A great podcasting tool
For many people, podcasting is about sitting in front of a PC with a USB mic. But if you’re like us, you’ll be wanting to get out there in the real world capturing interviews with people and ideas and opinions from all over. In which case, you’ll need a portable mp3 / wav recorder. The m-Audio Microtrack 2496 brings the world into your podcast.
Pros:-
• Fantastic recording quality with supplied stereo mic
• Small, light, easy to use
• Over 700 recordings so far without a single error (* DOINK!! See this post!!)
• Every input you need
• Plenty of mp3 recording capacity on even the smallest (supplied) 128mb flash memory card
Cons:-
• Non-removable battery
• Can be difficult to playback files when there are less than 3 recorded
• Clicky mic level controller sound picked up when recording with supplied stereo mic
• Almost feels too light and plasticy
We bought this unit for about £240, the price now is somewhere in the £187 region - a bargain if only you can get hold of one. It may be that currently, it’s a victim of its own success as suppliers everywhere are out of stock and waiting for delivery. Annoying since we need another 2 for a course at the end of September.
Update: It turns out that this unit is now ‘discontinued’ - (”this recorder is now discontinued in its current form and there will be no more shipments. We are advised by m-Audio that the new improved version 2 microtrack will ship ‘in the autumn’ “).
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Last price I got was £187… but see note at end of the post: it’s discontinued pending Mk II version “soon”. I’m watching this space…
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