yeah, you could easily plug a mic into the the line in on it. of course it's
only an 1/8th inch plug, so you'd need an adapter or some such thing, but
it's definitely mic friendly. you should go check out the iriver website:
http://www.iriver.com/ they'll give you the lowdown on it all. i'm not sure
about the riokarma's, but, i -think- there is an extra peripheral you can
buy for ipods to record. but nothing built in.
On Tue, 23 Aug 2005 12:30:21 -0400, nat hawks wrote
quoted 16 lines am very glad this conversation came up again...
> am very glad this conversation came up again...
>
> does the Iriver have a microphone jack? that looks pretty rad.
> 20GB drives are up on ebay... and i looove the idea of the FM
> recorder! stoned in the park, recording weird AM static... sounds
> like a good day to me.
>
> riokarma and i-pods don't appear to have a recording feature, correct?
>
> >From: "josh23" <josh23@acre-c.com>
> >To: idm@hyperreal.org
> >Subject: Re: [idm] MP3 Players (again)
> >Date: Tue, 23 Aug 2005 08:41:30 -0700
> >
> >i reccomend the Iriver, i got mine about six months ago and its performed
> >like a champ. you can use it with any system as it just plugs in and acts
a
quoted 69 lines removable hard drive, it can play pretty much every audio format, with a
> >removable hard drive, it can play pretty much every audio format, with a
> >firmware upgrade you can watch movies on it. you can read books on it, it
> >has a built in radio if you ever need that thing, and my favorite feature
> >is
> >that it has an input that allows you to record directly to MP3. i take it
> >to
> >shows with me all the time jack it in and go home with 320kb mp3's of the
> >performances. there is also the internal mic that is good for taking to
> >places and using to record stuff for later sampling, sort of thing. oh
> >yeah,
> >it also has a photo viewer. downsides are that the interface is -slightly-
> >clunky, but once you get used to it its fine. and i don't so much like its
> >random play feature works.
> >
> >josh23
> >
> >On Tue, 23 Aug 2005 16:13:08 +0100, Ant Mann wrote
> > > If i was you,
> > > i would get: a Rio Karma!!! if you can find one.....
> > > some reasons why
> > > its 20GB!!!!!!
> > > supports pretty much every audio codec you could ever want (even
> > > FLAC) will work with ANY operating system due to the device being
> > > plugged in at a network port and you can load up a java based client
> > > to send tracks over to it. I have infact used it with Linux, XP64
> > > and MacOSX. all without reformatting or making any changes to the
> >device!!!
> > > theyre pretty reliable! never had more than a couple of crashing
> > > probs with mine. Its smaller than an ipod!!! (ipods suck - unless
> > > you flash them with linux :-D) has funky ass VU meters on teh
> > > front!!!! monitor that audio pressure baby!!! No one wants them any
> > > more, you can get them dirt cheap it even has a mode that maps out
> > > the level of the track and displays this on the front so you can
> > > skip to areas where the track gets more intense and less intense....
> > > really really good feature! Oh and if you are like me... or just
> > > really sad, you can rip the thing apart and install a 40gb version
> > > of the same drive thats in it!! woo!!!!
> > >
> > > bad points:
> > > they look ugly
> > > ummmmm...
> > >
> > > good luck on your hunt!! ive seen these in shops for less than 130
> > > quid!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
> > > Nibbles
> > > (forgot to cc this (dumbass))
> > >
> > > (current fav listenings - Chris Clark - Ceramics is the bomb, The
> > > Flashbulb - Kirlian Selections, Amon Tobin - Permutation)
> > >
> > > you will get severly fed up with only 5gb to play with. i promise!!!!!
> > >
> > > On 23/08/05, David Sim <pmxds@nottingham.ac.uk> wrote:
> > > >
> > > > I think this has a) been discussed before and b) tended to Apple vs
> >the
> > > > World flamewars, so off list replies are probably best...
> > > >
> > > > I'm thinking of getting an MP3 player. If I just go for the cheapest
> > > > option at my selected capacity (5GB, I think) what are the likely
> >pitfalls,
> > > > missing features and hidden costs? Does anyone have particular
> > > > recommendations?
> > > >
> > > > Thanks!
> > > >
> > > > David
> > > >
> > > > ObIDM: current favorite listening is Arpanet's Quantum
Transpositions,
quoted 2 lines Izu
> >Izu
> > > > vs the Andies on Stuff Records, and Grim Dubs 1 on Werk. Oh, and
Heart
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> >of
> > > > the Congos.
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > --
> > > > "And then what do they do?"
> > > > "Er, quadratic equations mostly, sir. Fiendishly difficult ones by
all
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> > > > accounts."
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