Fwd: The Braille note Apex, and more pro tools for the mac on Innovations this week
From:Naama Erez na...@theglobalvoice.info To: whats on what...@theglobalvoice.info Hello, This week on Innovations we have the first of a 2 part interview with Matthew Janusauskas from Humanware about the new Braillenote Apex. In this part, we concentrate on the hardware and some of the software, and how it differs from previous models. We also have part 2 of the podcast from Maccessibility about pro tools, and we hear more from Slau. Innovations first airs on Tuesdays at 17UTC, that's 12pm US Eastern, 9am US pacific and 6pm in Central Europe. It repeats several times throughout the week and you can check our schedule to find the time which best suits you. As always, the program is available from our program gallery. All this happens on the Global Voice www.theglobalvoice.info Innovations also airs on Radio For Life www.radioforlife.net On Wednesdays at 12pm US Eastern, 9am Pacific, and 6pm in Central Europe, and on Sundays at 7pm US Eastern. It also airs on Taping For The Blind tapingfortheblind.org On Fridays at 4am and 4pm US Central. So join Chrissie Cochrane for another exciting edition of Innovations, from The Global Voice, the most informative, entertaining, and interactive station on the Internet. All the best, Naama Erez Executive Producer Innovations Regards Steve Email: s...@internode.on.net MSN Messenger: internetuser...@hotmail.com Skype: steve1963 Twitter: steve9782 To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: pc-audio-unsubscr...@pc-audio.org
Amadeus Pro leading the way in accessible audio editing for the Mac
It gives me extreme pleasure, satisfaction and pride! to write about some of the new features sported by the amadeus Pro multi track editor/recorder, many of which have been implemented by the author due to great feedback and interaction from users of the product. We now have a Go To and Extend Selection to location commands of command-g and command-shift-g respectively, these 2 keyboard shortcuts and menu options add yet more flexibility to an already enormously flexible and rich set of editing features that Amadeus Pro offers. As users of Amadeus Pro would know, this software is one of the very few truly accessible multi track recording/editing tools on the market whether that be for the Mac or the Windows PC, its certainly the cheapest at $45.00 U.S. and still gets rave reviews as you'll see if you look for reviews of Amadeus Pro through Google or on Amadeus Pro's own web site at http://www.hairersoft.com/Welcome.html If you're using a Windows Audio Editor and you're able to migrate to a Mac then take a trial of Amadeus Pro for a spin, you'll be amazed! at the performance differences you'll find when it comes to editing and so on, better recording implementation and so forth. My final words are simply, thank you! fellow Amadeus Pro Users for doing as I've done, sending in your comments and suggestions to the author, a great product can only keep on improving for everyone. ** Dane Trethowan From Melton Victoria Australia mailto:grtd...@internode.on.net Twitter: http://twitter.com/grtdane blog: http://www.grtdane.wordpress.com Phone United Kingdom 02032874641 Phone Australia 0390058589 Phone United States 8159261869 Fax: +61 3 9743 7954x MSN grtd...@dane-trethowan.net skype:grtdane12 ** To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: pc-audio-unsubscr...@pc-audio.org
iTunes 9 Library Questions
When I add folders to my library, how can I keep duplicate songs from being added? If duplicates have been already added is there a way to remove them? Thanks. Dan To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: pc-audio-unsubscr...@pc-audio.org
Sorry
Sorry about my previous posting. It was supposed to go to a different list. I'm using a new email program and got the wrong address. Dan To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: pc-audio-unsubscr...@pc-audio.org
looking for winamp tutorial
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sound on sound digital mixer
i am looking for an accessible sound on sound mixer with hard drive, 8 channels or more. Anyone here know of one that a blind person could access? Thanks in advance. Dan To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: pc-audio-unsubscr...@pc-audio.org
Re: Amadeus Pro leading the way in accessible audio editing for the Mac
High Dane, Are you saying, that this software will run on a windows system? Or am I misunderstanding you here about this? John. - Original Message - From: Dane Trethowan grtd...@internode.on.net To: PC Audio Discussion List Pc-audio@pc-audio.org Sent: Saturday, November 21, 2009 7:13 AM Subject: Amadeus Pro leading the way in accessible audio editing for the Mac It gives me extreme pleasure, satisfaction and pride! to write about some of the new features sported by the amadeus Pro multi track editor/recorder, many of which have been implemented by the author due to great feedback and interaction from users of the product. We now have a Go To and Extend Selection to location commands of command-g and command-shift-g respectively, these 2 keyboard shortcuts and menu options add yet more flexibility to an already enormously flexible and rich set of editing features that Amadeus Pro offers. As users of Amadeus Pro would know, this software is one of the very few truly accessible multi track recording/editing tools on the market whether that be for the Mac or the Windows PC, its certainly the cheapest at $45.00 U.S. and still gets rave reviews as you'll see if you look for reviews of Amadeus Pro through Google or on Amadeus Pro's own web site at http://www.hairersoft.com/Welcome.html If you're using a Windows Audio Editor and you're able to migrate to a Mac then take a trial of Amadeus Pro for a spin, you'll be amazed! at the performance differences you'll find when it comes to editing and so on, better recording implementation and so forth. My final words are simply, thank you! fellow Amadeus Pro Users for doing as I've done, sending in your comments and suggestions to the author, a great product can only keep on improving for everyone. ** Dane Trethowan From Melton Victoria Australia mailto:grtd...@internode.on.net Twitter: http://twitter.com/grtdane blog: http://www.grtdane.wordpress.com Phone United Kingdom 02032874641 Phone Australia 0390058589 Phone United States 8159261869 Fax: +61 3 9743 7954x MSN grtd...@dane-trethowan.net skype:grtdane12 ** To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: pc-audio-unsubscr...@pc-audio.org To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: pc-audio-unsubscr...@pc-audio.org
Re: Amadeus Pro leading the way in accessible audio editing for the Mac
No, this software will run only on a Mac, what I'm saying is that if you're able to try the software on a Mac - and you've used audio recorders/editors under Windows - then you'll notice a huge increase in performance with the Mac and Amadeus Pro compared to what you've been used to under your audio recording/editing application under Windows. On 22/11/2009, at 3:37 AM, DJ DOCTOR P wrote: High Dane, Are you saying, that this software will run on a windows system? Or am I misunderstanding you here about this? John. - Original Message - From: Dane Trethowan grtd...@internode.on.net To: PC Audio Discussion List Pc-audio@pc-audio.org Sent: Saturday, November 21, 2009 7:13 AM Subject: Amadeus Pro leading the way in accessible audio editing for the Mac It gives me extreme pleasure, satisfaction and pride! to write about some of the new features sported by the amadeus Pro multi track editor/recorder, many of which have been implemented by the author due to great feedback and interaction from users of the product. We now have a Go To and Extend Selection to location commands of command-g and command-shift-g respectively, these 2 keyboard shortcuts and menu options add yet more flexibility to an already enormously flexible and rich set of editing features that Amadeus Pro offers. As users of Amadeus Pro would know, this software is one of the very few truly accessible multi track recording/editing tools on the market whether that be for the Mac or the Windows PC, its certainly the cheapest at $45.00 U.S. and still gets rave reviews as you'll see if you look for reviews of Amadeus Pro through Google or on Amadeus Pro's own web site at http://www.hairersoft.com/Welcome.html If you're using a Windows Audio Editor and you're able to migrate to a Mac then take a trial of Amadeus Pro for a spin, you'll be amazed! at the performance differences you'll find when it comes to editing and so on, better recording implementation and so forth. My final words are simply, thank you! fellow Amadeus Pro Users for doing as I've done, sending in your comments and suggestions to the author, a great product can only keep on improving for everyone. ** Dane Trethowan From Melton Victoria Australia mailto:grtd...@internode.on.net Twitter: http://twitter.com/grtdane blog: http://www.grtdane.wordpress.com Phone United Kingdom 02032874641 Phone Australia 0390058589 Phone United States 8159261869 Fax: +61 3 9743 7954x MSN grtd...@dane-trethowan.net skype:grtdane12 ** To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: pc-audio-unsubscr...@pc-audio.org To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: pc-audio-unsubscr...@pc-audio.org ** Dane Trethowan From Melton Victoria Australia mailto:grtd...@internode.on.net Twitter: http://twitter.com/grtdane blog: http://www.grtdane.wordpress.com Phone United Kingdom 02032874641 Phone Australia 0390058589 Phone United States 8159261869 Fax: +61 3 9743 7954x MSN grtd...@dane-trethowan.net skype:grtdane12 ** To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: pc-audio-unsubscr...@pc-audio.org
