There are a couple of others, but not that small, such as the Boss BR532 (which also has built in effects), the Korg PXR4, and the Tascam PS5. The Tascam PS5 is probably twice the size of an original Gameboy.
Well, it all depends on what you consider professional grade. There are already digital four track recorders (the thing indie rockers usually know for their cassette eating tendencies) that use SmartMedia cards. Plus, on "high fidelity mode," the Zoom MRS-4 gets 17 track-minutes of 24 bit audio with a frequency response of up to 32 kHz on a 32 meg card.
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As an archivist-in-training (currently on leave from a grad program), I couldn't but help comment on this discussion.
Archivists, as a whole - even those who work for NARA - are mostly a progressive bunch, who seek to ensure access to information rather than restrict it. We have our own set of professional ethics, namely the Code of Ethics for Archivists published by the Society of American Archivists. Archives do not fundamentally exist to be hidden - they are a source of information to be preserved and to be accessed. However, in certain cases, restrictions on records exist to protect the creators. For example, medical records, if cited by a scholar, must often not name the patient in any identifiable way. However, we often ask donors to think about the restrictions they place on their records so that the records will, eventually, be available.
I suggest that you look at the position statements made by the SAA and judge for yourself. Granted, not all archivists agree on them, but the SAA is a fairly tight knit organization and the position it sets forth often represent the majority of its members.
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There are a couple of others, but not that small, such as the Boss BR532 (which also has built in effects), the Korg PXR4, and the Tascam PS5. The Tascam PS5 is probably twice the size of an original Gameboy.
Well, it all depends on what you consider professional grade. There are already digital four track recorders (the thing indie rockers usually know for their cassette eating tendencies) that use SmartMedia cards. Plus, on "high fidelity mode," the Zoom MRS-4 gets 17 track-minutes of 24 bit audio with a frequency response of up to 32 kHz on a 32 meg card.
As an archivist-in-training (currently on leave from a grad program), I couldn't but help comment on this discussion. Archivists, as a whole - even those who work for NARA - are mostly a progressive bunch, who seek to ensure access to information rather than restrict it. We have our own set of professional ethics, namely the Code of Ethics for Archivists published by the Society of American Archivists. Archives do not fundamentally exist to be hidden - they are a source of information to be preserved and to be accessed. However, in certain cases, restrictions on records exist to protect the creators. For example, medical records, if cited by a scholar, must often not name the patient in any identifiable way. However, we often ask donors to think about the restrictions they place on their records so that the records will, eventually, be available. I suggest that you look at the position statements made by the SAA and judge for yourself. Granted, not all archivists agree on them, but the SAA is a fairly tight knit organization and the position it sets forth often represent the majority of its members.