Olympus WS-311M Digital Voice Recorder and WMA Music Player
Ideal for the business traveller who wants to travel light. The WS-311M saves all file types to its memory in an instant - voice files, music, presentations or text documents. With its 512MB of internal memory it allows you to store over 138 hours of recording time and the WS-311M is USB direct so no driver installation is required. 6 recording qualities for voice files - STXQ/STHQ/STSP/HQ/SP/LP Large, highly visible backlit LCD screen and tactile buttons SRS WOW and Tru Bass Simple menu-driven interface with five folders for file management (200 files per folder) Variable speed playback Lightweight & pocket-size
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Olympus WS-311M Digital Voice Recorder and WMA Music Player Reviews
It seems to pick-up pretty well but the quality of the speakers are not too great for play-back. You really need to hook it up to a computer and have you music play through the computer speakers to get good sound. We're pretty happy with this recorder and player. But luckily you can do that and even download it to a CD if you want.
Works with our MACs. It is nice how it has the USB plug built in. It is cool how the USB plug is hidden by the battery case. We are very happy with this digital voice recorder. It is small and works easily. The case snaps off and you plug it into your PC/MAC. Only thing I am trying to figure out is how to get the audio recordings on out iPods.
The machine is unobtrusive, easy to use, and gives excellent stereo sound quality. This recorder is perfect for journalists and researchers who do interviews. A handy feature is that one can easily download recorded files onto your computer by plugging the recorder directly into a USB port. I just "field tested" this recorder in Italy, where I did 20 interviews and was highly pleased. It goes long on just one AAA battery and can hold more than 100 hours of recorded sound. This is the field recording device I've been waiting for.
She loved it. I actually bought this for my daughter, who is a detective. Received an excellent product at a good price, combined with great service. Very pleased.
My only complaint is the.wma format. My amp is mic'd and does not face out toward the audience. I wanted to see what it would kind of audio it would capture. My main reason for purchase is to record song ideas as they come but since I just got it and was feeling a like a kid at Christmas, I thought I would bring it and play with it a little during a church service that I was at today. The internal speaker on the WS-311M should not be used as a gauge of the sound quality.
Not a lot of bass came through. The WS-311M picked up a good amount of electric guitar, both mine and the other guitar player. I paused it at one point where there was some talking by pressing the record button a second time. It captured a lot of ambiance, but in a good way. I think the WS-311M will be a good investment and would recommend it. It's very intuitive. It was largely due to the reviews that I read that I went with the WS-311M when I found it on clearance at Best Buy for $61.99.
The recording level was just at the default setting of the 2nd highest quality format called ST-HQ. I just got it yesterday so I'm only writing after my initial experience with it but so far, so good. I was standing at the front of a stage but with my guitar amp turned around and facing the back of the stage, toward the B3/keyboards and percussion player. I have an EAW wedge on my left with a lot of my vocals and some drums and piano coming thru for reference. I haven't looked at the manual yet. My thanks to amazon.com and all who posted about this product.
I listened back to the first set of songs on a pair Westone ES-3 IEM's (ear phones) and the second set of songs out of a low end desktop stereo system that had a sub. Between the sound echoing from the Front Of House P.A. The Westone's sounded a lot better but both systems demonstrated that the WS-311M did an adequate job of capturing the ambient sounds of a band stage. I would be curious to know how much different/better the DS-40 would be for $35 more. It sounded pretty cool.
The recording turned out great for where it was. It should be a more universal format like mp3. I pushed the record button again and the WS-311M continued to record in the same file as opposed to creating a new one. (the speakers that the audience hears) and the mix in my own wedge, I could hear a good mix of vocals, drums, piano, percussion and guitars.
I put the WS-311M on top of the head of my amp, pointed it back toward myself and pushed record. The files effortlessly downloaded to my Mac desktop and sound fine for what they are - I don't think I would have had the same luck with the Sony ICD-* models under $100. I like the imaging with the stereo mic. It is in front of me, right about where wedge monitor would be.
I've made 2 recordings with it.
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