Re: Amadeus Pro leading the way in accessible audio editing for theMac
High Dane, Think you for clearing that up for me. I see a Mack system in my future any way, but I'd like to still be able to do the things that I am doing with my PC. Someone told me that the Mack systems come with garage, is that a good audio editor?And, can you tell me a little something about how Voice Over works? Thinks. John. - Original Message - From: Dane Trethowan grtd...@internode.on.net To: PC Audio Discussion List pc-audio@pc-audio.org Sent: Saturday, November 21, 2009 11:52 AM Subject: Re: Amadeus Pro leading the way in accessible audio editing for theMac No, this software will run only on a Mac, what I'm saying is that if you're able to try the software on a Mac - and you've used audio recorders/editors under Windows - then you'll notice a huge increase in performance with the Mac and Amadeus Pro compared to what you've been used to under your audio recording/editing application under Windows. On 22/11/2009, at 3:37 AM, DJ DOCTOR P wrote: High Dane, Are you saying, that this software will run on a windows system? Or am I misunderstanding you here about this? John. - Original Message - From: Dane Trethowan grtd...@internode.on.net To: PC Audio Discussion List Pc-audio@pc-audio.org Sent: Saturday, November 21, 2009 7:13 AM Subject: Amadeus Pro leading the way in accessible audio editing for the Mac It gives me extreme pleasure, satisfaction and pride! to write about some of the new features sported by the amadeus Pro multi track editor/recorder, many of which have been implemented by the author due to great feedback and interaction from users of the product. We now have a Go To and Extend Selection to location commands of command-g and command-shift-g respectively, these 2 keyboard shortcuts and menu options add yet more flexibility to an already enormously flexible and rich set of editing features that Amadeus Pro offers. As users of Amadeus Pro would know, this software is one of the very few truly accessible multi track recording/editing tools on the market whether that be for the Mac or the Windows PC, its certainly the cheapest at $45.00 U.S. and still gets rave reviews as you'll see if you look for reviews of Amadeus Pro through Google or on Amadeus Pro's own web site at http://www.hairersoft.com/Welcome.html If you're using a Windows Audio Editor and you're able to migrate to a Mac then take a trial of Amadeus Pro for a spin, you'll be amazed! at the performance differences you'll find when it comes to editing and so on, better recording implementation and so forth. My final words are simply, thank you! fellow Amadeus Pro Users for doing as I've done, sending in your comments and suggestions to the author, a great product can only keep on improving for everyone. ** Dane Trethowan From Melton Victoria Australia mailto:grtd...@internode.on.net Twitter: http://twitter.com/grtdane blog: http://www.grtdane.wordpress.com Phone United Kingdom 02032874641 Phone Australia 0390058589 Phone United States 8159261869 Fax: +61 3 9743 7954x MSN grtd...@dane-trethowan.net skype:grtdane12 ** To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: pc-audio-unsubscr...@pc-audio.org To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: pc-audio-unsubscr...@pc-audio.org ** Dane Trethowan From Melton Victoria Australia mailto:grtd...@internode.on.net Twitter: http://twitter.com/grtdane blog: http://www.grtdane.wordpress.com Phone United Kingdom 02032874641 Phone Australia 0390058589 Phone United States 8159261869 Fax: +61 3 9743 7954x MSN grtd...@dane-trethowan.net skype:grtdane12 ** To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: pc-audio-unsubscr...@pc-audio.org To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: pc-audio-unsubscr...@pc-audio.org
Goldwave, a new laptop and windows 7.
Hi, I originally purchased my goldwave program to work on my xp computer. My wife has just begun using a new laptop with windows 7. Without buying a new version of Goldwave, How would I transfer my program to her laptop? Would goldwave work on Windows 7? Thanks, Vinny To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: pc-audio-unsubscr...@pc-audio.org
Re: Amadeus Pro leading the way in accessible audio editing for theMac
There's no reason why you can't do the things you're currently doing now on a Mac with Windows if that's what you want to do, there are a number of ways to do this though I'm afraid they're off topic for this list smile, suffice to say that you may find - as others have done - yourself using Windows less and less once you start to use your Mac but again, another discussion for another time perhaps. Garage Band is a recording facility which allows the recording of music, audio and I think it does multi track recording too! though its something I've never investigated to be honest, you can find out more about it at http://www.icanworkthisthing.com where you'll find excellent tutorials on the product and how to access it on your Mac with Voiceover and yep! it comes with the operating system of your Mac as standard. On 22/11/2009, at 4:08 AM, DJ DOCTOR P wrote: High Dane, Think you for clearing that up for me. I see a Mack system in my future any way, but I'd like to still be able to do the things that I am doing with my PC. Someone told me that the Mack systems come with garage, is that a good audio editor?And, can you tell me a little something about how Voice Over works? Thinks. John. - Original Message - From: Dane Trethowan grtd...@internode.on.net To: PC Audio Discussion List pc-audio@pc-audio.org Sent: Saturday, November 21, 2009 11:52 AM Subject: Re: Amadeus Pro leading the way in accessible audio editing for theMac No, this software will run only on a Mac, what I'm saying is that if you're able to try the software on a Mac - and you've used audio recorders/editors under Windows - then you'll notice a huge increase in performance with the Mac and Amadeus Pro compared to what you've been used to under your audio recording/editing application under Windows. On 22/11/2009, at 3:37 AM, DJ DOCTOR P wrote: High Dane, Are you saying, that this software will run on a windows system? Or am I misunderstanding you here about this? John. - Original Message - From: Dane Trethowan grtd...@internode.on.net To: PC Audio Discussion List Pc-audio@pc-audio.org Sent: Saturday, November 21, 2009 7:13 AM Subject: Amadeus Pro leading the way in accessible audio editing for the Mac It gives me extreme pleasure, satisfaction and pride! to write about some of the new features sported by the amadeus Pro multi track editor/recorder, many of which have been implemented by the author due to great feedback and interaction from users of the product. We now have a Go To and Extend Selection to location commands of command-g and command-shift-g respectively, these 2 keyboard shortcuts and menu options add yet more flexibility to an already enormously flexible and rich set of editing features that Amadeus Pro offers. As users of Amadeus Pro would know, this software is one of the very few truly accessible multi track recording/editing tools on the market whether that be for the Mac or the Windows PC, its certainly the cheapest at $45.00 U.S. and still gets rave reviews as you'll see if you look for reviews of Amadeus Pro through Google or on Amadeus Pro's own web site at http://www.hairersoft.com/Welcome.html If you're using a Windows Audio Editor and you're able to migrate to a Mac then take a trial of Amadeus Pro for a spin, you'll be amazed! at the performance differences you'll find when it comes to editing and so on, better recording implementation and so forth. My final words are simply, thank you! fellow Amadeus Pro Users for doing as I've done, sending in your comments and suggestions to the author, a great product can only keep on improving for everyone. ** Dane Trethowan From Melton Victoria Australia mailto:grtd...@internode.on.net Twitter: http://twitter.com/grtdane blog: http://www.grtdane.wordpress.com Phone United Kingdom 02032874641 Phone Australia 0390058589 Phone United States 8159261869 Fax: +61 3 9743 7954x MSN grtd...@dane-trethowan.net skype:grtdane12 ** To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: pc-audio-unsubscr...@pc-audio.org To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: pc-audio-unsubscr...@pc-audio.org ** Dane Trethowan From Melton Victoria Australia mailto:grtd...@internode.on.net Twitter: http://twitter.com/grtdane blog: http://www.grtdane.wordpress.com Phone United Kingdom 02032874641 Phone Australia 0390058589 Phone United States 8159261869 Fax: +61 3 9743 7954x MSN grtd...@dane-trethowan.net skype:grtdane12 ** To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: pc-audio-unsubscr...@pc-audio.org To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: pc-audio-unsubscr...@pc-audio.org ** Dane Trethowan From Melton Victoria Australia
Re: Goldwave, a new laptop and windows 7.
