digital music recorder?

[Pesk]

I'm a primary school teacher looking for a way of recording musical compositions etc. by the children. Our old tape recorder has died so I need a way of recording their music to download onto computer to play back, store / burn to CD. We've not got a huge budget but it's important we buy the right piece of equipment to do the job. Any ideas or recommendations?

[Ethel]

Audacity is free software that will record the voice and so on, very popular with guitarists too. You will need to buy a mic.

http://recap.ltd.uk/moodle/mod/resource/view.p hp?id=91

[Buenchico]

Your best option is probably a device which records files directly to an SD card, so that you can easily transfer the files to a computer via a card reader.

The cheapest 'semi-professional' recorder of this type is probably the Edirol R-09 at �211:
http://www.solidstatesound.co.uk/edirolr-09.ht m

Chris

[spakkker1]

A digital camera that films video would do the job. You can buy a sd card very cheaply nowadays for lots of storage. Maybe some cameras can use an external mike, or even get digi camcorder

[pingu748]

you can buy digital Dictaphones in Staples that record and transfer to a pc ... or even look for one on any online auction site ...

[Pesk]

Thanks everyone for taking time to answer. I'll look into all your suggestions