As we’ve lamented previously its terribly sad that Olympus chose not to carry on with the development of the DM-4 as it included a whole heap of useful features that were never finished.
> On 21 Feb 2019, at 2:25 am, Hamit Campos <hamitcam...@gmail.com> wrote: > > That is 1 thing I did find interesting about the new DM-720 and the P4. I > think they had the British lady say more stuff. Am I right? That's also why > they don't and won't match the DM-4. The DM-4 had an actual TTS engine in it. > > On 2/20/2019 9:57 AM, Dane Trethowan wrote: >> Yes it is a shame about XLR connectivity however the unit is small so adding >> that functionality would have made the recorder that little bit larger. >> I can see a good reason as to why people would buy this recorder if it had >> XLR connectivity as it would be a very cheap and practical studio device >> even though the unit isn't a multi track recorder. >> As things stand I'm very pleased with the recorder the way it is and I'll >> probably end up using the recorder more often than I've done the LS-P4 >> though its early days yet and the P4 does have some advantages over the 14. >> As for the LS-100? Well it sits in the bottom draw. >> >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: all-audio@groups.io <all-audio@groups.io> On Behalf Of Hamit Campos >> Sent: Thursday, 21 February 2019 1:51 AM >> To: all-audio@groups.io >> Subject: Re: [all-audio] Olympus LS-14 Recorder >> >> Dain to erace everything after you've been playing stuff hit the function >> key all the way to the left. Then hit the erace key. Now if you remember how >> erace use to work on the older recorders were you had to conferm 2 times >> you'll be good. But before that you'll get a choice of erace 1 file or all >> or multible. Choose all. Yeah Smart Mode ain't perfect. But it can be and >> has mostly been for me. Shame the LS-100 didn't have it and shame the LS-14 >> don't have XLRs. Again things I thought after getting mine when I got it. >> >> On 2/20/2019 5:04 AM, Dane Trethowan wrote: >>> I finally received my LS-14 recorder today so here are my impressions. >>> I know the internal speaker of a recorder is terribly important to some >>> people. For me an internal speaker doesn’t mean much and I suppose that’s >>> probably because I’ve used so many professional recording solutions without >>> speakers so I’m probably used to monitoring with headphones. >>> I will say that the internal speaker of the LS-14 does grab the attention >>> of the ears and has quite a pleasant sound to it. >>> The LS-14 is bigger than I had expected but small enough for portable field >>> use. If you want something smaller then go for the LS-P4 which has several >>> advantages over the LS-14. >>> The LS-P4 has a better voice guidance system though still no match for the >>> DM4 in this area. >>> I’ve played with the Smart Level -rehursal - mode of the LS-14 which is >>> very nice however its not the final say when it comes to adjusting levels. >>> In the end it comes down to your personal taste, do you want the smart >>> level function of the LS-14 or perhaps you would prefer the “Look Ahead” >>> buffer of the LS-P4. Whatever your preference both seem to work well. >>> I have my LS-14 running from a USB Powerbank and I’m going to test to see >>> just how much battery life I’ll et from the bank on the recorder in the >>> next few days. >>> I’m not at all concerned that the LS-14 cannot recharge batteries >>> internally, the Zoom recorders don’t do this so again its something I’ve >>> become accustomed to. >>> The plastic build of the LS-14 is excellent and not the shoddy plastic >>> build that was the Olympus DM-7. >>> The Line-in socket is a welcome addition to a recorder of this size and I >>> look forward to capturing audio from it. I hope an included line-in will >>> mean a pretty much record and forget idea when capturing. >>> As yet I’ve not set the Date and Time, voice Guidance doesn’t work with >>> this setting it seems. >>> The menu system takes a little getting used to but at least it can be >>> navigated. >>> I haven’t yet found a way to erase multiple files form memory, I can >>> certainly erase 1 file at a time. >>> I’m pleased to see the Olympus recorder supporting PCM Wave format all the >>> way up to 96KHZ 24-bit so very good for those of us who want to record from >>> turntables or want that extra excitement when capturing live music. >>> Its a pity the LS-14 will not record FLAC and its quite possible that the >>> processor in the LS-14 isn’t quite powerful enough to manage what the LS-P4 >>> does in this regard. >>> So that’s pretty much it as far as I’m concerned with the LS-14 which I’ve >>> been exploring for the last 2 hours. >>> I found Neal’s review very helpful along with the knowledge obtained from >>> other list members here. >>> >>> >>> >>> >> >> >> >> >> >> > > > > -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Groups.io Links: You receive all messages sent to this group. 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