Hi Mary and thanks very much. That is interesting in that the specs for the new recorder say, "variable speed playback (up to 50 per cent slower and faster than real time. Perhaps this is in addition to what you can get when you press the play button multiple times. Don't know. It's good to see you on a list. Neal -----Original Message----- From: studiorecorder-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:studiorecorder-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Mary Emerson Sent: Tuesday, January 09, 2007 11:44 AM To: studiorecorder@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [studiorecorder] Re: Press Release on the New Olympus Machines Neal, If 1 is the normal speed for an Olympus recorder, the fastest speed is 2 and the slowest is .5 (that's point 5, or half speed.) Mary Emerson E-mail: maryemerson@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Podcast web site: http://www.emerson.libsyn.com Podcast feed: emerson.libsyn.com/rss