USB recorder?

[Lizardpoint]

Evening all,
I am looking for a 2 channel device that will take a line level input and record either wav or mp3 format files to a removable USB drive.
I’ve had a look and can’t find anything. Compact flash, SD cards but not USB drives. Does such a beast exist or did I dream it ?
Cheers

Dave

[Sam Spoons]

A cheap SD-USB adapter would allow you to record to SD cards and then read/copy them to a computer just as you would a USB stick. USB sticks are not ideal as recording media simply because they stick out of the device and so are vulnerable to physical impact/damage while SD cards and similar are more or less fully enclosed in the machine.

[The Elf]

USB SD card adaptors are cheap and readily available. Record onto SD, then pop it into one of these.

[hz37]

The Behringer X32 has exactly this, with your USB stick being used to record. But it's not really a portable device. A bit like shooting a mosquito with a bazooka.

And of course the most (if not all?) Zoom handy recorders can be switched into an USB device easily. That's how I use my H4n pro. Record stuff (onto the built-in SD card), connect via USB to computer, transfer WAV files.

Good luck!

Hens Zimmerman

[Hugh Robjohns]

I am looking for a 2 channel device that will take a line level input and record either wav or mp3 format files to a removable USB drive.

Tascam and Denon both make stereo, line-level rack-mount recorders that can record to USB drives (as well as SD cards). Eg:

https://www.tascam.eu/en/ss-r250n#feat

[ConcertinaChap]

And of course the most (if not all?) Zoom handy recorders can be switched into an USB device easily. That's how I use my H4n pro. Record stuff (onto the built-in SD card), connect via USB to computer, transfer WAV files.

This (and not just Zoom of course, Tascam and Olympus devices all work this way) plus using an SD card -> USB adapter are both viable and easy ways of accomplishing what you want.

CC

[Sam Spoons]

Apart from Hugh I suspect we have all assumed you are looking for a portable device? If not then Hugh's rackmount suggestions will get the job done. But if you do want something portable then I fear you are out of luck...

[OneWorld]

This is what occurred to me, go on Temu, eBay, Amazon and what not, and type in 'USB Recorder' - it'll take some time to read though all the products on offer, see you in a month!

[Sam Spoons]

Given how bad the search engines on those platforms are I suspect a month won't even scratch the surface...

[Hugh Robjohns]

You'd be better off typing USB AUDIO RECORDER, just to reduce the number of photographic storage devices and their ilk.

The reference to line inputs made me think this was more a fixed location than portable application. Hence the suggestion of rackmount hardware.

[Sam Spoons]

You'd be better off typing USB AUDIO RECORDER, just to reduce the number of photographic storage devices and their ilk.

The reference to line inputs made me think this was more a fixed location than portable application. Hence the suggestion of rackmount hardware.

Good points Hugh...