Saving audio from audio in jack to flash drive or SD card

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Hello,
Im a complete novice when it comes to arduinos and programming as a whole, but am trying to learn. I recently saw an application where i might be able to use an arduino board to make things easier for people.

The current application is:
A laptop is being used solely to record an audio file from a mixing board, which then the file is removed from the computer (via usb/sd card) and edited on another computer.

My idea is:
Can the laptop be eliminated by making an arduino setup that

  • Receives audio from a 1/4 or 3mm jack
  • Records said audio to a USB or SD card (doesnt have to be a specific file name, can be a generic audio001.wav)
  • Has 2 buttons, one to start the recording, another to stop recording

I tried searching and havent really found anything that has been produced or asked about in the arduino community. (i have found people making board for playing back from an SD card, kinda like a homemade mp3 player [i know mp3s cant be played, wav files only] but thats not what im looking to do) Any help on the feasibility of this would be appreciated and i will answer questions to the best of my ability. If you say "no, cant be done" please explain a little so i can also learn.

Thanks for your time

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There are 'shields' (add-on boards) for the Arduino boards for sound. Some of them are able to record sound onto an SD card.
But they are not standard boards, so you rely on software from others and that software may be good or less good. Also the quality of the sound is not as good as a common computer.

Perhaps you could use a voice recorder.