[access-uk] Re: mp3 recorders
- From: "phil stephenson" <phil@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 15 Jun 2007 15:08:23 +0100
Steve, Ray, Joe,
Many thanks for your comments re this.
I have pretty much ruled out the Olympus range as I do want to record in mp3
and whilst I can convert the Olympus files using something like Gold wave it
sounds like a bit of an extra step I could do without. Having said that
however it would be a lot cheaper than the Etorol r9 which is probably going
too far the other way i.e. much too sophisticated for what I want.
I am investigating mp3 players that also have voice recorder functions
although I'm not sure what the quality will be like....which reminds me, I
seem to remember hearing Brian Hartjen talk about using an Iriver to record
talks onto, this might work for me although those units seem pretty hard to
come by.
I will do some more investigating and let people know what I come up with
but in the meantime do feel free to make other suggestions.
Thanks,
Phil
-----Original Message-----
From: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of
Steve Nutt
Sent: 14 June 2007 22:38
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Subject: [access-uk] Re: mp3 recorders
Hi Ray,
The Olympus machines are indeed stereo, and come with a stereo mic. It is
not that good, but at least you can get one, and you can plug other stereo
mics into it and improve it.
All the best
Steve
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Ray's Home
Sent: 14 June 2007 17:31
To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [access-uk] Re: mp3 recorders
Yes indeed, Olympus DM50 would be an alternative, and it does have a
built-in speaker for monitoring purposes. Still, Phil did mention MP3
recording in his original message, and the Olympus is WMA only. Not that I
see that as an absolute no no, as you can soon load the files into Goldwave,
Sound Forge, or wahtever, and do a good conversion.
Not sure by the way, but maybe the Olympus is mono as opposed to the stereo
of the R09 - but then for recording readings as Phil is wanting to do,
stereo isn't necessary.
I would have suggested the Mile Stone too but I believe it only records in
.wav format.
HTH.Olyupus
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Behalf
Of Joe Paton
>Hello Phil,
A friend has just bought an olympus dm50 I think the model number is. He
was guided to this decision by a colleague of his in the states, who is
thrilled with his unit. I reckon it would be a considerable amount less
expensive than the edirol r09, and should do what you want. Obviously if
the highest fidelity is important to you, then the r09 is worth considering,
that is, if you can live with the noisy mic pre-amps in the unit. I prefer
the r1, but let it go and replaced it with the r09 when the need became
urgent. But I wish I could get an r1 instead. although the internal mics
are a little enclosed in there recordings, the pre-amps are quieter, and my
comparrison recordings show that the r1 had a better low-end frequency
response which I would benefit from as I record lots of live rock and jazz
music on the fly, and can't e q the source with either of these recorders.
good luck
Joe
> Hi All,
>
>Been off list for quite a while now so lost touch a bit with what's
>happening, good to be back and see the list is as active as ever!
>
>After some suggestions for a hardware mp3 player / recorder that I can
>use to give to my personal reader to record audio onto and then for me
>to quickly & easily dump onto my hard drive for storage & playing back
>on my bookcourier / pc. It doesn't necessarily have to be fully
>accessible for me as it will be used by a sighted person but it must be
>easily syncable with my pcc and be able to record up to record / store
>up to 5 hrs worth of
>mp3 at a time.
>
>I already have a plexter ptr2 which is great but I don't want to give
>this to my reader to take away and leave me without the rest of the
>time.
>
>I do have an old Olympus dm1 recorder but I've never found it easy to
>sync and get files off and if my memory servies me right (which is no
>guarantee!) it tends to default to recording in WAV format.
>
>Anyway your suggestions greatly appreciated.
>
>ATb,
>
>Phil
>
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