I need this as a shower creation capture device as I write both prose and songs. How is it at capturing song ideas, musical phrases, voice, and memos? I noticed a microphone hole in the picture. What is the length of recording time? Do you need to add...
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It is OK for quick voice captures, much more suited for line in recording or off the built-in radio. You do need to add your own SD card of choice in order to record anything. There are 3 bit rate settings, it also has full time auto level control in record mode on Mic or line. Sound quality is really very good all the way around.
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The microphone has awesome quaility, a guy named Ethoslab uses it for YouTube he now has over 1 Million subscribers. So the Microphone is awesome. (I told you about Etho so you can go to the channel and see what you think yourself)
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Has anyone had any problems with skipping in the files when playing back? I have used 8 gig nano and 30 gig ipod with Mikey (Blue) microphone. I have had problems with gaps (or skips) in the recording files and don't understand what is happening. Any comments or feedback would be appreciated. Thanks!
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Glad to have helped, David. A little background on why I bought this. I'm embarking on the biggest free-lance writing project of my life: The history of University of Nebraska at Omaha hockey. I have an antique recorder that uses the mini-cassettes, but they last a maximum of 30 minutes per side. Some of my interviews already have exceeded an hour, so I use the digital recorder as a backup. The quality of the digital recorder is far superior to the old recorder. My final suggestion for you once you get it: Familiarize yourself with all the features to get the best use from it. Happy Holidays!
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Hi Starsky, The product works great but you have to purchase a video capture device. I bought this Diamond VC500 One Touch Video Capture Device for $30. This device plugs into your computers USB drive and has a software CD that you use to record the videos. Their are other devices as well but I used this one so I know it works. Best Regards, Jason
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Can I play back? I record and then listen to it for my minutes of the meeting. Does that answer your question? It is for a non-profit group and I keep it as our permanent record though the file size is huge; I want to say around 128 megabytes. It works great. Let me know if you have any more questions.
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It's a fantastic device but I've never been able to figure out how to record to a PC program. I always use a recorder. But I think it might be that my sound card is not set up for it. So to answer your question, yes but might still need to figure out how to make work.
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Hey Jonathan, this is an awesome mic. No recorder needed. But if your recording from far away a recorder would be best. I do a lot of interviews with mine and it works great.
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This isn't what I thought it would be so I haven't used it much. BUT, when I plug a mic into the line in, it doesn't work. I've gone through it to see if I have to tell it to use the line in and from what I can tell, it should be using it but I can only get the onboard mics to pic up sound. I have a TASCAM GB10 for my guitar and that thing kicks ass. I thought this was going to be another version of that but there's no guitar input as stated. As far as capacity it's all up to how much space you load into it. You use SD cards so if you put in a 2GB, I highly doubt you're going to record a set. So just get as big of a card as possible.
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you can record in mp3 or wav at different bit rates; then remove the micro sd card and you are ready. also you have a line out jack. i haven´t used the usb port, but there is one available to try. As a general comment, it is an excellent recording device. no need to use external mic. I recorded from last rows in a piano concert of a philarmonic concert hall (not for commercial purposes of course) as well as close to a piano and singer in a small living room. Both 10/10
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Sorry to say I haven't used mine much BUT, it does work. It will record your voice just fine. When you load MP3s it will also remove the voice track, but because it's blended in, you lose some of the music track as well. But, to just straight record your voice, it works fine. It has 2 external mic's but I would use a plug in. You have to be kinda close to the onboard mic's. I have used the GB10 guitar version extensively and that thing kicks butt so I would imagine this is no different. I have just used it in a very limited way.
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I use the tape recorder for writing meeting minutes for our Home Owners Association and it works great. Picks up sound of all owners in the meeting in a room about 30' x 40' with 50 owners. I do not use "voice recognition" software so not sure what you mean by that. I have also used it for music recordings and it is very clear. Highly recommend it for quality of sound and ease of use.
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I have had trouble with the pen working. It sometimes works. If someone could give me some helpful tips on working for more than 3-5 minutes of recording it would be greatly appreciated.
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If you have a memory card with an audio file on it, like a Possibly Awkward or Jay Z song, you can put it in this guy and have it play over the speakers! They work quite well for such little guys. But this camera/clock is designed to record maximum video footage length, and to do so, they removed the 'record video with audio' option. That's all it means, that it records video without audio. I hope this helped! Have a wonderful day!
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Comparing with conventional camcorder, this recorder does capture amazing sound quality but very poorly with video. There's not much zooming and stabilization. It's okay when used on a stand and tape in close range (not more than 3 rows from the stage). On battery, not sure if it can work for 1.5 hours. You can connect with AC during the taping though (will need a long extension power cord). I plugged mine to a TV with HDMI and it works relatively easy (again great sound but hold your breath on the image). Files containing the recording will be huge, guess you can save it on larger SD card. Comparing with conventional camcorder, this recorder does capture amazing sound quality but very poorly with video. There's not much zooming and stabilization. It's okay when used on a stand and tape in close range (not more than 3 rows from the stage). On battery, not sure if it can work for 1.5 hours. You can connect with AC during the taping though (will need a long extension power cord). I plugged mine to a TV with HDMI and it works relatively easy (again great sound but hold your breath on the image). Files containing the recording will be huge, guess you can save it on larger SD card.
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This is a phenomenal digital recorder. I took it for a consulting job in Africa and recorded 35 hours of music and voice interviews. Excellent quality recordings. Often the recording was hand held. No noticeable extraneous sound from holding the unit. If I misunderstood the question, please clarify further. I'd be happy to help.
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I have noted similar issues. The mic wont record anything for some days, but the earbuds and/or bluetooth headsets work... then, out of the sudden, the mic works for some hours, then it dies again. This, among others, is the reason I believe nobody should buy this item again, It is not what the merchant promises, I takes too long to arrive and costs 100 bucks. Finally you will got a crappy small tablet (because the phone isn't reliable) with a mix of an old version of android (2.1 or above) with some features coming from 4.1. Also, very low ram. You will do better buying other phone, or, for tablet, an Amazon Fire HD 6 for less the price and less te headaches and time.