On 04/12/11 3:12 PM, ken wrote: > I'm shopping for a small/tiny audio recorder, the kind for recording in > a class, interviews, etc... my wife has a little Olympus voice recorder, it supports recording in several qualities of .mp3 files, but there's lots of software on lunix that will play .wma, like VLC. her pocket recorder looks like a flash card when its plugged in via USB, and has folders A, B, C, D (that you can select before recording) and then numbered files in each folder. runs a gazillion hours on a couple AAA batts. and was quite cheap. btw, for other applications... you can get a patch cord that will convert 'line' audio outputs to 'mic' level inputs, its just got a few resistors in it to reduce the signal 100:1. these are often called an 'attenuator cord'. on the other hand, the mic inputs on most laptops are mediochre sound quality at best.