Hello, I am not sure, since I've not seen that model yet, but I would guess
that you might find the card slot on the left or right side of the unit.
Sent from my iPad
> On 13 Jun 2016, at 09:53, Jim Portillo wrote:
>
> I do have another question about this recorder, which I've been playing with
> since yesterday when I got it.
> Where on Earth do I put the Micro-SD card? I can't seem to find a place
> anywhere on the machine; although, I was told I could use one.
> Am I missing something?
> I was looking on the bottom of the machine, where the USB plug came out, but
> it seems like the wrong place for a card slot. Am I wrong?
> Thanks again.
> Oh, and what does the "List" button do? How is that different from using the
> f1 button to get to my folders?
> Thanks again.
> Jim
>
>
> Sent from my iPhone 6!
>
>> On Jun 8, 2016, at 10:06 PM, Tim Noonan wrote:
>>
>> I've been using one, the Olympus DM-720, for a few weeks now and overall its
>> very nice, but does have some short-comings and regressions from the 620 and
>> 520.
>>
>> I've been doing recordings and getting stuff in place to create a podcast,
>> and haven't found anything else out there with a lot of detail.
>>
>> Audio quality is very nice for voice, finally using the central mic feels
>> like it blends well, - though there is some noise floor, but personally I
>> like its voice capture quite a lot.
>>
>> Unlike earlier dm units, this has no Audible.com support, no podcast folder,
>> though it does have a music folder.
>>
>> Sadly user settable recording scenes have been omitted, and the in-built
>> recording scenes all do a poor MP3 encoding.
>>
>> I tend to record in Wave, as even the 320 MP3 encoder sounds fuzzy around
>> 's's etc.
>>
>> From extensive testing I have set on the following for quality voice capture:
>>
>> 1. Record to wave 44.1
>>
>> 2. set recording to manual levels and set to around 15, just before the
>> audible notch
>>
>> You can use low level setting, but I think this gives slightly less quality,
>> perhaps due to the limiter circuit.
>>
>> I choose this lower recording level to get a good balance of vocal clarity
>> and limited capture of ambient noise from afar.
>>
>> 3. I hold the machine vertically, in front of my chest, three or so inches
>> out from my sternum, resting my inner fore-arm against my ribs. Find
>> something comfortable. - this minimises any breath noises and popping.
>>
>> 4. to minimise handling noise, I press the record button and then leave my
>> finger on the button. Then I can pause and resume recording with minimal
>> noise in the recording. You can almost get a silent edit this way.
>>
>> 5. To end the recording I first press record to pause, then I move to either
>> the stop key or the OK key if I want to immediately hear the recording back.
>>
>> The DM-720 runs off a single triple A battery and this means the in-built
>> speaker is smaller and tinnier.
>>
>> Headphone output levels are quite low, workable, but not ideal if you record
>> at lower levels and plan to normalise later on.
>>
>> The face of the unit is near identical to the DM 620 and the LS-7
>>
>> Some nice new features are audible notching (sound cuts out for a fraction
>> of a second) on the speed control when you are at 1.0 and at two points in
>> the 30 step manual recording level adjustment.
>>
>> It also has an interesting transcription playback mode that does audible cue
>> and review, as well as a very aggressive feature called voice balancer that
>> brings up low levels on playback.
>>
>> There is a new recording mode that is a really intense automatic gain
>> control, which is nice for some voice capture situations.
>>
>> The attachable clip is quite nice, meaning you can have the unit clipped
>> inside your pocket for ready access, but without it flopping around against
>> keys etc.
>>
>> Finally, setting date and time can now be done independently.
>>
>> Overall I love it as a personal voice capture device even though it has some
>> short-comings as I've described.
>>
>> Happy to answer any other questions.
>>
>> Regards
>> Tim
>>
>> Tim Noonan
>> Consultant Speaker Coach
>>
>> Phone: +61 419 779 669
>> Email: t...@timnoonan.com.au
>> Skype: VoiceReadings
>> Twitter: twitter.com/TimNoonan
>>
>> Coaching & Consulting:www.timnoonan.com.au
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>> Voice Readings:www.voicereadings.com
>> On 9 Jun 2016, at 2:24 PM, Jim Portillo wrote:
>>
>> Hi there,
>>
>>
>>
>> Has anyone used the new Olympus dm-720 recorder? If so, I'd like to know
>> any tips or words of advice for using it.
>>
>> Have any podcasts been done on it yet?
>>
>> Jim
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
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