What is the best olympus voice recording device to use at practice sessions etc. to record clips to post on the internet? Does anyone have any ideas or model numbers. I have heard the little hand held versions work great because they operate off a small battery and are very portable and with the included software make it easy to transfer files from the recorder for posting on the internet. Any help would be appreciated. I use windows xp operating system on my computer.
scottie
I have an Olympus WS-310M. It’s not bad. It’s also an MP3 player.
It has 2 mics for stereo recording, and a small (crappy) speaker if you
need to check a recording without plugging in headphones. You don’t
need an extra chord to interface to the PC, because the recorder itself
is a USB dongle. I’m relatively happy with it. I’ve used it to suck tunes
for learning later. The quality’s good enough to post on the Web for
general sharing between friends, though I wouldn’t use the recordings
to promote instruments, or anything… NOTE: Olympus uses WMA
when it records, so if you want to post MP3’s you will have to use
conversion software.
The only real User Interface problem I have is that it’s easy to
accidentally switch the unit on.
I have an Olympus WS-100, which is a lower-priced version of the one above. I think it has 64 MB of flash memory. I use it for dictation. With external mics and speakers/headphones, it’s pretty good quality.
http://www.olympusamerica.com/cpg_section/product.asp?product=1170
I have an Olympus DS-2 (or is it DS-20?). The stereo recording is phenomenal for such an inexpensive, compact device.
Here is a link to a previous thread: http://chiffboard.mati.ca/viewtopic.php?t=31519&highlight=olympus
I actually bought the WS-100 first, but was extremely unhappy with
the recording quality for music. It did voice OK, but I think it had a
frequency cutoff which made any instrument sound like crud. I
returned it for the WS-310M, which I figured didn’t bother with the
frequency cutoff since it was an MP3 player. Luckily, I was right.