[ddots-l] Re: Need recommendations on good accessible field recorder
- From: Kevin Gibbs <kevjazz@xxxxxx>
- To: "ddots-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx" <ddots-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sun, 05 Feb 2012 21:14:48 -0600
Thanks for the info.
K
Sent from my iPhone
On Feb 5, 2012, at 6:36 PM, Mike Tyo <mtyo@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Kevin,
>
> Freedom Scientific has it for around 375 bucks. I got mine when they were
> running an introductory offer late last year. Too bad you couldn't have
> cashed in then as they were selling it for $275.00 with free shipping.
>
> It's still a good deal as you can play a pretty wide variety of popular audio
> formats, read Audible and DAISY books, and you can create your own DAISY
> books either as text or audio files. It comes with software for creating
> DAISY books on your computer as well. You can do audio DAISY recordings right
> on the recorder, but the software gives you the ability to create text
> formatted files that can be played back on the Plextalk. Even though the unit
> marks up the recordings in DAISY format, you can bring the audio files into
> Sonar or whatever editor you want to use to do further processing. It gives
> you four MP3 settings to record in along with two sampling rates to record
> wave files in 16-bit. These settings can be stored in presets that are
> already named for you so you don't have to program them every time you want
> to record in a designated format. The latest OS gives you WIFI capabilities
> so you can listen to Web-based radio stations, download podcasts, or transfer
> files wirelessly too and from your computer via software that you download to
> your computer from the Plextalk Web Site.
>
> I use it primarily to play backing tracks on gigs; but I also use it to
> create notes for myself. I'm waiting for the next OS release as I'm anxious
> to see what enhancements they're going to add or what existing features will
> be updated. It has a halfway decent built-in speaker that sounds good for a
> portable audio device. What's nice about the audio part of it is that you can
> set the speaker volume independently of the headphone jack so that if you put
> it through a sound system, you can set it the way you want it. You can also
> control the voice guidance volume so that if you're using it to play tracks
> on a gig, the speech synth won't be blaring at you. I've already made some
> suggestions to the manufacturer for the next OS release, so we'll see what
> happens there. It even has an accessible recording level meter which I think
> is pretty cool. I don't know of any other device in its class that has this
> feature. It uses an SD card for storage, and it'll support up to a 32-GB
> card. It also allows you to have standard 2.0 USB connectivity to do file
> transfers, etc.
>
> After all this, I'm still not done. You can record up to 100 voice memos to
> its internal memory and back them up to the SD card if you need to save them.
> You can also hook up an external USB drive or memory stick that's formatted
> to FAT16 or FAT32 if you want to store data on a medium separate from your
> computer. It has a power save mode that will allow you to keep the unit
> booted all the time if you want. There's also a sleep timer that can be set
> to turn it off if you fall asleep reading books or listening to audio. Get
> this; there's even a built-in help file which is essentially the manual for
> the device that you can call up from anywhere you are on the machine at the
> touch of a button. You can set parameters to control how the unit plays back
> data, including playing of audio files one at a time. It remembers where you
> left off in whatever books or files/albums that you were listening to, even
> if you completely power off the device. I think that this is a well-rounded
> unit for what it does, even if you can't record in 24-bit audio at present. I
> have my backing tracks formatted in 24-bit, and it plays them perfectly. The
> only thing that I haven't done with it is use a high quality external stereo
> mic on it; but I'm sure that it would do a good job in 16-bit for live
> situations.
>
>
>
> Mike
>
>
>
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Kevin Gibbs" <kevjazz@xxxxxx>
> To: <ddots-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Sunday, February 05, 2012 17:22
> Subject: [ddots-l] Re: Need recommendations on good accessible field recorder
>
>
>> Mike,
>> How much? Who sells it?
>>
>> Sent from my iPhone
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