as I understand it, the latest version of 4.55 will work with Windows 7 just fine. I don't know about how Windows 7 works at this point though I'm likely to find out in the coming week with the purchase of a Toshiba L300 notebook smile but I would imagine that all you have to do is to download the file, install it onto your Windows 7 computer and enter your registration key? On 22/11/2009, at 5:12 AM, Vinny Samarco wrote: Hi, I originally purchased my goldwave program to work on my xp computer. My wife has just begun using a new laptop with windows 7. Without buying a new version of Goldwave, How would I transfer my program to her laptop? Would goldwave work on Windows 7? Thanks, Vinny To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: pc-audio-unsubscr...@pc-audio.org ** Dane Trethowan From Melton Victoria Australia mailto:grtd...@internode.on.net Twitter: http://twitter.com/grtdane blog: http://www.grtdane.wordpress.com Phone United Kingdom 02032874641 Phone Australia 0390058589 Phone United States 8159261869 Fax: +61 3 9743 7954x MSN grtd...@dane-trethowan.net skype:grtdane12 ** To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: pc-audio-unsubscr...@pc-audio.org
Re: Amadeus Pro leading the way in accessible audio editing for theMac
I sure would love to hear a podcast of blind people using Amadeus Pro on the Mac. I'd like to hear how well it works with setting parameters in plugins. Does it work with MIDI? Bob To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: pc-audio-unsubscr...@pc-audio.org
Re: Amadeus Pro leading the way in accessible audio editing for theMac
Okay, I did the first Amadeus Pro podcast quite some time ago and I haven't had a cance to do another yet, you'll find it at http://www.blindcooltech.com No, Amadeus Pro is purely an Audio editor/recorder and - to my knowledge - doesn't work with MIDI though you can use VST plug-ins and the like with it. I've used these plug-ins before, select them from the appropriate menu, tweak the settings, press the Okay button and the effect or whatever is applied to the portion of the sound you've selected etc. Robert Logue wrote: I sure would love to hear a podcast of blind people using Amadeus Pro on the Mac. I'd like to hear how well it works with setting parameters in plugins. Does it work with MIDI? Bob To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: pc-audio-unsubscr...@pc-audio.org __ Information from ESET Smart Security, version of virus signature database 4627 (20091121) __ The message was checked by ESET Smart Security. http://www.eset.com -- Dane Trethowan From Melton Victoria Australia mailto:grtd...@internode.on.net Phone United Kingdom 02032874641 Phone Australia :0390058589 Phone United States :8159261869 Fax (+61 3) 9743 7954 Mobile/SMS +61 438 571201 MSN grtd...@dane-trethowan.net skype:grtdane12 Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/grtdane blog: http://www.grtdane.wordpress.com __ Information from ESET Smart Security, version of virus signature database 4627 (20091121) __ The message was checked by ESET Smart Security. http://www.eset.com To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: pc-audio-unsubscr...@pc-audio.org
Re: Digital recorders again - Plextalk Pocket and Olympus DS-71
hi all! am seriously debating between a ds71 and a dm520, only thing stopping me from the dm520 is the not included stereo mike like that comes with the ds71, also, is there any other recorders with 4 gig or grater copasity, built in speech and a mike or 2 included with the product? thanks for help! - Original Message - From: Lauren lotusris...@att.net To: PC Audio Discussion List pc-audio@pc-audio.org Sent: Thursday, October 08, 2009 6:48 Subject: Re: Digital recorders again - Plextalk Pocket and Olympus DS-71 Hi, Can someone please talk about the cost f these items? I am looking for a digital recorder that you can take anywhere, that has a good sound quality, but that is also affordable. I am on a budget. Sincerely, Lauren - Original Message - From: Tim Noonan t...@timnoonan.com.au To: 'PC Audio Discussion List' pc-audio@pc-audio.org Sent: Wednesday, October 07, 2009 7:35 PM Subject: RE: Digital recorders again - Plextalk Pocket and Olympus DS-71 I would guess, in the absence of no hard comparative data, that the audio recording quality of the Pocket is quite a bit better than is the Olympus DS-71, which I do have. I find the Olympus, across a range of external mics does have a degree of background hiss (preamp noise or circuit noise). This is the case when set to wave recording and manual mic input levels. Also, The Olympus doesn't actually have a line in, only a mic in port, so I am curious about line in recording quality, and whether you are using an attenuation cable to reduce the line in signal to mic levels? That all said, I absolutely love my Olympus DS-71 in so many ways, and for so many reasons: its extraordinarily flexible and effective voice recording capabilities, battery life and replaceable batteries, and especially its super compact size makes it a take everywhere audio device. Speaker monitoring of line in recordings, and audible recording level feedback are features unique to the Plextalk recorders. Regards Tim -Original Message-t From: pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of G-Dog Sent: Thursday, October 08, 2009 10:20 AM To: PC Audio Discussion List Subject: Re: Digital recorders again. Agreed! accessability is a very important factor but it doesn't equate to performance. I use the olympus DS-71 which does an excellent job for both mike and line in recordings. Yes, you can monitor through headphones. I also like the fact that it uses AAA batteries that makes it easy to swap them out if needed. I hear the Edital R9 is also a nifty unit G-Doggy-dog! - Original Message - From: Bruce Toews br...@ogts.net To: PC Audio Discussion List pc-audio@pc-audio.org Sent: Wednesday, October 07, 2009 12:01 PM Subject: Re: Digital recorders again. That statement should probably be qualified: It may well be the most excellent recording device in its class on the market, I couldn't say but have no reason to believe otherwise, but there are better recording devices on the market. Sweeping statements are dangerous. Bruce On Wed, 7 Oct 2009 12:56:11 -0500, Sunshine sunsh...@abe.midco.net said: I totally agree with you Dean, the plextalk pocket is the most exclent recording device on the market these days. - Original Message - From: dean martineau dea...@earthlink.net To: 'PC Audio Discussion List' pc-audio@pc-audio.org Sent: Wednesday, October 07, 2009 12:36 PM Subject: RE: Digital recorders again. What I know is that the PlexTalk Pocket is totally accessible, nicely packaged, has both manual and automatic level control, and does a very nice job of recording from the line injack. I doubt any other digital recorder provides as much feedback, as this one is made for the blind. Of course, it may (or may not, I don't know) cost more than others of similar quality, but there's no guesswork involved. It's nice to be able to monitor through the speaker when making a line-in recording. Dean -Original Message- From: pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of Tim Crawford Sent: Wednesday, October 07, 2009 9:27 AM To: PC Audio Discussion List Subject: Digital recorders again. Hi all, Just wondering, which one of the flash memory based recorders recently discussed here, would be most suitable for making high quality recordings from an external source via line-in? e.g. a satellite receiver. I don't intend recording via microphone, so that particular aspect of performance is of limited interest. Any views much appreciated. Cheers, Tim. To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: pc-audio-unsubscr...@pc-audio.org __ Information from ESET Smart Security, version of virus signature database 4487 (20091007) __ The message was checked by ESET Smart Security. http://www.eset.com To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: pc-audio-unsubscr...@pc-audio.org To unsubscribe from this
Re: Digital recorders again - Plextalk Pocket and Olympus DS-71
Doesn't the dm-520 have a built-in stereo mic? - Original Message - From: tim isfe...@gmail.com To: PC Audio Discussion List pc-audio@pc-audio.org Sent: Saturday, November 21, 2009 3:33 PM Subject: Re: Digital recorders again - Plextalk Pocket and Olympus DS-71 hi all! am seriously debating between a ds71 and a dm520, only thing stopping me from the dm520 is the not included stereo mike like that comes with the ds71, also, is there any other recorders with 4 gig or grater copasity, built in speech and a mike or 2 included with the product? thanks for help! - Original Message - From: Lauren lotusris...@att.net To: PC Audio Discussion List pc-audio@pc-audio.org Sent: Thursday, October 08, 2009 6:48 Subject: Re: Digital recorders again - Plextalk Pocket and Olympus DS-71 Hi, Can someone please talk about the cost f these items? I am looking for a digital recorder that you can take anywhere, that has a good sound quality, but that is also affordable. I am on a budget. Sincerely, Lauren - Original Message - From: Tim Noonan t...@timnoonan.com.au To: 'PC Audio Discussion List' pc-audio@pc-audio.org Sent: Wednesday, October 07, 2009 7:35 PM Subject: RE: Digital recorders again - Plextalk Pocket and Olympus DS-71 I would guess, in the absence of no hard comparative data, that the audio recording quality of the Pocket is quite a bit better than is the Olympus DS-71, which I do have. I find the Olympus, across a range of external mics does have a degree of background hiss (preamp noise or circuit noise). This is the case when set to wave recording and manual mic input levels. Also, The Olympus doesn't actually have a line in, only a mic in port, so I am curious about line in recording quality, and whether you are using an attenuation cable to reduce the line in signal to mic levels? That all said, I absolutely love my Olympus DS-71 in so many ways, and for so many reasons: its extraordinarily flexible and effective voice recording capabilities, battery life and replaceable batteries, and especially its super compact size makes it a take everywhere audio device. Speaker monitoring of line in recordings, and audible recording level feedback are features unique to the Plextalk recorders. Regards Tim -Original Message-t From: pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of G-Dog Sent: Thursday, October 08, 2009 10:20 AM To: PC Audio Discussion List Subject: Re: Digital recorders again. Agreed! accessability is a very important factor but it doesn't equate to performance. I use the olympus DS-71 which does an excellent job for both mike and line in recordings. Yes, you can monitor through headphones. I also like the fact that it uses AAA batteries that makes it easy to swap them out if needed. I hear the Edital R9 is also a nifty unit G-Doggy-dog! - Original Message - From: Bruce Toews br...