Do you use a handheld recorder?

Markk

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I've been thinking of getting one of these things for the summer seeing as how I'm planning on starting to record stuff and want to actually make some songs, and take it more seriously.

Anybody use something like this? Comes in handy? What kind? Digital/analog?
 
Re: Do you use a handheld recorder?

the ZOOM H4 is great! It has two stereo mics built in and two xlr/quarterinch jacks. Records onto sd card but also works as computer interface.

http://soundclick.com/share?songid=6620947

I did that with the h4 and garageband. The vocals were recorded with the h4's builtin microphone
 
Re: Do you use a handheld recorder?

That wasn't too shabby. Except that thing is waaaay out of my price range here, over 500 USD, but I'm reading awesome reviews of it.

I'm looking to use it more as a memory tool to catch sweet licks/riffs and ideas I may have while being away from my main recording gear or computer.
 
Re: Do you use a handheld recorder?

are you going to be far from a laptop or computer? just use audacity or something if so. when I'm hella cheap, I'll tab the riff and hum the melody into my voicemail, then record on my computer later. tabs are nice, cause I've recorded some riffs and forgotten how to play it. Then again, I've also tabbed and forgotten the phrasing. some super cheapy MP3 players are also voice recorders - I've got two 10-15 dollar jobbies I'll save riffs onto using the voice record feature. upload the recordings into the computer and save like songs.

not this, but you get the idear. most have built-in mics that git r done:
http://cgi.ebay.com/MP3-PLAYER-256M...kparms=72:552|39:1|65:12&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14
 
Re: Do you use a handheld recorder?

Well, it's not like I'm going to go without a computer. But sometimes in the spur of the moment you find that sound/riff/phrasing you like, or even somekind of noise out on the street somewhere, that you think would go perfectly in a song and want to record it.
 
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