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Portable recorder for recording ambience/effects/wind noise? Some foley advice?

I need a portable recording device for some light foley work where I would need to be outdoors or mobile. Sounds include banging and slamming sounds that would be dangerous to record indoors, ambient sounds like nature, rain, or speech in a social setting, and the sound of wind rushing.

24bit/192khz Line-in Recording: Portable Recorder or Laptop + Creative Sound Blaster

Hi! I am interested in doing line-in recordings and I need something portable. After realising that my laptop (using Realtek ALC892) could do only 16bit/192khz recordings, I decided to research more and had the following options.

2-track (Zoom H1) portable recorder for interviews

I have a Zoom H1 and want to conduct oral history interviews by setting up two external mics. . (I'm brand new at all of this)

1. Can I do this? I assume two tracks means the X and Y onboard mics are both recording, how do I hook up two external mics? Am I right that each mic would then record in mono?

Low-priced portable recorder with high line-in level capabil

ity - does such a thing exist? I know the Edirol R-09HR can do about 1V (+2 dBu IIRC), but it's a little more than I would like to pay, and I would like even more voltage if possible.

Would prefer a lossless recording format but MP3 or ATRAC is not a dealbreaker for me.