and a charger. As long as you can get a day's worth of use out
of a set of batteries and you don't forget to recharge the replacements,
it will be quite some time before you need to replace the batteries
(though they really don't last forever).




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[Randy Yates]

Matt writes:

Hello. I'm after a voice recorder that can connect to a USB port to
transfer the audio recordings. However, I also want a voice recorder
that can be powered by the USB port as well, as my present voice
recorder is eating up AAA batteries.

I found one device that looks promising:

http://www.b4udirect.com/index.cfm?c...238130/&bhcp=1

but the price suggests to me it is far more professional then what I
am going for (i.e. lecture recordings).

Does anyone know of any other products I should look at?

A laptop.
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%% Fuquay-Varina, NC % she does the things you do,
%%% 919-577-9882 % but she is an IBM."
%%%% % 'Yours Truly, 2095', *Time*, ELO
http://www.digitalsignallabs.com

[Mark]

On Oct 24, 9:55*am, Randy Yates wrote:
Matt writes:
Hello. I'm after a voice recorder that can connect to a USB port to
transfer the audio recordings. However, I also want a voice recorder
that can be powered by the USB port as well, as my present voice
recorder is eating up AAA batteries.

I found one device that looks promising:

http://www.b4udirect.com/index.cfm?c...238130/&bhcp=1

but the price suggests to me it is far more professional then what I
am going for (i.e. lecture recordings).

Does anyone know of any other products I should look at?

A laptop.
--
% *Randy Yates * * * * * * * * *% "I met someone who looks alot like you,
%% Fuquay-Varina, NC * * * * * *% * * * * * * she does the things you do,
%%% 919-577-9882 * * * * * * * *% * * * * * * * * * * but she is an IBM."
%%%% * * * * * % * * * *'Yours Truly, 2095', *Time*, ELO *http://www.digitalsignallabs.com

to the OP
find a recorder that uses AA instead of AAA cells.

You can easily find re-charageable AA cells and AA cells usually will
last longer than AAA cells.

Mark

[[email protected]]

Hi Matt,

Mikes' advice is good. Two points worth noting; I'm not aware of any
digital voice recorders that take AA batteries but a few calls might
sort that out; Rechargeable AAA batteries - i don't know if they're
that easy to get a hold of or what the price of the charger is.

I spent $30 on a MP3 player for my mother. Ok, it's a no brand Asian
made thing. But guess what, it plays MP3's, has a FM radio and a voice
recorder. The voice recorder works brilliantly. She takes it to
meetings, uses it as a dictaphone and so forth. It's ideal for what
you want and is priced well within your range. With regards to
batteries, she gets about 20 to 25 hours per battery (it only takes
one) which is probably 2 weeks worth of lectures for a full-time
student. Putting that in context, you're buying a 4 pack of AAA every
month or so i'd say you're doing pretty well.

I don't normally post to these things because i think in some respects
they can be an utter waste of time. People jump in and have a
technical debate about something that may be correct in itself but
doesn't fit the context in which the forum was created. I suspect you
would get better advice by picking up the telephone and speaking to
someone or calling in to an appliance/ electronics store.

[david correia]

Matt writes:

Hello. I'm after a voice recorder that can connect to a USB port to
transfer the audio recordings. However, I also want a voice recorder
that can be powered by the USB port as well, as my present voice
recorder is eating up AAA batteries.

I found one device that looks promising:

http://www.b4udirect.com/index.cfm?c...238130/&bhcp=1

but the price suggests to me it is far more professional then what I
am going for (i.e. lecture recordings).

Does anyone know of any other products I should look at?



Do you own an iPod?

I got an add on similar to the one below for my son, a journalism
student, and he loves it. And his interviews automatically get backed up
into iTunes on his computer when he docks it.


http://www.amazon.com/Belkin-Voice-R.../dp/B0000TNWU6


There are lots of these add on iPod recorders on the market for many of
the iPod models. And they don't cost much. The one I got for him records
in stereo. Nice for interviews, as you are on one side, the interviewee
-is that at word? - is on the other. (I don't remember the model, it was
a couple years ago.)

Sounds pretty good too. And has been problem free.





