William, I have found the internal microphone to be very sensitive. If one is recording a speaker at a distance in a quiet room, it performs very well. It is possible to distort the recording with the internal microphone as you have noted, but I suspect this is something that will be resolved with new software upgrades since there is some ability to control levels there. One has the ability to control microphone sensitivity from the recording submenu of the global menu, but more range would be useful. I have had very good success with an external microphone. For me, the ability to have the flexibility of recording on an SD card and to be able to use high-quality MP3 or WAV file formats makes the BookSense a nice recording device.
On Sun, 4 Oct 2009 08:37:19 +0100, william lomas wrote: > hi, when I heard a recording someone made with a booksense, in > a >review for a UK-based magazine it sounded distorted is this always the >case with the internal mike? >WIll
