Comments on: Olympus Drops Three Digital Voice Recorders

By: Natalie

Natalie — Sun, 30 Nov 2008 13:26:26 +0000

Hi Friends, I am considering to get the Olympus LS-10 to record my band’s performance. However it does seem pricey and I am not sure about the quality of the product. Has anybody try it?
Thanks & Best Regards,
Natalie

By: sfberglund

sfberglund — Tue, 08 Apr 2008 09:02:44 +0000

For the recording of meetings, you may want to consider the Acappella Conference Audio Recorder which records in CD quality sound and, during transcription, tells the typist who is speaking.

http://www.acappella.com.au

You may also want to visit this blog on selecting a digital dictation solution.

http://audiorecorder.wordpress.com/

By: Ahtesham

Ahtesham — Thu, 03 May 2007 07:17:49 +0000

Hi Friends,
I have purchased an Olympus Digital Voice Recorder DM-10 for recording
live speeches. I am facing 2 serious problems.
I have always found some serious problem while recording live speech.
First, When I press the “RECORD” button, some default sound gets recorded all the time, even where there is no external sound/disturbance but just silence. ( A kind of Buzz sound , i think may be due to air circulation). How can I avoid this ? Even VCVA option of recorder does not help to stop this annoying sound.
Second, Since DM-10 does not have Line-in jack, I connected a cable to MIC jack from an external speaker output. But nothing is recorded when I try to use MIC jack as Line-in Jack ? What could be the problem ??
Please suggest …

Thanks/Regards,
Ahtesham

By: Dumi

Dumi — Fri, 27 Apr 2007 20:51:09 +0000

Can I use it for conference or meeting recording of +/-20 people, and can I connect the delegate microphones?

By: Christopher Springmann

Christopher Springmann — Tue, 06 Mar 2007 01:36:15 +0000

We use the DS-30 for “on the street” reaction interviews for our daily radio show, Life Love & Health. However . . . our external mic is a Sennheiser MD-46, a serious adult two-pound ENG cardioid mic equipped with a mic flag. The sound quality of the DS is excellent, while the drag-and-drop from the local Starbucks (via an Apple PowerBook and T-Mobile) solves the problem. The DS-30 is a quarter the cost of a Marantz PMD660 but that’s not the issue – the Olympus solves a problem: Equipping several reporters with a unit that’s quick and responsive, totally hand-held and portable, without compromising quality.

By: Rare Todd

Rare Todd — Thu, 18 Jan 2007 19:41:48 +0000

Looks really nice!
I would bring that to concerts.

By: Eva

Eva — Tue, 09 Jan 2007 01:38:35 +0000

It is great – I like the new control lay out – it is much easier to navigate, similar to a remote control or iPod. Plus unlike the DM-20 or DS-2200 it allows you to edit recorded files. You can do a product comparison of all the devices at http://www.recorders.com/Olympus-c-251.html . There is also a nice high resolution image of the recorder in the photo gallery.

Eva

By: Renfru

Renfru — Sat, 06 Jan 2007 01:14:35 +0000

Hey, Josh! If you see this at CES, let us know if it’s any good. I was just gonna order a 310M from B&H but I’ll wait for any info you come up with.

By: Bruce Murray (The Zedcast)

Bruce Murray (The Zedcast) — Fri, 05 Jan 2007 19:35:31 +0000

Hey CC, here is a link to all the features and benefits:

http://www.olympusamerica.com/cpg_section/product.asp?product=1276&fl=2

These Olympus recorders don’t actually have a line-in jack, but even better they do have a microphone input jack. The stereo microphone that is included is detachable and there’s also a built-in mono microphone. Some of the cool optional accessories include a Telephone Recording Device (TP-7), and Tie Clip Microphone (ME-15). The big problem with the new iRivers is that you can’t plug in external microphone into them.

This unit also has the additional cool benefit that it can be used as a USB microphone or USB speaker. If the stereo mike is high-quality enough, you can just plug in via USB and record directly to your computer.

The onboard memory is not expandable so buy a big one. I think this might be a late Christmas present for me. – Bruce

By: C.C. Chapman

C.C. Chapman — Thu, 04 Jan 2007 18:45:38 +0000

Very nice looking and the price certainly is right. I’m just curious if it has a Line In. If it does then it’s a steal.

Will be keeping an eye out for a full spec sheet.