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Olympus WS-311M Digital Voice Recorder

Childrens Toy Shop > Electronics > Digital
from: Olympus

August 21, 2007
i just got this recorder and find it superb. the device is tiny, light and "dupont lighter"-stylish. i particularly like the metal buttons, much more tactile that plastic one - i know it is a small thing. I like the five-line display which provides a lot of information compared to another device i used.
now for the great part, the integrated micros are great, and the stereo effect is really a bonus. This is especially the case if you later listen with earphones.
the time elapsed versus the length of the file are displayed clearly and legibly.
i did invest in a little carry case and i am glad i did because that way i can throw the recorder into a bag and still keep it pristine.
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Olympus VN-2100PC Digital Voice Recorder with microphone

Childrens Toy Shop > Electronics > Digital
from: Olympus

August 21, 2007
Appears fine at first, but the controls have a very annoying fault - fast forwarding or rewinding is done with the same buttons that jump to another file either forward or backward, and it's very easy to accidentally jump to the end of a recording - very irritating when you're 20 minutes in to a 90 minute interview. I agree with the other comments re: Digital Wave Player - it's a pain, and life would be far simpler if the recorder could be plugged into any PC and seen as an external hard drive from which to drag and drop audio files.
Worse still, my VN-2100PC has now packed up altogether. It won't transfer files via DWP without an error message popping up halfway through the process, and it dies without warning even on fresh batteries. ... Read More:

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Olympus WS-110 Digital Voice Recorder

Childrens Toy Shop > Electronics > Digital
from: Olympus

August 21, 2007
I am very pleased with this digital recorder, which I am using for recording one to one interviews for my Masters degree dissertation. I have not needed an additional microphone and have found the recordings to be very good quality, even when recorded outside with building works going on in the background.

It is Mac compatible - I have used this feature to 'back-up' the recordings onto my Mac for peace of mind. I have not tried playing them back through my laptop but understand that Macs will need extra WMA software to do this.

A really small, neat easy to use, good quality product at a good price.

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Olympus ME-15 Tie Clip Microphone

Childrens Toy Shop > Electronics > Digital
from: Olympus

October 19, 2005
General description

Although this is a mono-microphone, it's very well suited for general higher- quality voice recordings with a WS -class 'Olympus' digital voice recorder. The microphone takes some power from the device as it operates, so its fidelity is better than you would think from just looking at the size of the device. Its colour is black and with a metallic tie clip, so it's easy to place. I would however avoid getting the microphone wet or subjecting it to strong impacts.

Why use this microphone?

If you use an Olympus digital recorder, other people as well have noticed that it's hard to boost the input levels for recordings that use 'Voice-activation'. If you apply this microphone, the input level ... Read More:

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Sony Compact Tape Recorder Silver

Childrens Toy Shop > Electronics > Digital
from: Sony

March 03, 2008
I used this machine for recording interviews as part of my social science studies and, although considerably cheaper when I bought mine, it is a good basic tape recorder with good sound quality and an excellent range. I don't see any point spending more money if this is the kind of thing you are going to use it for.

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Olympus - VN-4100PC Digital Voice Recorder

Childrens Toy Shop > Electronics > Digital
from: Olympus


Olympus - VN-4100PC Digital Voice Recorder

Excellent machine and very well priced, go for the VN4100PC, the price difference is so small the others are not worth considering. Very good microphone for personal use, it's what you would expect beyond but still fairly good.

You cannot play MP3 and you cannot download to it but you can record sound through a microphone jack. Connects well with my Pure radio. Recordings can be through the built in timer, a very useful facility.

The output file is wav and some say you cannot transfer directly to CD. However you can use a freeware program such as Audacity to edit sound files and covert to MP3 and other formats. These play well on my Palm and other MP3 players.
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Olympus VN-3100PC Digital Voice Recorder with microphone

Childrens Toy Shop > Electronics > Digital
from: Olympus

August 21, 2007
I'm happy with this product!
Only a little tihings, but is not effect how is work!
1: The memory! I think they sud put biger memory than 128MB! In X.HighQuality, is only 5h and 40min! (but if you want to joy the record, you sod use this!)
2: For the back cover of this recorder, they use a poor quality silver paint! so on the first time in your pocet, some all redy come of! Not bedly, just at the sharper corners!
But after all this I still gonna recomed this for You!

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Olympus WS-210S Digital Voice Recorder

Childrens Toy Shop > Electronics > Digital
from: Olympus

August 21, 2007
The Olympus USA site has a better product description than anywhere I have seen, so take a look. The 'S' in WS-210S = Stereo (I think), so any product without an 'S' at the end is a mono recorder.

Amazingly small and light. Files are stored in Windows Media Audio format so will play in Windows Media Player, without any need for conversion.

It has a 'USB Direct' USB plug contained withit the recorder so it can be plugged directly into a pc. It does come with a short USB extension lead just in case your PC's USB port is tucked away.

A few features described:

1) Microphone sensitivity - Low = Dictation or High = Conference; Low cuts out some background noise.

2)Takes one AAA battery.
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Olympus VN-2100 Digital Voice Recorder

Childrens Toy Shop > Electronics > Digital
from: Olympus Optical Co. (UK) Ltd

July 02, 2006
If you see USB interface in a product description you expect that you can at least plug it on to you PC and transfer files across. Maybe its going to come with some nice software that makes that easy so that you can synch the two together and keep it organised.
I was really wrong. This product only works with the software supplied, end of story.
If you're lucky you're going to be in the 75% range and it will be fine for you. Neither of my machines were, so unlucky for me. However in three or five years time when your current PC has died good luck getting the software to work with the next machine you buy.
I'm really annoyed about the lack of information before you buy about what it will and will not work with, so not even the glimmer ... Read More:

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Sony Microphone

Childrens Toy Shop > Electronics > Digital
from: Sony

March 03, 2008
Having read many reviews before purchasing this microphone I have to say that the previous comments are totally accurate. I wanted a mike that I could use with my PC to dub over videos that I edit prior to burning to disc. Previous mikes have allowed the hum of the PC hard drive to be detected and this has been eradicated with the mike. Setting the control to 90deg allows me to have total control over the input with no outside nosie interference. I have also used this mike in a church wedding via my Camcorder where previously the dialog of a church service has been difficult due to high ceilings and lots of echo. Using a 10m extension cable with no loss of qaulity I am highly delighted with the results. I aslo think the price is excellent.