Microtrack
Janet has just bought a new mp3 recorder, an m-audio microtrack 24/96. We bought it from here.

I've only just got it out of the box, but first impressions are good. Its very small and light. If anything, almost too light to feel durable enough. Time will tell if it will stand up to the rigours of being pulled in and out of my wife's handbag (and then dropped on the floor). But my feeling is it should be more durable than Sony's minidisc (my wife has gone through 3 in the last 3 years).

I bought a Monster cable for the microphone. The microtrack takes three types of input: two 1/4", 1/8" line in, and a S/PDIF. I bought the XLR-1/4" cable, which works great.

Sound
The quality of the recording seems excellent - although my wife hasn't tested it in the field yet, which will be the ultimate test. I found that recording via the 1/4" input proved to give the best results, but do remember to switch on 27dB TRS Input Boost via the menu system. I also compared the same microphone connected via an 1/8" jack, but the levels seemed lower than that with 1/4" jack.

I noticed that while connected via the 1/4" jack, the input mode (L/M/H switch) setting seemed to have an effect on the recording's levels. When set to L recordings seemed more sensitive than the other options. To change this option make sure that recording has stopped to ensure that the change will take effect.

That's it for now, I'll post more when I've used it a bit more.
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