When I'm traveling I often notice sounds. I had the idea after this last trip of recording the sounds of the crowd, the complex Starbucks order, the waves, ... and inserting links to the clips in the journal I keep, instead of pictures.

So I want a small digital recorder that is easy to transfer from it to my desktop in a form that I can insert into the journal htm file and place on my website and that is sensitive to near and far sounds.

I browsed the recorders.com website and all I know is I don't need Dragon Dictate and I don't want a combination camera/recorder. Ideas on high end should I go?

Would I need extra software to edit just parts or do I more or less cut and paste?

Someone told me I could record this way with an iPod but I don't see that feature on their website.

Sylvia, novice