@ogts.net To: PC Audio Discussion List pc-audio@pc-audio.org Sent: Wednesday, October 07, 2009 12:01 PM Subject: Re: Digital recorders again. That statement should probably be qualified: It may well be the most excellent recording device in its class on the market, I couldn't say but have no reason to believe otherwise, but there are better recording devices on the market. Sweeping statements are dangerous. Bruce On Wed, 7 Oct 2009 12:56:11 -0500, Sunshine sunsh...@abe.midco.net said: I totally agree with you Dean, the plextalk pocket is the most exclent recording device on the market these days. - Original Message - From: dean martineau dea...@earthlink.net To: 'PC Audio Discussion List' pc-audio@pc-audio.org Sent: Wednesday, October 07, 2009 12:36 PM Subject: RE: Digital recorders again. What I know is that the PlexTalk Pocket is totally accessible, nicely packaged, has both manual and automatic level control, and does a very nice job of recording from the line injack. I doubt any other digital recorder provides as much feedback, as this one is made for the blind. Of course, it may (or may not, I don't know) cost more than others of similar quality, but there's no guesswork involved. It's nice to be able to monitor through the speaker when making a line-in recording. Dean -Original Message- From: pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of Tim Crawford Sent: Wednesday, October 07, 2009 9:27 AM To: PC Audio Discussion List Subject: Digital recorders again. Hi all, Just wondering, which one of the flash memory based recorders recently discussed here, would be most suitable for making high quality recordings from an external source via line-in? e.g. a satellite receiver. I don't intend recording via microphone, so that particular aspect of performance is of limited interest. Any views much appreciated. Cheers, Tim. To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: pc-audio-unsubscr...@pc-audio.org __
Re: Digital recorders again - Plextalk Pocket and Olympus DS-71
as far as I know it does, to be a bit more clear, I do alot! of automobile recordings, just random outdoors, some indoor recordings, and am looking for something that will get almost crystal clear sound, for the past 5 years, I have been using a dell latitude d520's built in mike with audacity and only problem some times is the computer emits a ringing noise not to loud that if I am for example recording a startup of a vehicle it will over power it at all, but if its killed or I turn the vehicle off the sound can be herd some times. thanks again! - Original Message - From: Jamie Pauls jamiepa...@sbcglobal.net To: PC Audio Discussion List pc-audio@pc-audio.org Sent: Saturday, November 21, 2009 16:33 Subject: Re: Digital recorders again - Plextalk Pocket and Olympus DS-71 Doesn't the dm-520 have a built-in stereo mic? - Original Message - From: tim isfe...@gmail.com To: PC Audio Discussion List pc-audio@pc-audio.org Sent: Saturday, November 21, 2009 3:33 PM Subject: Re: Digital recorders again - Plextalk Pocket and Olympus DS-71 hi all! am seriously debating between a ds71 and a dm520, only thing stopping me from the dm520 is the not included stereo mike like that comes with the ds71, also, is there any other recorders with 4 gig or grater copasity, built in speech and a mike or 2 included with the product? thanks for help! - Original Message - From: Lauren lotusris...@att.net To: PC Audio Discussion List pc-audio@pc-audio.org Sent: Thursday, October 08, 2009 6:48 Subject: Re: Digital recorders again - Plextalk Pocket and Olympus DS-71 Hi, Can someone please talk about the cost f these items? I am looking for a digital recorder that you can take anywhere, that has a good sound quality, but that is also affordable. I am on a budget. Sincerely, Lauren - Original Message - From: Tim Noonan t...@timnoonan.com.au To: 'PC Audio Discussion List' pc-audio@pc-audio.org Sent: Wednesday, October 07, 2009 7:35 PM Subject: RE: Digital recorders again - Plextalk Pocket and Olympus DS-71 I would guess, in the absence of no hard comparative data, that the audio recording quality of the Pocket is quite a bit better than is the Olympus DS-71, which I do have. I find the Olympus, across a range of external mics does have a degree of background hiss (preamp noise or circuit noise). This is the case when set to wave recording and manual mic input levels. Also, The Olympus doesn't actually have a line in, only a mic in port, so I am curious about line in recording quality, and whether you are using an attenuation cable to reduce the line in signal to mic levels? That all said, I absolutely love my Olympus DS-71 in so many ways, and for so many reasons: its extraordinarily flexible and effective voice recording capabilities, battery life and replaceable batteries, and especially its super compact size makes it a take everywhere audio device. Speaker monitoring of line in recordings, and audible recording level feedback are features unique to the Plextalk recorders. Regards Tim -Original Message-t From: pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of G-Dog Sent: Thursday, October 08, 2009 10:20 AM To: PC Audio Discussion List Subject: Re: Digital recorders again. Agreed! accessability is a very important factor but it doesn't equate to performance. I use the olympus DS-71 which does an excellent job for both mike and line in recordings. Yes, you can monitor through headphones. I also like the fact that it uses AAA batteries that makes it easy to swap them out if needed. I hear the Edital R9 is also a nifty unit G-Doggy-dog! - Original Message - From: Bruce Toews br...@ogts.net To: PC Audio Discussion List pc-audio@pc-audio.org Sent: Wednesday, October 07, 2009 12:01 PM Subject: Re: Digital recorders again. That statement should probably be qualified: It may well be the most excellent recording device in its class on the market, I couldn't say but have no reason to believe otherwise, but there are better recording devices on the market. Sweeping statements are dangerous. Bruce On Wed, 7 Oct 2009 12:56:11 -0500, Sunshine sunsh...@abe.midco.net said: I totally agree with you Dean, the plextalk pocket is the most exclent recording device on the market these days. - Original Message - From: dean martineau dea...@earthlink.net To: 'PC Audio Discussion List' pc-audio@pc-audio.org Sent: Wednesday, October 07, 2009 12:36 PM Subject: RE: Digital recorders again. What I know is that the PlexTalk Pocket is totally accessible, nicely packaged, has both manual and automatic level control, and does a very nice job of recording from the line injack. I doubt any other digital recorder provides as much feedback, as this one is made for the blind. Of course, it may (or may not, I don't know) cost more than others of similar quality, but there's no guesswork involved. It's
Winamp Question
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Re: Digital recorders again - Plextalk Pocket and Olympus DS-71
so not sure what one to get the ds71 is more expensive, but not sure - Original Message - From: Jamie Pauls jamiepa...@sbcglobal.net To: PC Audio Discussion List pc-audio@pc-audio.org Sent: Saturday, November 21, 2009 16:33 Subject: Re: Digital recorders again - Plextalk Pocket and Olympus DS-71 Doesn't the dm-520 have a built-in stereo mic? - Original Message - From: tim isfe...@gmail.com To: PC Audio Discussion List pc-audio@pc-audio.org Sent: Saturday, November 21, 2009 3:33 PM Subject: Re: Digital recorders again - Plextalk Pocket and Olympus DS-71 hi all! am seriously debating between a ds71 and a dm520, only thing stopping me from the dm520 is the not included stereo mike like that comes with the ds71, also, is there any other recorders with 4 gig or grater copasity, built in speech and a mike or 2 included with the product? thanks for help! - Original Message - From: Lauren lotusris...@att.net To: PC Audio Discussion List pc-audio@pc-audio.org Sent: Thursday, October 08, 2009 6:48 Subject: Re: Digital recorders again - Plextalk Pocket and Olympus DS-71 Hi, Can someone please talk about the cost f these items? I am looking for a digital recorder that you can take anywhere, that has a good sound quality, but that is also affordable. I am on a budget. Sincerely, Lauren - Original Message - From: Tim Noonan t...@timnoonan.com.au To: 'PC Audio Discussion List' pc-audio@pc-audio.org Sent: Wednesday, October 07, 2009 7:35 PM Subject: RE: Digital recorders again - Plextalk Pocket and Olympus DS-71 I would guess, in the absence of no hard comparative data, that the audio recording quality of the Pocket is quite a bit better than is the Olympus DS-71, which I do have. I find the Olympus, across a range of external mics does have a degree of background hiss (preamp noise or circuit noise). This is the case when set to wave recording and manual mic input levels. Also, The Olympus doesn't actually have a line in, only a mic in port, so I am curious about line in recording quality, and whether you are using an attenuation cable to reduce the line in signal to mic levels? That all said, I absolutely love my Olympus DS-71 in so many ways, and for so many reasons: its extraordinarily flexible and effective voice recording capabilities, battery life and replaceable batteries, and especially its super compact size makes it a take everywhere audio device. Speaker monitoring of line in recordings, and audible recording level feedback are features unique to the Plextalk recorders. Regards Tim -Original Message-t From: pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of G-Dog Sent: Thursday, October 08, 2009 10:20 AM To: PC Audio Discussion List Subject: Re: Digital recorders again. Agreed! accessability is a very important factor but it doesn't equate to performance. I use the olympus DS-71 which does an excellent job for both mike and line in recordings. Yes, you can monitor through headphones. I also like the fact that it uses AAA batteries that makes it easy to swap them out if needed. I hear the Edital R9 is also a nifty unit G-Doggy-dog! - Original Message - From: Bruce Toews br...@ogts.net To: PC Audio Discussion List pc-audio@pc-audio.org Sent: Wednesday, October 07, 2009 12:01 PM Subject: Re: Digital recorders again. That statement should probably be qualified: It may well be the most excellent recording device in its class on the market, I couldn't say but have no reason to believe otherwise, but there are better recording devices on the market. Sweeping statements are dangerous. Bruce On Wed, 7 Oct 2009 12:56:11 -0500, Sunshine sunsh...@abe.midco.net said: I totally agree with you Dean, the plextalk pocket is the most exclent recording device on the market these days. - Original Message - From: dean martineau dea...@earthlink.net To: 'PC Audio Discussion List' pc-audio@pc-audio.org Sent: Wednesday, October 07, 2009 12:36 PM Subject: RE: Digital recorders again. What I know is that the PlexTalk Pocket is totally accessible, nicely packaged, has both manual and automatic level control, and does a very nice job of recording from the line injack. I doubt any other digital recorder provides as much feedback, as this one is made for the blind. Of course, it may (or may not, I don't know) cost more than others of similar quality, but there's no guesswork involved. It's nice to be able to monitor through the speaker when making a line-in recording. Dean -Original Message- From: pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of Tim Crawford Sent: Wednesday, October 07, 2009 9:27 AM To: PC Audio Discussion List Subject: Digital recorders again. Hi all, Just wondering, which one of the flash memory based recorders recently discussed here, would be most suitable for making high quality recordings from an
