I think I should invest in a voice recorder

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sbryan

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I often have ideas or pickup tidbits of information when I have scrap paper or no paper at all. The survival rate for scrap paper is probably less than ten percent. Not to mention interviews would go smoother if I recorded the conversation instead of transcribing it.

I think it's time to invest in a voice recorder. I want a device using flash memory and not tapes.

If it could sync with a Mac and record to MP3 files, that would be great, as I could organize notes using iTunes playlists and use my iPod to play back old notes.

Really though, I just need a recorder. Ideally, I'd like something for $150, new or used.
 
or $157 at Amazon, free shipping. I have the H4, I might take a look at getting the H2 for recording ideas, dictating scenes, etc.

EDIT: I just found this reviewer's comments on the H2. I might just dump my H4 on ebay, buy an H2, because I totally get what the reviewer is saying:

5.0 out of 5 stars "Much better and easier to operate than the Zoom H4, I borrowed a Zoom H4 from a friend and found it extremely frustrating to use. The owners manual was just gibberish to me. I could not make heads or tails of the instructions. It was a totally frustrating experience and I was ready to give up on making a CD, and ready to go back to making old fashioned cassette tape recordings.

I took a chance on the Zoom H2 and am not sorry. All the head aches of the H4 have been addressed with the H2. This machine is much easier to use. I'm using it to record live string music and it does a wonderful job. Sounds great! I'm not an egg head geek or a computer expert nor am I a professional sound recording engineer, and I am very comfortable using this machine.

Zoom must have listened to everything people were complaining about the H4 when they designed the H2 ."
 
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I picked up an H2 a while back from Sweetwater Sound and it rules. It comes with a desktop stand and a mic-type handle and they both screw into the bottom of the recorder. The H2 has a microphone array that allows you to select from stereo to surround. I've used mine to record audio for interviews, ambient sound for video and concert audio. With an H2 the world becomes your sound effects library.
 
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