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Hi everyone,
I'm looking for suggestions and advice from some Creative fans. Personally I've been eyeing the 40 GB Zen Touch and will probably get that as soon as it becomes available (seems like that will be pretty soon) but for a friend of mine it's a little more complicated.
He wants something with excellent audio recording capabilities so that he can record his music practices and concerts and then transfer them to his computer for storage. I was originally looking at mp3 player/usb stick/voice recording devices but he assured me that the recording was more important than small size or mp3 playback.
I then looked at external microphones with "stereo mini-plugs" to ensure a good quality recording but still need something to record onto. Are there any Creative mp3 players with that kind of plug that would be suitable for recording like that?
And on a general note, when it says "voice recording", for example in the case of the Zen Touch, what format does it record in? WAV? probably not directly as an mp3, that would require on the fly compression.

Sorry for the late response, yes on the Korg unit there is a setting to be able to record a microphone directly into the line in jack. There are three settings in total, Line, Mic, and Guitar. The only time you would be able to plug a mic into a line in is if the mic was somehow boosted or amplified by a battery or another source. I know specifically what Sony microphone you are referring to and it will not be useful going into a just a line in input without a mic gain switch.
Mp3 players are great, however for recording, the technology has gotten so good that your friend may even be able to professionally USE some of the tracks he's rehearsing into the Korg. It uses higher end A/D (Analog to Digital) conversion technology.
Hope that hel
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