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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.
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. The case snaps off and you plug it into your PC/MAC. Works with our MACs. It is small and works easily. 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. A handy feature is that one can easily download recorded files onto your computer by plugging the recorder directly into a USB port. It goes long on just one AAA battery and can hold more than 100 hours of recorded sound. This recorder is perfect for journalists and researchers who do interviews. I just "field tested" this recorder in Italy, where I did 20 interviews and was highly pleased. This is the field recording device I've been waiting for.
She loved it. Received an excellent product at a good price, combined with great service. I actually bought this for my daughter, who is a detective. Very pleased.
My only complaint is the.wma format. I wanted to see what it would kind of audio it would capture. The internal speaker on the WS-311M should not be used as a gauge of the sound quality. I've made 2 recordings with it. Not a lot of bass came through. 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. (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 have an EAW wedge on my left with a lot of my vocals and some drums and piano coming thru for reference. My amp is mic'd and does not face out toward the audience. The recording turned out great for where it was. I just got it yesterday so I'm only writing after my initial experience with it but so far, so good. It captured a lot of ambiance, but in a good way. 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.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 recording level was just at the default setting of the 2nd highest quality format called ST-HQ.I think the WS-311M will be a good investment and would recommend it. It's very intuitive. The WS-311M picked up a good amount of electric guitar, both mine and the other guitar player. I haven't looked at the manual yet. I put the WS-311M on top of the head of my amp, pointed it back toward myself and pushed record. It sounded pretty cool. 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. It is in front of me, right about where wedge monitor would be. I pushed the record button again and the WS-311M continued to record in the same file as opposed to creating a new one. My thanks to amazon.com and all who posted about this product. 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. 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.
I paused it at one point where there was some talking by pressing the record button a second time. I like the imaging with the stereo mic. I would be curious to know how much different/better the DS-40 would be for $35 more. It should be a more universal format like mp3.
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