Hi Joan,

Are you an iPod owner?

If so, I've been having fun with the Alesis ProTrack.

http://www.alesis.com/content11187

It is a "cradle" for the iPod that turns it into one of those two-track stereo portable recorders like the Zoom stuff. Capable of recording in .wav or compressed formats, built in mics plus it also has 2 XLR mic inputs with Phantom Power that are combination input jacks with a 1/4" Line input in the center of each, too. Very versatile.

Samson is also marketing some inexpensive digital recorders, you might look into one of those.

I know a young lady who recorded and produced her CD using a semi-pro CD recorder and two mics hanging from her ceiling. It sounds great. Of course, she is all about performance. No chance to fix anything in the mix or punch in, she is able to record each piece from start to finish with incredible precision. So the CD recorder deck is simple to operate for her and does the job. All she needed me for was to take the small stack of separate CDs and copy the right ones in the right order to a master CD so she could send it off for duplication. Done. A classical piano CD that was done in an apartment. But rivals studio stuff. That little Yamaha C baby grand sounds great.


--Mac

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