[Michael Beacom[_4_]]

On 2017-04-04 20:52:51 +0000, said:

On Tuesday, April 4, 2017 at 3:43:07 PM UTC-4, Michael Beacom wrote:
Hi All,

A musician friend of mine wants to replace her cassette recorder, and
digitize her cassettes.
She asked for a recommendation of a small recorder to do the job.

It needs to be simple to operate, or at least set up once and left
alone, and gracefully accept a consumer line level source. An onboard
speaker would be a real asset.

My first thought would be Zoom H4n Pro, or H5.
Second thought is Tascam DR-40 or DR-44WL.

How well do the new Zoom and Tascam recorders accept unbalanced -10db inputs?

Budget tops out at about $200.

Any recommendations for other units?

Cheers
Mike

usually once audio is digitized, most folks want to edit it or make
adjustments in a computer based DAW. (Digital audio Work Station) i.e.
a PC based editor like Audacity.

So you may want to consider an audio interface via USB and record the
audio directly into the PC.

After editing you can convert it to MP3 or whatever you wish.


This works well unless you need to do field recording as well. Then a
portable recorder is the way to go.

m


I'll bring that up when I talk to her, but my impression was that she
isn't interested in doing any production. She may not want to buy both
the recorder and an interface. So, I was going for simple. Not even
sure what kind of computer she owns.

Cheers
Mike