In the past a number of people on the qualrs list have discussed using the
more expensive Olympus (DS-2000, DS-3000, DM-1) and Sony (ICD-MS1) digital
voice recorders with satisfactory results. Search the archive here:
http://www.listserv.uga.edu/archives/qualrs-l.html. Note that Sony recently
started marketing a newer model, ICD-MS515, with somewhat better audio
specifications than the MS1.
I think Olympus also sells one of their recorders with a software
transcription system which would mean that it might be unnecessary to
convert the audio from the odd formats the Olympus and Sony recorders use
into a WAV file. Otherwise you could convert the WAV into another format
such as MP3. I think there will be some loss of quality every time you
convert and save to a new format.
Olympus has a new digital voice recorder called the DS-10 that has great
audio specs -- far superior to previous Olympus and Sony digital recorders.
It will record over 4 hours (64 MB) of audio in Windows Media Audio format
using a sample rate of 44.1 kHz. The downside is that it is apparently only
available in Japan at the moment and with a kanji display. Who knows if and
when it will be available elsewhere. See
http://www.olympus.co.jp/LineUp/VTREK/DS10/ds10E.html for more details.
Alan.
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From: Dora Acherman-Chor
To: [log in to unmask]
Sent: Wednesday, July 17, 2002 10:46 AM
Subject: digital recording equipment
I need to buy a recording device for interviews for a project. I would like
to know if anyone has any experience with using digital voice recorders
(with IC chips or memory sticks) and downloading files with a USB
connection.
All the recorders I have seen on the market seem to transform the files into
WAV files, and I am afraid that long interviews will become extremely big
files, taking up too much memory and download time.
Any suggestions?
Dora Acherman
Florida International University
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