Sorry to overpost, but I know there are folks on the list who've talked about this before, and a lot of good tech minds, and this guy's been a great help to me, so I thought I'd pass it on for thoughts from LBOers:
--- Folks,
I've got a gig ghostwriting a book and need to interview the "author" at some length. I haven't owned a tape recorder in decades and haven't kept up much with the technology.
What's good for this kind of project? Mostly I need to be sure that I'm picking up intelligible conversation as voices modulate and people move around over a period of a few hours.
I'm being paid well for this project, so price is not a huge consideration. Mostly I want trouble-free operation; I don't want to be shuffling tapes every half-hour; and I want something that is comfortable and convenient to use. Is recording still done on tape? On CDs? On memory sticks? See how out of it I am?
Help an old fogey out.
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"Be a scribe! Your body will be sleek, your hand will be soft. You are one who sits grandly in your house; your servants answer speedily; beer is poured copiously; all who see you rejoice in good cheer. Happy is the heart of him who writes; he is young each day."
--Ptahhotep, Vizier to Isesi,
Fifth Egyptian Dynasty, 2300 BC