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Susan,
I commend the work you are doing in the area of oral history, and best wishes and much success as you manifest your dream. I am also very interested in the power of the spoken word, and being able to empower people. Thank you for sharing your passion, and providing the kindling for enthusiasts like myself that have a yearning to go into our communities and take this to the next level.
Best regards,
Gary Victor
Dayton, Ohio
Hi Susan,
Just found your site. I’m in the planning stages of interviewing my Mom, Dad and maybe others and I’m happy to find you.
I’ve got a cowan iaudio x5l mp3 player. It’s got a built-in mic that records at 128kbs and 44.1khz, and a stereo line-in that records at 320kbs and 44.1khz. audio quality is really nice.
I suppose if someone’s already got an ipod that’s one thing, but if not then there are certainly better players out there.
Best regards
Daniel
Daniel,
I totally agree that there are better players out there. I have one of them myself. (It’s an Archos Gmini—records WAV files using a Line In connection. Has 20 or 30 GB disk. I use it in a special Otter Box case with a preamp built in to take a stereo mini mic and amplify it up to line level.)
But I also wish to cover the “If I have a [name of equipment], what can I do to record with it?” question. The crazy thing is that I now have a microphone that will work with the video ipod, but I don’t have a video ipod/ ipodNano Gen 2 to work with it.
Is the Cowan the one that has an open-source model? (can’t recall offhand) And will the cowan record in WAV format as well as MP3? Never mind, just looked at the specs. I think that your model (or something similar) is what my boyfriend has—he’s a *nix geek, open source all the way, builds his own linux boxen, so he got a player that would play OGG files. Come to think of it, the line-in and record specs are pretty similar to what my Archos has. I should try it out with my Otter Box/Pre Amp case.
If your boyfriend is a geek then he can install, or dual boot, Rockbox for the x5 that will allow wav record. I was considering doing that but really I’m not an audiophile and to my ear mp3 at 320kbs sounds really nice. The only downside to the x5 is that you need to have a pre-amp between the mics and the unit, otherwise I think it’s great.
I’m starting to run into the same issues with this that I have with photography. I started with a point and shoot digicam, but soon decided that a needed an SLR, and really nice lenses, and an external flash, etc…
I can see how this could turn into a gear-centric hobby.
I’m really happy to find your site