Re: burning a cd with windows media player 11 question
Hi there, here is how it should work. Burning an audio cd 1. Insert a blank CDR disc into your CDRW drive. 2. A dialog window should pop up after a few seconds. Your screenreader should say, CDRW (and the letter of that drive.) You are in a list view, Press the up or down arrow until you highlight open rittible cd using windows explorer. Tab to the OK button and hit enter. You could also just press the letter o followed by enter to open the same cd folder. 3. Now hold down the right windows key and hit the letter E. This will bring up Windows Explorer. You will land in the treeview on My Computer. If the files you are looking for is located in My Documents, arrow up one time then tab, and then you should be in a list of the files that are in My Documents. If the files are not in My Documents, then tab one time, hit L for local drive, hit enter. Now you are in a list of folders contained on your C: or main drive. Navigate to where the files you want to burn are located. 4. Now it is basically a copy and paste process. Select the files you want to burn either one at a time or group at a time, and hit Control C to copy the files. Remember that to select files, hold down the left control key and press the space bar on those files you wish to select. If you press the spacebar and you hear the file's name spoken followed by unselected, press the spacebar again and that file will be selected. You usually only need press the spacebar once on each file. Remember to not let go of the control key while highlighting files. If you happen to accidently let go of the control key and then arrow down once to the next file, all files are unselected. 5. Now hit alt tab to go to the CDRW drive dialog. Then hit Control V to paste those files to the CDRW drive folder. 6. If you have more files to burn, use Alt Tab to switch between the two windows. Do steps 4 5 until all of the files you want to burn are copied over. NOTE: Remember the 700 MB limit per CD. Make sure the total of all of your files does not go over that limit. 7. Now once you are done copying and ready to burn, Alt Tab until you are in the CDRW Drive dialog. 8. Hit Alt F for the file menu. Hit enter on the first choice, which should be, write these files to CD. 9. This will bring up the CD burning Wizard dialog. You will be put in a CD name: edit box. The date is automatically put into this box by default. To give your CD a name, first hit the delete key to clear the edit box, then type what you would like to name the CD. 10. Then just tab to the next button and hit the space bar. 11. You are given the choice of two radio buttons. The highlighted one is make an audio cd for standard audio cd players. The second radio button is make a data cd for computer and some cd players. 12.Tab to next and press enter or the space bar. 13. Window media player will open.Tab to burn button and press the space bar. 14. Tab to start burn and press the space bar or enter. The burning process will start. When it is done writing, your CD drive door should automatically pop out so you can remove the CD. You will be placed back into Windows Media Player with the start burn buttonhighlighted. I hope the above instructions helped you accomplish what you were wanting to do! - Original Message - From: Don Lorah donlo...@verizon.net To: PC Audio Discussion List pc-audio@pc-audio.org Sent: Friday, November 20, 2009 2:06 PM Subject: Re: burning a cd with windows media player 11 question I have two problems: When I try to paste files, Windows says: Windows has a problem copying; these are mp3 files. Second, after opening the wizzard, I do not get the choice of: audio or beta. Pressing next immediately burns a beta and not an audio. Disc is then unusable. Any help appreciated, thanks, Don - Original Message - From: DJ DOCTOR P djdoct...@att.net To: PC Audio Discussion List pc-audio@pc-audio.org Sent: Friday, November 20, 2009 1:53 PM Subject: Re: burning a cd with windows media player 11 question High Dan, When the CD writing wizard comes up, it will give you 2 choices. It will give you the option to make a data CD or to make an audio CD. Scroll down to make an audio CD in then press inter for Jaws or click the next button for Window Eyes. From that point on, you should be good to go. My best regards! John. - Original Message - From: dan thompson dthomps...@mchsi.com To: PC Audio Discussion List pc-audio@pc-audio.org Sent: Friday, November 20, 2009 6:15 AM Subject: burning a cd with windows media player 11 question Can someone please give the step-by- step for burning audio with WMP11. After I open the wizzard, and press, next, the burning begins and I have a beta cd when I want an audio. About one in ten tries I do actually get the menu choice of beta or audio. How can I always get this choice? Any
Re: burning a cd with windows media player 11 question
thank you very much for the guidance. - Original Message - From: Cornell Ligon cjli...@msn.com To: PC Audio Discussion List pc-audio@pc-audio.org Sent: Friday, November 20, 2009 8:18 AM Subject: RE: burning a cd with windows media player 11 question Hi, open the player and tab down to burn settings. Press enter there and move arrow down once. You will then have the option to select audio or data cd - make sure the audio is checked. HTH! Best Regards, Cornell From: dthomps...@mchsi.com To: pc-audio@pc-audio.org Subject: burning a cd with windows media player 11 question Date: Fri, 20 Nov 2009 05:15:10 -0600 Can someone please give the step-by- step for burning audio with WMP11. After I open the wizzard, and press, next, the burning begins and I have a beta cd when I want an audio. About one in ten tries I do actually get the menu choice of beta or audio. How can I always get this choice? Any help appreciated, I am using win-xp pro with Window-eyes 7.1. Thahnks in advance. To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: pc-audio-unsubscr...@pc-audio.org To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: pc-audio-unsubscr...@pc-audio.org To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: pc-audio-unsubscr...@pc-audio.org
Re: Digital recorders again - Plextalk Pocket and Olympus DS-71
I would go for the DM-520, because you can split wave files and parcial erase them to! I think they will phase out the DS-71 soon anyway. - Original Message - From: tim isfe...@gmail.com To: PC Audio Discussion List pc-audio@pc-audio.org Sent: Saturday, November 21, 2009 7:26 PM Subject: Re: Digital recorders again - Plextalk Pocket and Olympus DS-71 so not sure what one to get the ds71 is more expensive, but not sure - Original Message - From: Jamie Pauls jamiepa...@sbcglobal.net To: PC Audio Discussion List pc-audio@pc-audio.org Sent: Saturday, November 21, 2009 16:33 Subject: Re: Digital recorders again - Plextalk Pocket and Olympus DS-71 Doesn't the dm-520 have a built-in stereo mic? - Original Message - From: tim isfe...@gmail.com To: PC Audio Discussion List pc-audio@pc-audio.org Sent: Saturday, November 21, 2009 3:33 PM Subject: Re: Digital recorders again - Plextalk Pocket and Olympus DS-71 hi all! am seriously debating between a ds71 and a dm520, only thing stopping me from the dm520 is the not included stereo mike like that comes with the ds71, also, is there any other recorders with 4 gig or grater copasity, built in speech and a mike or 2 included with the product? thanks for help! - Original Message - From: Lauren lotusris...@att.net To: PC Audio Discussion List pc-audio@pc-audio.org Sent: Thursday, October 08, 2009 6:48 Subject: Re: Digital recorders again - Plextalk Pocket and Olympus DS-71 Hi, Can someone please talk about the cost f these items? I am looking for a digital recorder that you can take anywhere, that has a good sound quality, but that is also affordable. I am on a budget. Sincerely, Lauren - Original Message - From: Tim Noonan t...@timnoonan.com.au To: 'PC Audio Discussion List' pc-audio@pc-audio.org Sent: Wednesday, October 07, 2009 7:35 PM Subject: RE: Digital recorders again - Plextalk Pocket and Olympus DS-71 I would guess, in the absence of no hard comparative data, that the audio recording quality of the Pocket is quite a bit better than is the Olympus DS-71, which I do have. I find the Olympus, across a range of external mics does have a degree of background hiss (preamp noise or circuit noise). This is the case when set to wave recording and manual mic input levels. Also, The Olympus doesn't actually have a line in, only a mic in port, so I am curious about line in recording quality, and whether you are using an attenuation cable to reduce the line in signal to mic levels? That all said, I absolutely love my Olympus DS-71 in so many ways, and for so many reasons: its extraordinarily flexible and effective voice recording capabilities, battery life and replaceable batteries, and especially its super compact size makes it a take everywhere audio device. Speaker monitoring of line in recordings, and audible recording level feedback are features unique to the Plextalk recorders. Regards Tim -Original Message-t From: pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of G-Dog Sent: Thursday, October 08, 2009 10:20 AM To: PC Audio Discussion List Subject: Re: Digital recorders again. Agreed! accessability is a very important factor but it doesn't equate to performance. I use the olympus DS-71 which does an excellent job for both mike and line in recordings. Yes, you can monitor through headphones. I also like the fact that it uses AAA batteries that makes it easy to swap them out if needed. I hear the Edital R9 is also a nifty unit G-Doggy-dog! - Original Message - From: Bruce Toews br...@ogts.net To: PC Audio Discussion List pc-audio@pc-audio.org Sent: Wednesday, October 07, 2009 12:01 PM Subject: Re: Digital recorders again. That statement should probably be qualified: It may well be the most excellent recording device in its class on the market, I couldn't say but have no reason to believe otherwise, but there are better recording devices on the market. Sweeping statements are dangerous. Bruce On Wed, 7 Oct 2009 12:56:11 -0500, Sunshine sunsh...@abe.midco.net said: I totally agree with you Dean, the plextalk pocket is the most exclent recording device on the market these days. - Original Message - From: dean martineau dea...@earthlink.net To: 'PC Audio Discussion List' pc-audio@pc-audio.org Sent: Wednesday, October 07, 2009 12:36 PM Subject: RE: Digital recorders again. What I know is that the PlexTalk Pocket is totally accessible, nicely packaged, has both manual and automatic level control, and does a very nice job of recording from the line injack. I doubt any other digital recorder provides as much feedback, as this one is made for the blind. Of course, it may (or may not, I don't know) cost more than others of similar quality, but there's no guesswork involved. It's nice to be able to monitor through the speaker when making a line-in recording. Dean -Original
