Decided to dump my wireless mic system in favor of a mini-disc recorder.

No more messing around with interfence/static for me

My idea is to hook a lapel mic up to line-input on minidisc recorder - press record and drop into grooms pocket - and just snyc up in post... Disc player is small enough that its not too cumbersume

(ps - WHY don't i see mp3 players with a RECORD feature and line in yet!! grrrr.. recording to flash memory would mean no moving parts and a little tiny box that could easily fit into pocket)

Anyways - the sound levels the disc player picks up aren't very good (manually adjusting recording level on disc player doesnt help much either). It is a LINE IN jack, and i am hooking it up to a mic - so thinking its not putting out enough "juice"??

(Audio-technica Lavalier Mic ATR35s - Condenser mic with power box on cord - really nice/inexpensive mic btw...)

With the exception of hooking it up to a mixer - which is obvisouly too big to fit in pocket... Does any one know of any products that could 'boost' the signal coming from my mic and small enough to fit in pocket/battery powered?

Maybe i just need a lesson on line in vs mic in jacks?

Thanks all