NBiBooker

So here's a question,

I'm a reporter and I'd love to be able to record interviews using an iPod and a voice recorder so that I can store them on my Mac.

I wondering if a) There are compatible voice recorders for the Nano, and B) if those voice recorders are any good.

Any advice / experiences would be great.

David.

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kloan

Nope. No voice recording for the Nano.

ShawnKing

No, you wouldn't, trust me. Sound quality is limited, by Apple, on an iPod to 8kHz, 16 bit mono WAV files.
Unfortunately no - Apple has not enabled that functionality in the iPod mini, shuffle or nano.
If the above sound quality is good enough for you, then yes. But "garbage in, garbage out".

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mguertin

Not yet .. but you might want to watch griffin technologies to see what they come up with. The iTalk for the full sized iPods are great for what you would be using it for. My GF is an historian and she uses it for interviews and the like and it's worked very well for her.

ehMax

It's Apple that limits the recording capabilities in the mini, shuffle, nano. Griffin won't be able to come out with any devices for these.

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mguertin

Does this still apply to the nano I wonder? you're probably right tho Thought I heard rumblings about something for the mini's a while back ... but who knows it might have just been speculation too

RicktheChemist

Wouldn't the Sony MD player be an option? But it would be a little bit difficult to get the data on to a Mac I suppose..

RtC

stillmot

Check out the portable irivers, something like the IFP790. You can get them in 128, 256, 512 or 1 gig sizes. They allow recording from an external mic, you can set the recording volume AND you can set a very high quality bitrate. I have a custom made mono mic for the iriver that I use to record vows at weddings and can get about 3 hours of very high quality audio on my 256 unit. It then takes minutes to convert to mp3 onto your mac. Best solution for this kind of thing, at least that is the consensus in the wedding video arena.

dru

has anyone tried installing LINUX for the ipod... you can shure record audio, with almost any mic, or your headphones, and you can sest what quality you can record at.........its FREAKIN AWSOME!

Dr.G.

The Griffin iTalk for the iPods have been successfully used by various students in my courses that use them to record my "words of wisdom".........or some such comments. Seriously, I can clearly hear my New York City accents with the iTalks on an iPod, and I am waiting for this sort of device from Griffin for the Nano-pods. We shall see.

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