I’m thinking of making an Australian Football documentary that requires me to record the coach talking to his players. I don’t want to constantly use my video camera to do this, as at times I need only voice and no footage. I know I can already extract audio from the video through final cut and imovie too. Therefore, I’m looking into buying a voice recorder that I can then transfer audio onto my powerbook. Can an ipod record voice or not? Does anybody have any recommendations.
Thanks amos.
There’s the Belkin Voice Recorder for the iPod.
catalog.belkin.com/IWCatProductP … _Id=158384
Haven’t used it, but I’ve heard that the quality is low enough that it’s fine for voice memos but not much more. I’m not sure it would be good enough for making a documentary.
you could try those flash recorders… but why not splurge and buy an iPod - I know you want one! 
I think the new Dell MP3 does voice recording without the need for an external attachment…
forget about the belkin mic for an outside doco…from what i’ve gathered it’s pretty low-fi due to apple putting a cap on the specs (8 bit mono?; which is weird cos the software in the pod could perform much higher (boffins are working on a hack as we speak). it’s good for voice memo’s and maybe lecture recording if you sit near the front. if you used it at a footy practice it’d either be too soft or you’d get a lot of howl. there’s another one out called i-talk but i think it has similar limitations (altho’ can use an external mike). i’m desperate to use my pod to record guitar and piano but looks like i’ll have to wait till a higher spec model comes along. have a look at www.ipodlounge.com for more info.
I posted something on another thread about MP3 recorders.
This might be of some help.
[forumosa.com/taiwan/viewtopic.ph … 153#178153](MP3 player/voice recorder
SteveZeAuthor, can you post a link to the one that you bought. Sounds about perfect. And where did you buy it from?
AWOL, l’d love an ipod mate and if it had the decent voice recordings capability that l was after, then l’d buy one. I’ll check out the ipod lounge anyway though.
Thanks amos.