David Correia
www.Celebrationsound.com

[hank alrich]

wrote:

I'm not aware of any
digital voice recorders that take AA batteries

Zoom H2.

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shut up and play your guitar

[Anahata]

On Fri, 24 Oct 2008 22:02:28 -0700, hank alrich wrote:

wrote:

I'm not aware of any
digital voice recorders that take AA batteries

Zoom H2.

And the Edirol R09, but I think the point is that these are not "voice
recorders" - the term is usually applied to machines at about a fifth of
the price with "voice only" quality.

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Home: 01638 720444 Mob: 07976 263827

[Laurence Payne[_2_]]

On Fri, 24 Oct 2008 17:45:20 -0700 (PDT), wrote:

Mikes' advice is good. Two points worth noting; I'm not aware of any
digital voice recorders that take AA batteries but a few calls might
sort that out; Rechargeable AAA batteries - i don't know if they're
that easy to get a hold of or what the price of the charger is.

Very easy to get hold of - they're possibly the most common size of
rechargable as thet're widely used in cordless 'phone handsets.

There's a wide choice of multi-format chargers available.

[Mike Rivers]

wrote:

Rechargeable AAA batteries - i don't know if they're
that easy to get a hold of or what the price of the charger is.

This is no problem. AAA rechargeable cells are easy to fine, and many AA
chargers are also equipped to handle AAA cells. A camera shop is a
better place to look for battery things than a music store.

I spent $30 on a MP3 player for my mother. Ok, it's a no brand Asian
made thing. But guess what, it plays MP3's, has a FM radio and a voice
recorder. The voice recorder works brilliantly.

Come to thing of it, I have one of those too, but its recording input is
line level only, apparently intended to record from a CD player. I've
never actually used that capability, just used it as a player. It's a
Toshiba, not exactly a no-brand, but not very common either. I bought it
because it was on sale for about $30 and I could read the display. It
has an internal battery that recharges when you connect the player to a
USB port.

I had one previously that took a mic input for recording, and another
one before that which said it had a recording function, but didn't. Both
of those went back to the store for refunds because I couldn't read the
display.


--
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me he
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)

[hank alrich]

Anahata wrote:

On Fri, 24 Oct 2008 22:02:28 -0700, hank alrich wrote:

wrote:

I'm not aware of any
digital voice recorders that take AA batteries

Zoom H2.

And the Edirol R09, but I think the point is that these are not "voice
recorders" - the term is usually applied to machines at about a fifth of
the price with "voice only" quality.

We're looking for a forty dollar machine here?

--
ha
shut up and play your guitar

[Laurence Payne[_2_]]

On Fri, 24 Oct 2008 17:45:20 -0700 (PDT), wrote:

Mikes' advice is good. Two points worth noting; I'm not aware of any
digital voice recorders that take AA batteries but a few calls might
sort that out; Rechargeable AAA batteries - i don't know if they're
that easy to get a hold of or what the price of the charger is.

[Matt[_6_]]

On Oct 25, 1:57*am, david correia wrote:
Matt writes:
Hello. I'm after a voice recorder that can connect to a USB port to
transfer the audio recordings. However, I also want a voice recorder
that can be powered by the USB port as well, as my present voice
recorder is eating up AAA batteries.

I found one device that looks promising:

http://www.b4udirect.com/index.cfm?c...238130/&bhcp=1

but the price suggests to me it is far more professional then what I
am going for (i.e. lecture recordings).

Does anyone know of any other products I should look at?

Do you own an iPod?

I got an add on similar to the one below for my son, a journalism
student, and he loves it. And his interviews automatically get backed up
into iTunes on his computer when he docks it.

http://www.amazon.com/Belkin-Voice-R.../dp/B0000TNWU6

There are lots of these add on iPod recorders on the market for many of
the iPod models. And they don't cost much. The one I got for him records
in stereo. Nice for interviews, as you are on one side, the interviewee
-is that at word? - is on the other. (I don't remember the model, it was
a couple years ago.)

Sounds pretty good too. And has been problem free.

David Correiawww.Celebrationsound.com

Sadly I don't own an iPod, it sounds like it would have been a good
option

Kind Regards,

Matt