For some time I’ve been keeping my eye out for a portable archival-quality audio recording device. This fall I finally purchased the recently released M-Audio Microtrack 24/96 and I’ve been thrilled with all this little recorder can do. I looked at similar products from Marantz and Roland but they didn’t meet my requirements as close as this.
One common accessory to these small recorders is a good microphone. Thanks to the folks at minidisc.org for putting together this great guide to microphones commonly used with small recording devices. As the saying goes “garbage in, garbage out” so a good microphone is key to getting a good recording. Of course this guide was originally written for MiniDisc recorders but the research should be valid for portable digital recorders as well.
As podcasts become more prevalent many people are finding that a good recorder and a good microphone are second only to content when it comes to podcasting to a large audience.
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