I have the Zoom H4 as well and it offers a lot of capability for the money. And it's extremely portable so it can go where you go and you don't have to go to it as you would if it were a larger console recorder board. Offers both WAV and MP3 recording modes (with MP3 being the better choice for conserving memory and getting more on it without having to do a download to or through a computer (or having to change out the memory card).

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