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PoducateMe: Practical Solutions for Podcasting in Education

Printable copies of the guide are available for purchase and immediate download at

http://www.poducateme.com/guide/purchase. Guide last updated 9/30/07.

Tascam’s DP01FX 8-Track Hard Disk Recorder

Visit the PoducateMe Web site to review a wide selection of Multitrack Recorders

(http://poducateme.com/hardware/recorders/multitrack_recorders.php).

Handheld Recorders

If you’re looking to do some podcasting in the field, it’s not always possible or desirable to

carry a laptop, interface, mixer and other equipment with you. For field recording, you

might try Belkin’s Voice Recorder for iPod ($41.33) or Griffin’s iTalk Voice Recorder for

iPod ($38.95). These are small microphones that plug into the top of an iPod and

transform the music player into a nifty little handheld audio recorder. While these

recording accessories provide a convenient and inexpensive means of recording in the

field, they are fairly limiting and the audio quality the products yield is less than ideal. Pre-

fifth generation iPods can record only at 8kHz.

All iPods manufactured after 2005 (except the Shuffle) are able to record 16-bit audio at

sample rates of 22.05kHz mono and 44.1kHz stereo. Two popular iPod microphone

attachments capable of recording at this CD-quality level are Belkin’s TuneTalk Stereo

Voice Recorder for 5G iPods and XtremeMac’s MicroMemo HiFi Digital Recorder for 5G

iPods.

The entire PoducateMe guide is available to view online free-of-charge. Fully printable PDF copies of the PoducateMe Podcasting Guide may be purchased and immediately downloaded for $19.95 ($17.95 for students and educators).