Please recommend me a USB microphone for recording live sessions/jams

I have musical friends, every now and then they get together and play some great music. How much do I have to spend to get a semi decent recording of them playing?

Consider that I have been a little satisfied with the quality out of an iphone's mic on the voice recorder. So i'm not asking for studio quality, just something decent.

hanks for your input

a Zoom H1 handy recorder. its a stereo mic.

itll never sound brilliant without multitracking.

robduckyworth said:

a Zoom H1 handy recorder. its a stereo mic.

itll never sound brilliant without multitracking.

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interesting option, i was thinking of lugging the macbook around and plugging a usb mic into it, but thats a lot neater

Seconded. If you are lugging the MacBook around ANYWAY, I'd have suggested a blue snowball or something similar (fine USB mics). A Zoom H1 is a much better idea, however.

Yeah i'm impressed with the sample on this page:

Zoom H1 Review | RyanSloan.net

gotta admit its got very good clarity and fidelity, particularly at the top end. quite impressed.