Long long ago, we use mini cassettes when we record something into our tape deck. But now, this is now replaced with a faster and easier device that can record high quality audio and it is rather cheap.

This new record device produces no unnecessary noise and has fewer moving parts. It can also store huge amounts of audio and it is smaller and durable than tape recorders. In standard formatting, those audio that are recorded can easily be edited, shared, stored, managed and searched.

When you plan to find a device that records digital sound, you need to think first about what audio quality you want. If it is compressed audio, then that would be good for voicemail, memos or informal recordings. For less compressed audio like the stereo, it can be used for shared audio like podcasts. High quality audio can be fit for recordings of music.

Aside from recording medium format and the device, here are some factors that would affect the quality of your recording:

1.      The first place used in the recording will have better quality. A recording done in a studio would sound much better in the start than something you shot on a busy road.

2.      The microphone: its quality and connection to the device for audio. Higher quality is equal to higher payment. So an expensive microphone would get higher quality sound pick-up than a cheap karaoke mic.

The mic is only an audio input device. Digital recorders that can record using an external mic will accept line-in audio recording from any audio device.