which iPods allow microphone attachment for recording?

<p>Cartera, my son has Leopard on his Macbook pro and is able to process H2 files, but perhaps there's a newer version of Leopard than his (bought laptop in late July). I will look into it further.</p>

<p>So neumes, your son has a new Macbook with the latest OS?</p>

<p>NMR...I am not well versed on this but from what I read, you can load what's on the Zoom H2 to your Mac (and I imagine into ITunes) with the provided USB cable. My daughter is on a Mac laptop that she got in 2005.</p>

<p>I just did some research. Apparently there was a brief period when H2 and H4 were not mountable via the USB cord when used on a Leopard computer. That's been fixed with an update in the H2 software, available on their website. DH has always been a believer in taking out the card and using a card reader--which has never been a problem with Leopard, from what I hear. Whatever method used, there no longer seems to be a problem. Check out the Samson pages (samsontech dot com) for the H2.</p>

<p>My D uses a recording device called iRiver. We purchased it at Circuit City and the website <a href="http://www.iriver.com%5B/url%5D"&gt;www.iriver.com&lt;/a>. It works great for recording her voice lessons and she can play it back on her iHome. It is not compatible with a Mac format in terms of downloading but stores the files for playback in the headphones or through iHome. The less sophisticated versions of the iRiver are very inexpensive.</p>

<p>MichaelNKat - we ran into your issue, because, subject to the type of Olympus voice recorder you use, it may be set to record in a wma format; however, we learned that there is a free application that actually allows you to change those files to an mp3:</p>

<p>Download</a> Audio File Format Converter Software</p>

<p>Hope that fixes your problem :)!</p>

<p>MTgrlsmom - My Olympus defaults to dss files. Unless I missed something, the software you suggested appears to support dss files only in Windows. Thanks for the thought though!</p>

<p>Hmmm, you got me there :D; I know it converts wma to mp3 for the Mac for us, dss, I don't think I even know what that is ;); I wonder if there is a way to adjust how these things default though. I am in the process of trying to save pictures from a dying computer right now, but I may take that on as my next challenge!</p>

<p>My D has a full-size newer model ipod and I bought her the Xtreme Mac MicroMemo Digital Voice Recorder. It was about $40.00 and so far, so good, it appears to be working for her.</p>

<p>For a long time, albeit several years ago, my D was a huge fan of the iRiver mp3 which has a built-in recording device. In my opinion, the iRiver offered better sound quality than the early generation iPods and according to my D, the recording device was crisp, clear and easy-to-use. The problem with iRiver at the time, however, was that the units didn't last very long and iRiver customer service/support was virtually non-existent. Still, I'm glad to know that iRiver is still around, because if an MT or voice student was to purchase and use the iRiver device just for recording, it might be a great option for recording lessons, accompaniment music, warm-ups, etc. The problem we always encountered was with down-loading new music (device would irreparably freeze-up), but again, this was several years ago and hopefully, the newer version of iRiver that AngieA's daughter is using no longer has these problems.</p>

<p>Quick update...my D just called and said her Xtreme MacMemo digital recorder was working well for her 1/2 hour voice lesson, but that the battery would die during her lengthy rehearsals for the fall musical. So today she purchased a Sony handheld recorder that some of the other students are using for the rehearsals. This one does not download to her computer.</p>

<p>Yesterday I purchased an Olympus DS-30 voice recorder for my D who has a new MacBook. Even though it was not clear on the package whether or not it was Mac compatable this is what the website said:</p>

<p>Regarding Macintosh Compatibility: While it is not promoted, the installation CD for this recorder does contain the DSS Player for Mac software. This software can import the voice files created by this recorder, and provide playback capability. The software does NOT, however, provide podcast and audible.com subscription management as does the DSS Player for PC software. Additionally, this recorder, when connected to your Mac, will appear in the Finder as another hard drive. You can, therefore, open it up and copy any files to and from the recorder and your computer. For more information on Mac compatibility, feel free to call us at 866-408-1383. We know Macs!</p>

<p>I'll let you know how it works.</p>