I appreciate all the helpful responses. When I wrote, my immediate
need was a small recorder for doing a BBS route alone with no
helper. I thought I might as well get something that would also
serve the other need. I'm intrigued by what I've found here, by the
complexity of acoustics, struck with my lack of education in the
basic physics involved. I backed up, bought a $40 Olympus for the
immediate BBS route necessity, and will lurk on your list awhile, and
do some study in the background science besides the applications
specific to my needs before parting with more of my closely guarded
money. I think the one I ordered will take an external mic, so I
may even try some rudimentary bird recording with it, with very low
expectations.
I'm impressed with this list, with its apparent adherence to its
purpose and topic and I'll enjoy listening in. My fear is that I may
fall prey to the condition many of you appear to suffer, and get
hooked. I guess I could do worse.
June
On Jun 10, 2010, at 6:12 PM, vickipowys wrote:
> June,
>
> You could use one of the smaller flash-card recorders and built in
> mics for starters, which would be adequate for species
> identification. Later you could add a directional mic. Perhaps the
> Olympus LS10 is now selling cheaper than it was, after the new model
> LS11 was introduced? Other folk may have good suggestions such as
> Zoom H2 which I've not used.
>
> As Mitch says, Audacity is good software, works for Mac and is free
> or almost free. And if you want to make sonograms, try Raven Lite
> 1.0 which is free and works well on a Mac.
>
> cheers,
>
> Vicki
>
> On 11/06/2010, at 6:18 AM, June Newman wrote:
>
> > I'm a birder in Missouri, USA. I want to be able to record bird
> calls
> > in the field that are adequate for species identification. I'd like
> > to be able to share digital files with other birders for
> > identification help. I use a MacBook, OS X 10.4. Please make
> > suggestions for recorder and mic and software (if needed), starting
> > with the least expensive items that will do what I want, and not be
> > frustrating for a moderately patient non-techie.
> >
> > June Newman
> >
>
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