Re: Digital recorders again - Plextalk Pocket and Olympus DS-71
awsome yeah everyone been saying that, some one else said olimpus nasty stuff! lol to go the the zume, soney, or ederel which none of which speak guess they figured it out reading the manuals and what not. thing is, the dm520 it comes with a detachable mike right? the list that has whats included doesn't say its in there how ever the ds71 has one in there a stereo mike and remote. - Original Message - From: Gary Schindler garys5...@comcast.net To: PC Audio Discussion List pc-audio@pc-audio.org Sent: Saturday, November 21, 2009 20:29 Subject: Re: Digital recorders again - Plextalk Pocket and Olympus DS-71 I would go for the DM-520, because you can split wave files and parcial erase them to! I think they will phase out the DS-71 soon anyway. - Original Message - From: tim isfe...@gmail.com To: PC Audio Discussion List pc-audio@pc-audio.org Sent: Saturday, November 21, 2009 7:26 PM Subject: Re: Digital recorders again - Plextalk Pocket and Olympus DS-71 so not sure what one to get the ds71 is more expensive, but not sure - Original Message - From: Jamie Pauls jamiepa...@sbcglobal.net To: PC Audio Discussion List pc-audio@pc-audio.org Sent: Saturday, November 21, 2009 16:33 Subject: Re: Digital recorders again - Plextalk Pocket and Olympus DS-71 Doesn't the dm-520 have a built-in stereo mic? - Original Message - From: tim isfe...@gmail.com To: PC Audio Discussion List pc-audio@pc-audio.org Sent: Saturday, November 21, 2009 3:33 PM Subject: Re: Digital recorders again - Plextalk Pocket and Olympus DS-71 hi all! am seriously debating between a ds71 and a dm520, only thing stopping me from the dm520 is the not included stereo mike like that comes with the ds71, also, is there any other recorders with 4 gig or grater copasity, built in speech and a mike or 2 included with the product? thanks for help! - Original Message - From: Lauren lotusris...@att.net To: PC Audio Discussion List pc-audio@pc-audio.org Sent: Thursday, October 08, 2009 6:48 Subject: Re: Digital recorders again - Plextalk Pocket and Olympus DS-71 Hi, Can someone please talk about the cost f these items? I am looking for a digital recorder that you can take anywhere, that has a good sound quality, but that is also affordable. I am on a budget. Sincerely, Lauren - Original Message - From: Tim Noonan t...@timnoonan.com.au To: 'PC Audio Discussion List' pc-audio@pc-audio.org Sent: Wednesday, October 07, 2009 7:35 PM Subject: RE: Digital recorders again - Plextalk Pocket and Olympus DS-71 I would guess, in the absence of no hard comparative data, that the audio recording quality of the Pocket is quite a bit better than is the Olympus DS-71, which I do have. I find the Olympus, across a range of external mics does have a degree of background hiss (preamp noise or circuit noise). This is the case when set to wave recording and manual mic input levels. Also, The Olympus doesn't actually have a line in, only a mic in port, so I am curious about line in recording quality, and whether you are using an attenuation cable to reduce the line in signal to mic levels? That all said, I absolutely love my Olympus DS-71 in so many ways, and for so many reasons: its extraordinarily flexible and effective voice recording capabilities, battery life and replaceable batteries, and especially its super compact size makes it a take everywhere audio device. Speaker monitoring of line in recordings, and audible recording level feedback are features unique to the Plextalk recorders. Regards Tim -Original Message-t From: pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of G-Dog Sent: Thursday, October 08, 2009 10:20 AM To: PC Audio Discussion List Subject: Re: Digital recorders again. Agreed! accessability is a very important factor but it doesn't equate to performance. I use the olympus DS-71 which does an excellent job for both mike and line in recordings. Yes, you can monitor through headphones. I also like the fact that it uses AAA batteries that makes it easy to swap them out if needed. I hear the Edital R9 is also a nifty unit G-Doggy-dog! - Original Message - From: Bruce Toews br...@ogts.net To: PC Audio Discussion List pc-audio@pc-audio.org Sent: Wednesday, October 07, 2009 12:01 PM Subject: Re: Digital recorders again. That statement should probably be qualified: It may well be the most excellent recording device in its class on the market, I couldn't say but have no reason to believe otherwise, but there are better recording devices on the market. Sweeping statements are dangerous. Bruce On Wed, 7 Oct 2009 12:56:11 -0500, Sunshine sunsh...@abe.midco.net said: I totally agree with you Dean, the plextalk pocket is the most exclent recording device on the market these days. - Original Message - From: dean martineau dea...@earthlink.net To: 'PC Audio Discussion List'
Comparison of the Olympus DS-71 and the DM-520: RE: Digital recorders again - Plextalk Pocket and Olympus DS-71
Ok, re the DS-71 and the DM-520, , it is actually a tricky decision on one hand, and a completely clear decision on the other. This is a very detailed post. I have both units - which I am happy about, because as a conference speaker, the DS-71 (like the DS-50) mic remote control and detachable mic option is perfect for capturing my presentations. I can wire myself up, and just flick the switch on the remote to start and stop recording - almost total reliability that record has activated. If, you have a DS-50, you can use its remote control and Mic with the DS-71. You can not, however, use the DS-50 or DS-71 remote control on the DM-520! The price I paid for the DS-71 was nearly double that of the DM-520, and in many ways the DS-71 is an inferior product, using an older generation of technology. I actually think someone stuffed up somewhere in releasing the DS-71 when they did, it feels like a legacy product that was very delayed to market. Still speaking about the DS-71, the recording quality is pretty good, and you do notice the Wave recording improvement over the DS50 and the WMA on the DS-71. However, it is not as good as the audio recording quality of the DM-520, and has more noise floor and Mic preamp noise (I think). In addition, the external stereo Microphone for the DS-71, though an improvement on the DS-50 mic is definitely inferior to the in-built stereo Mics of the DM-520, especially if you want to use any of the zoom recording modes that The DS-71 offers. I don't actually believe that they fully tuned the DS-71 mics for the Zoom technology. I would never use any of the zoom options on the DS-71, but I do use them for some situations (especially Narrow, and sometimes wide) on the DM-520. The narrow setting is good for keeping sounds localised, and the wide option is good for spreading the left right mike pickup to catch several speakers from a single location. If you want to hear how the DM-520 Narrow zoom mic setting works in open air situations, you can go to my CoffeeCast Conversations podcast at http://coffeecast.posterous.com Other advantages of the DS-71 are that it buffers key presses far better. For flipping back and forth between recordings in a folder, results are better. Also it doesn't exhibit the annoying audio click through the speaker when you move to different recordings. Both these problems with the DM-520 are bugs, and I do hope a firmware release will address them, as they do frustrate me, when using the DM-520 as a voice recorder. Also, it is necessary, occasionally, to reboot the DM-520 to fix an occasional bug where recording is flawed and choppy. This means that absolute trust of capturing a recording is somewhat compromised. Monitoring important recordings with earphones is therefore useful. I power the machine off, and back on prior to doing interviews, where I can't afford to lose quality of a recording. Finally, in complaint about the DM-520 is that I have stopped using the supplied rechargeable batteries, as they were dying unexpectedly, even when supposedly fully charged. I haven't had the time to fully track this problem down, or do charge discharge cycling to see if the problem goes away. Not a big problem for me, as I am happy to swap in regular AAA batteries before important recordings. The other relatively minor advantage of the DS-71 is that its size is smaller than the DM-520 if you remove the stereo mic. They are equivalent sized, when the external mic is attached. I still love the audio quality of memos recorded with the in-built mono mic of the DS-71. You have to change your mic technique considerably with the DM-520, so it isn't optimised for close mouth memoing, but mostly this doesn't matter. I think the DS-71 gives you 200 files for each of the five folders. With 4gb, this may or may not work for you! I found this limitation a problem once or twice. On the DM-520 you get 999 files per folder, and if you add Micro SD card, you then have ten folders to categorise stuff in to. All that said, though, my DS-71 is sitting here on my desk, hardly used since the new machine arrived, and my DM-520 is always in my pocket, ready for any situation I need to make a note, or capture a meeting or conversation. In summary: Unless you Really need the remote control, you will probably be best off with the DM-520, it is a magic machine, accessibility is good and the price is good for size, quality and features . A few bugs, but only compared to the elegant smooth operation of the DS-50 and DS-71 machines. And, of course, you can still plug in an external tie clip Mic, you just can't remote control it as conveniently. Olympus do have a remote control for the DM-520, but this is expensive and is wireless. Hope this helps. Regards Tim -Original Message- From: pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of tim Sent: Sunday, November 22, 2009 8:33 AM To: PC Audio Discussion List Subject: Re:
