My partner is a journalist and has tasked me with finding her a digital device for recording interviews and also telephone calls. I haven't yet found something that can do both. Also, she is a Mac user and they all seem to be PC-based.
Neil Tweddle
I use a Roland Edirol R-09HR (about £250). It records to WAV or MP3 and saves files on an SD card, so they can be copied to any computer. I can record phone calls using a wall socket breakout lead plugged into the line-in port. The Edirol can record 24bit/96kHz linear PCM, which is twice the resolution of an audio CD, so it's also good for recording music and podcasts. Check the Solid State Sound website for alternative devices. As long as it records to a memory card, you only need a Mac-compatible USB card reader.
Backchat: Graham Marks says: "Neil could do worse than try any of the Olympus digital voice recorders. I have a WS-310M. It's stereo, is Mac-compatible, and downloads WAV files via an integral USB. It's £70 on Amazon. There are also some useful comments below, where it is revealed that I hadn't noticed that my Edirol R-09HR has a mini-USB port. D'oh.
