From Andie Springer’s question about simple, low-impact recording, whether it’s a lecure or recital, or even for field recording…

First, choose whether you’d like to record through your laptop, or through a small hardware device from which you then transfer files from TO your laptop for editing, then follow the links below for software and hardware recording options. To actually see the three reviewed hardware devices, see myself, Evan Z, or Gregg August for a real-time look and feel. (holding these things in your hand matters… ) more after the break. oh, and if you have more to offer, please leave a comment by clicking the comments link! lets get a discussion going in these last days…

Stereo Microphones 

Hardware

M-Audio MicroTrack recorder 

Zoom HD4

iRiver H120D 
Software

Audacity

Audio Hijack Pro and Fission

Wiretap 

Transcribing

The Amazing Slow Downer

Transcribe