Re: Comparison of the Olympus DS-71 and the DM-520: RE: Digital recordersagain - Plextalk Pocket and Olympus DS-71
cool now what about in my situation recording automobiles, people, indoors, outdoors etc will the dm520 be great for that? or is the ds71 a better option. think I have made my decition, but want to be sure before I move forward. thanks! much - Original Message - From: Tim Noonan t...@timnoonan.com.au To: 'PC Audio Discussion List' pc-audio@pc-audio.org Sent: Saturday, November 21, 2009 21:28 Subject: Comparison of the Olympus DS-71 and the DM-520: RE: Digital recordersagain - Plextalk Pocket and Olympus DS-71 Ok, re the DS-71 and the DM-520, , it is actually a tricky decision on one hand, and a completely clear decision on the other. This is a very detailed post. I have both units - which I am happy about, because as a conference speaker, the DS-71 (like the DS-50) mic remote control and detachable mic option is perfect for capturing my presentations. I can wire myself up, and just flick the switch on the remote to start and stop recording - almost total reliability that record has activated. If, you have a DS-50, you can use its remote control and Mic with the DS-71. You can not, however, use the DS-50 or DS-71 remote control on the DM-520! The price I paid for the DS-71 was nearly double that of the DM-520, and in many ways the DS-71 is an inferior product, using an older generation of technology. I actually think someone stuffed up somewhere in releasing the DS-71 when they did, it feels like a legacy product that was very delayed to market. Still speaking about the DS-71, the recording quality is pretty good, and you do notice the Wave recording improvement over the DS50 and the WMA on the DS-71. However, it is not as good as the audio recording quality of the DM-520, and has more noise floor and Mic preamp noise (I think). In addition, the external stereo Microphone for the DS-71, though an improvement on the DS-50 mic is definitely inferior to the in-built stereo Mics of the DM-520, especially if you want to use any of the zoom recording modes that The DS-71 offers. I don't actually believe that they fully tuned the DS-71 mics for the Zoom technology. I would never use any of the zoom options on the DS-71, but I do use them for some situations (especially Narrow, and sometimes wide) on the DM-520. The narrow setting is good for keeping sounds localised, and the wide option is good for spreading the left right mike pickup to catch several speakers from a single location. If you want to hear how the DM-520 Narrow zoom mic setting works in open air situations, you can go to my CoffeeCast Conversations podcast at http://coffeecast.posterous.com Other advantages of the DS-71 are that it buffers key presses far better. For flipping back and forth between recordings in a folder, results are better. Also it doesn't exhibit the annoying audio click through the speaker when you move to different recordings. Both these problems with the DM-520 are bugs, and I do hope a firmware release will address them, as they do frustrate me, when using the DM-520 as a voice recorder. Also, it is necessary, occasionally, to reboot the DM-520 to fix an occasional bug where recording is flawed and choppy. This means that absolute trust of capturing a recording is somewhat compromised. Monitoring important recordings with earphones is therefore useful. I power the machine off, and back on prior to doing interviews, where I can't afford to lose quality of a recording. Finally, in complaint about the DM-520 is that I have stopped using the supplied rechargeable batteries, as they were dying unexpectedly, even when supposedly fully charged. I haven't had the time to fully track this problem down, or do charge discharge cycling to see if the problem goes away. Not a big problem for me, as I am happy to swap in regular AAA batteries before important recordings. The other relatively minor advantage of the DS-71 is that its size is smaller than the DM-520 if you remove the stereo mic. They are equivalent sized, when the external mic is attached. I still love the audio quality of memos recorded with the in-built mono mic of the DS-71. You have to change your mic technique considerably with the DM-520, so it isn't optimised for close mouth memoing, but mostly this doesn't matter. I think the DS-71 gives you 200 files for each of the five folders. With 4gb, this may or may not work for you! I found this limitation a problem once or twice. On the DM-520 you get 999 files per folder, and if you add Micro SD card, you then have ten folders to categorise stuff in to. All that said, though, my DS-71 is sitting here on my desk, hardly used since the new machine arrived, and my DM-520 is always in my pocket, ready for any situation I need to make a note, or capture a meeting or conversation. In summary: Unless you Really need the remote control, you will probably be best off with the DM-520, it is a magic machine, accessibility is good and the price is good for
RE: Comparison of the Olympus DS-71 and the DM-520: RE: Digitalrecordersagain - Plextalk Pocket and Olympus DS-71
The only reason you would go for the DS-71 over the DM520 is if you want to always use it as a personal voice recorder, or you like the wired remote control mic. It is fare as a sound effects recorder, great for in-door and out-door voice capture. A Pocket with quality external mics, or another higher grade recorder that isn't accessible will be better for full spectrum sound, but the DM-520 is actually pretty good and definitely the best all-rounder for its size. Tim -Original Message- From: pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of tim Sent: Sunday, November 22, 2009 2:56 PM To: PC Audio Discussion List Subject: Re: Comparison of the Olympus DS-71 and the DM-520: RE: Digitalrecordersagain - Plextalk Pocket and Olympus DS-71 cool now what about in my situation recording automobiles, people, indoors, outdoors etc will the dm520 be great for that? or is the ds71 a better option. think I have made my decition, but want to be sure before I move forward. thanks! much - Original Message - From: Tim Noonan t...@timnoonan.com.au To: 'PC Audio Discussion List' pc-audio@pc-audio.org Sent: Saturday, November 21, 2009 21:28 Subject: Comparison of the Olympus DS-71 and the DM-520: RE: Digital recordersagain - Plextalk Pocket and Olympus DS-71 Ok, re the DS-71 and the DM-520, , it is actually a tricky decision on one hand, and a completely clear decision on the other. This is a very detailed post. I have both units - which I am happy about, because as a conference speaker, the DS-71 (like the DS-50) mic remote control and detachable mic option is perfect for capturing my presentations. I can wire myself up, and just flick the switch on the remote to start and stop recording - almost total reliability that record has activated. If, you have a DS-50, you can use its remote control and Mic with the DS-71. You can not, however, use the DS-50 or DS-71 remote control on the DM-520! The price I paid for the DS-71 was nearly double that of the DM-520, and in many ways the DS-71 is an inferior product, using an older generation of technology. I actually think someone stuffed up somewhere in releasing the DS-71 when they did, it feels like a legacy product that was very delayed to market. Still speaking about the DS-71, the recording quality is pretty good, and you do notice the Wave recording improvement over the DS50 and the WMA on the DS-71. However, it is not as good as the audio recording quality of the DM-520, and has more noise floor and Mic preamp noise (I think). In addition, the external stereo Microphone for the DS-71, though an improvement on the DS-50 mic is definitely inferior to the in-built stereo Mics of the DM-520, especially if you want to use any of the zoom recording modes that The DS-71 offers. I don't actually believe that they fully tuned the DS-71 mics for the Zoom technology. I would never use any of the zoom options on the DS-71, but I do use them for some situations (especially Narrow, and sometimes wide) on the DM-520. The narrow setting is good for keeping sounds localised, and the wide option is good for spreading the left right mike pickup to catch several speakers from a single location. If you want to hear how the DM-520 Narrow zoom mic setting works in open air situations, you can go to my CoffeeCast Conversations podcast at http://coffeecast.posterous.com Other advantages of the DS-71 are that it buffers key presses far better. For flipping back and forth between recordings in a folder, results are better. Also it doesn't exhibit the annoying audio click through the speaker when you move to different recordings. Both these problems with the DM-520 are bugs, and I do hope a firmware release will address them, as they do frustrate me, when using the DM-520 as a voice recorder. Also, it is necessary, occasionally, to reboot the DM-520 to fix an occasional bug where recording is flawed and choppy. This means that absolute trust of capturing a recording is somewhat compromised. Monitoring important recordings with earphones is therefore useful. I power the machine off, and back on prior to doing interviews, where I can't afford to lose quality of a recording. Finally, in complaint about the DM-520 is that I have stopped using the supplied rechargeable batteries, as they were dying unexpectedly, even when supposedly fully charged. I haven't had the time to fully track this problem down, or do charge discharge cycling to see if the problem goes away. Not a big problem for me, as I am happy to swap in regular AAA batteries before important recordings. The other relatively minor advantage of the DS-71 is that its size is smaller than the DM-520 if you remove the stereo mic. They are equivalent sized, when the external mic is attached. I still love the audio quality of memos recorded with the in-built mono mic of the DS-71.
