Last year I bought a Tascam DP-008 digital recorder. I have it set up next to my piano and use a couple of external condenser mics plugged into the XLR inputs. Compared to my Zoom H4, I've found working with the Tascam incredibly difficult to figure out. Fortunately there's several YouTube videos out there by folks demonstrating how to make the thing go, because frankly, the manual sucks.