which portable digital recorder?

[awa]

anyone have suggestions on a good portable digi recorder? i currently use a sony md with a condenser mic. it works and sounds good except i can't "rip" music onto my computer. i have to record real-time onto my computer and the md skips sometimes. also, i have to deal with a bunch of minidiscs. i'd rather have something with built in memory and could upload quickly onto my computer. it will be used mainly to record jams and practices.

 

[Groundloop]

I don't own it, but one of the guitarists in my band uses an Edirol R1 to record all of our jam/rehearsals. Pretty good quality if your careful about mic placement. It uses compact flash cards for storage, and I believe when you hook it up via USB2 it mounts on the desktop like a hard drive, so moving files is drag and drop.

http://www.rolandus.com/products/productdetails.aspx?ObjectId=744&ParentId=114

 

[pocket_groover]

I'm using an M-audio microtrack now. Used to use a Zoom PS-04.

Here's a previous thread with some discussion:

http://www.talkbass.com/forum/showthread.php?t=230531&highlight=microtrack

 

[bassguitar]

I haven't used it for recording a jam yet, but I've got one of these for where I work (Marantz PMD670). Used for recording interviews etc., then dump to a computer via USB. It's pretty good, but not cheap. I used to have MD recorders, but they're delicate and kept coming back broken. This records to flash cards, so there's fewer moving parts and less to go wrong.

http://www.d-mpro.com/users/folder.asp?FolderID=1582&CatID=18&SubCatID=169