Re: Digital recorders again - Plextalk Pocket and Olympus DS-71
another question, I here hte softer that you can get with the dm model and upgrade isn't accessible at all is this true? - Original Message - From: Gary Schindler garys5...@comcast.net To: PC Audio Discussion List pc-audio@pc-audio.org Sent: Saturday, November 21, 2009 20:29 Subject: Re: Digital recorders again - Plextalk Pocket and Olympus DS-71 I would go for the DM-520, because you can split wave files and parcial erase them to! I think they will phase out the DS-71 soon anyway. - Original Message - From: tim isfe...@gmail.com To: PC Audio Discussion List pc-audio@pc-audio.org Sent: Saturday, November 21, 2009 7:26 PM Subject: Re: Digital recorders again - Plextalk Pocket and Olympus DS-71 so not sure what one to get the ds71 is more expensive, but not sure - Original Message - From: Jamie Pauls jamiepa...@sbcglobal.net To: PC Audio Discussion List pc-audio@pc-audio.org Sent: Saturday, November 21, 2009 16:33 Subject: Re: Digital recorders again - Plextalk Pocket and Olympus DS-71 Doesn't the dm-520 have a built-in stereo mic? - Original Message - From: tim isfe...@gmail.com To: PC Audio Discussion List pc-audio@pc-audio.org Sent: Saturday, November 21, 2009 3:33 PM Subject: Re: Digital recorders again - Plextalk Pocket and Olympus DS-71 hi all! am seriously debating between a ds71 and a dm520, only thing stopping me from the dm520 is the not included stereo mike like that comes with the ds71, also, is there any other recorders with 4 gig or grater copasity, built in speech and a mike or 2 included with the product? thanks for help! - Original Message - From: Lauren lotusris...@att.net To: PC Audio Discussion List pc-audio@pc-audio.org Sent: Thursday, October 08, 2009 6:48 Subject: Re: Digital recorders again - Plextalk Pocket and Olympus DS-71 Hi, Can someone please talk about the cost f these items? I am looking for a digital recorder that you can take anywhere, that has a good sound quality, but that is also affordable. I am on a budget. Sincerely, Lauren - Original Message - From: Tim Noonan t...@timnoonan.com.au To: 'PC Audio Discussion List' pc-audio@pc-audio.org Sent: Wednesday, October 07, 2009 7:35 PM Subject: RE: Digital recorders again - Plextalk Pocket and Olympus DS-71 I would guess, in the absence of no hard comparative data, that the audio recording quality of the Pocket is quite a bit better than is the Olympus DS-71, which I do have. I find the Olympus, across a range of external mics does have a degree of background hiss (preamp noise or circuit noise). This is the case when set to wave recording and manual mic input levels. Also, The Olympus doesn't actually have a line in, only a mic in port, so I am curious about line in recording quality, and whether you are using an attenuation cable to reduce the line in signal to mic levels? That all said, I absolutely love my Olympus DS-71 in so many ways, and for so many reasons: its extraordinarily flexible and effective voice recording capabilities, battery life and replaceable batteries, and especially its super compact size makes it a take everywhere audio device. Speaker monitoring of line in recordings, and audible recording level feedback are features unique to the Plextalk recorders. Regards Tim -Original Message-t From: pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of G-Dog Sent: Thursday, October 08, 2009 10:20 AM To: PC Audio Discussion List Subject: Re: Digital recorders again. Agreed! accessability is a very important factor but it doesn't equate to performance. I use the olympus DS-71 which does an excellent job for both mike and line in recordings. Yes, you can monitor through headphones. I also like the fact that it uses AAA batteries that makes it easy to swap them out if needed. I hear the Edital R9 is also a nifty unit G-Doggy-dog! - Original Message - From: Bruce Toews br...@ogts.net To: PC Audio Discussion List pc-audio@pc-audio.org Sent: Wednesday, October 07, 2009 12:01 PM Subject: Re: Digital recorders again. That statement should probably be qualified: It may well be the most excellent recording device in its class on the market, I couldn't say but have no reason to believe otherwise, but there are better recording devices on the market. Sweeping statements are dangerous. Bruce On Wed, 7 Oct 2009 12:56:11 -0500, Sunshine sunsh...@abe.midco.net said: I totally agree with you Dean, the plextalk pocket is the most exclent recording device on the market these days. - Original Message - From: dean martineau dea...@earthlink.net To: 'PC Audio Discussion List' pc-audio@pc-audio.org Sent: Wednesday, October 07, 2009 12:36 PM Subject: RE: Digital recorders again. What I know is that the PlexTalk Pocket is totally accessible, nicely packaged, has both manual and automatic level control, and does a very nice job of recording
Re: Comparison of the Olympus DS-71 and the DM-520: RE:Digitalrecordersagain - Plextalk Pocket and Olympus DS-71
one quick question then I am ordering! monday morning at 9, the price on the page says $149, when you get to the cart, it says $199 whats up with that? thanks all this greatly! appriciated as it is to be ordered in less then 48 hours! - Original Message - From: Tim Noonan t...@timnoonan.com.au To: 'PC Audio Discussion List' pc-audio@pc-audio.org Sent: Saturday, November 21, 2009 22:01 Subject: RE: Comparison of the Olympus DS-71 and the DM-520: RE:Digitalrecordersagain - Plextalk Pocket and Olympus DS-71 The only reason you would go for the DS-71 over the DM520 is if you want to always use it as a personal voice recorder, or you like the wired remote control mic. It is fare as a sound effects recorder, great for in-door and out-door voice capture. A Pocket with quality external mics, or another higher grade recorder that isn't accessible will be better for full spectrum sound, but the DM-520 is actually pretty good and definitely the best all-rounder for its size. Tim -Original Message- From: pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of tim Sent: Sunday, November 22, 2009 2:56 PM To: PC Audio Discussion List Subject: Re: Comparison of the Olympus DS-71 and the DM-520: RE: Digitalrecordersagain - Plextalk Pocket and Olympus DS-71 cool now what about in my situation recording automobiles, people, indoors, outdoors etc will the dm520 be great for that? or is the ds71 a better option. think I have made my decition, but want to be sure before I move forward. thanks! much - Original Message - From: Tim Noonan t...@timnoonan.com.au To: 'PC Audio Discussion List' pc-audio@pc-audio.org Sent: Saturday, November 21, 2009 21:28 Subject: Comparison of the Olympus DS-71 and the DM-520: RE: Digital recordersagain - Plextalk Pocket and Olympus DS-71 Ok, re the DS-71 and the DM-520, , it is actually a tricky decision on one hand, and a completely clear decision on the other. This is a very detailed post. I have both units - which I am happy about, because as a conference speaker, the DS-71 (like the DS-50) mic remote control and detachable mic option is perfect for capturing my presentations. I can wire myself up, and just flick the switch on the remote to start and stop recording - almost total reliability that record has activated. If, you have a DS-50, you can use its remote control and Mic with the DS-71. You can not, however, use the DS-50 or DS-71 remote control on the DM-520! The price I paid for the DS-71 was nearly double that of the DM-520, and in many ways the DS-71 is an inferior product, using an older generation of technology. I actually think someone stuffed up somewhere in releasing the DS-71 when they did, it feels like a legacy product that was very delayed to market. Still speaking about the DS-71, the recording quality is pretty good, and you do notice the Wave recording improvement over the DS50 and the WMA on the DS-71. However, it is not as good as the audio recording quality of the DM-520, and has more noise floor and Mic preamp noise (I think). In addition, the external stereo Microphone for the DS-71, though an improvement on the DS-50 mic is definitely inferior to the in-built stereo Mics of the DM-520, especially if you want to use any of the zoom recording modes that The DS-71 offers. I don't actually believe that they fully tuned the DS-71 mics for the Zoom technology. I would never use any of the zoom options on the DS-71, but I do use them for some situations (especially Narrow, and sometimes wide) on the DM-520. The narrow setting is good for keeping sounds localised, and the wide option is good for spreading the left right mike pickup to catch several speakers from a single location. If you want to hear how the DM-520 Narrow zoom mic setting works in open air situations, you can go to my CoffeeCast Conversations podcast at http://coffeecast.posterous.com Other advantages of the DS-71 are that it buffers key presses far better. For flipping back and forth between recordings in a folder, results are better. Also it doesn't exhibit the annoying audio click through the speaker when you move to different recordings. Both these problems with the DM-520 are bugs, and I do hope a firmware release will address them, as they do frustrate me, when using the DM-520 as a voice recorder. Also, it is necessary, occasionally, to reboot the DM-520 to fix an occasional bug where recording is flawed and choppy. This means that absolute trust of capturing a recording is somewhat compromised. Monitoring important recordings with earphones is therefore useful. I power the machine off, and back on prior to doing interviews, where I can't afford to lose quality of a recording. Finally, in complaint about the DM-520 is that I have stopped using the supplied rechargeable batteries, as they were dying unexpectedly, even when supposedly fully charged. I haven't had the time to fully track this problem
