Recording devices used for note taking

[ted]

I know many people here have Zooms, Edirols and the like for recording their playing. I am finding another, amazingly effective use for them. I don't know about you, but I constantly get good ideas (I don't mean musical ideas, although it could be used for those, but rather technical and mental tricks) only to forget them very quickly. Playing late at night I think I have something all sorted out and then after waking next morning everything has vanished. Written notes take time and often involve too long a break from the stream of concentration. Moreover, most of the really important insights concern internal, mental perceptions, even for physical technique. While these are not quickly put into writing, it is very easy to talk about them no matter how ungrammatically, verbosely or personally.

I have my Zoom sitting on the piano and in a couple of seconds I can record copious spoken remarks and playing. Recording quality of course is irrelevant for this purpose.

I am also going to use it as a dream diary, but this interesting function is not to do with piano music. 

 

[ajspiano]

Cant say I've ever done anything for verbal notes..  my keyboard has a constant recording function though, the last 30 seconds of performance is always stored (i cant switch it off) and I just hit a button if I want it to stop and play back.