Here’s a great tip! I used to carry a battery powered cassette recorder to festivals and music conventions. I also had to carry spare batteries and a bag of blank cassette tapes to capture all of the music I heard. Man, was this a hassle! Modern technology to the rescue! Nowadays, you can buy a small digital recorder that will fit in your shirt pocket, run on one AAA battery, and record HOURS of music. Recording time varies with mode (high vs. low quality), (stereo vs. monophonic), and the amount of memory in the device. The WS-321 is spec’ed to record 277 hours of voice and up to 70 hours of high quality stereo music!
The picture above shows an Olympus WS-321M digital recorder. All of the H2G band members own one of these recorders and we use them to record our rehearsals, bluegrass shows, music we want to learn, silly jokes, and more! You can even slow down music and learn how to play all of those hot licks Dr. Anderson plays on his banjo! This recorder will plug right into a USB port on your computer and you can transfer all of its music files to your computer for listening to, editing, emailing, or burning to CDs. It also doubles as a portable MP3 player and you can load it full of music to enjoy. Just plug earphones into it or connect it to your car radio’s AUX IN jack (if it has one). It has a built-in speaker, but the volume is low and the bass response suffers. (The full frequency range of the recorder is available through headphones and patching into your car or home stereo system.)
To learn more about this nifty digital recorder/player, click on this link-> http://www.olympusamerica.com/cpg_section/product.asp?product=1309 . You can find these types of recorders at stores like Office Max, Frys, and many other electronics dealers.
Boyd
