Digital audio recording device - Need your suggestions

Need your help and suggestions for getting a good digital audio recording device to record lectures in good quality, so the lectures could be uploaded on a website in different audio file formats with ease. So what are the choices out there?

Also what should be a good practice to record voice in good quality. Should the recording device be attached to the mic, (if the speaker moves a lot with the mic in his hand)? or should the device be left on speakers table? or one of the audience could hold and record it?

Price range: Not looking for very cheap ones, neither very high end expensive ones. Price range could be in the middle. The device would mainly be used to record live talk (no music, etc.)

Thanks.

Re: Digital audio recording device - Need your suggestions

Betamax?

Re: Digital audio recording device - Need your suggestions

Isn't betamax a cassette smaller than VHS. and it is not digital recording, right.

2nd method:
I am also thinking of a setup where the live speach can directly be saved/recorded on to the PC. So for that what kind software I would need to install, along with specialized recording device/instrument. and what should be the minimum PC hardware specification you recommend. Thanks.

Re: Digital audio recording device - Need your suggestions

K-2 You have thousands of options. I have never tried anything like that, but would still go with the cheap little mini tape recorder.
30 bucks and you come home and type it up.

Re: Digital audio recording device - Need your suggestions

Am I looking for softwares like Audacity, Adobe Audition or Pro Tools (is protool only an application or comes with hardware componants)?

What is "Digital audio Workstation" it a specialized machine or an application name?

All I need is to be able to record quality audio and make it available on a website in a popular audio file format. Thanks.

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Fayax I started doing some search over the Internet and you are right there are thousands of options. Just want yours and others expert opinion on this and if any one has done something like this, may be he/she can guide me better. Thanks.

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I havent done it …but check this out.

Link

Here is something on ebay too . And also there are many others.

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Thanks a lot buddy. I may get an MD recorder (minidisc), which records in studio grade quality. Audio then can be uploaded in WAV or MP3 format on the computer, and edit it if necessary. I heard it costs like USD 400-500.