handheld recording devices?

[G. Ratte]

Has anybody used, say, one of those little Zoom multitrack recorders? I had an idea for doing vocals, with one of those little headphone/mic combos that you typically use for Internet-voice chat things. Like you could walk around a fairly quiet area, in the woods or something. Tracking your vox. Lo-Fi ain't a problem.

[Brakka]

I've done stuff like this with my minidisc recorder. It's not multitrack. I've recorded hand percussion in places with cool reverb, indoors or out. I record a rough mix to cd to play along to, then record with a cheap-ass mic into the minidisc. You want to talk "lo-fi?" It's a tiny stereo mic that I got with a cassette recorder about 10 years ago, and the left side has gone bad and is very noisy. The cable is about as thick as dental floss. Then I dump it into Peak, make it mono (R only), and into Cubase.