Posted by Arny Krueger on 01/12/08 16:30

"peter" <nospam@nospam.com> wrote in message
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> "Richard Crowley" <rcrowley@xp7rt.net> wrote in message
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>> "peter" wrote...

>>> Is there a flash memory based solid state recorder that
>>> can be placed in the pocket of a groom and attached
>>> with a lavalier mic?

>> Yes. For example the M-Audio MicroTrack

> Running with this idea, I come across a cheaper device
> called digital voice recorder (e.g. olympus WS-311M) that
> sells for around $100. A tie clip mic sells for around
> $20.

One of the specs that I can't find for this recorder is dynamic range.

> Although frequency response of this mic is only
> 12Khz, not many people can reach that frequency in their
> speech.

True. I often filter speech with low pass filters in the 5-10 KHz range.
However I know what the filter I use does - it is 3 dB down at the
frequency it is set for, and it has a 12 dB/octave slope. I don't know what
the comparable information is for the WS-311M.

> It is not pro audio device at all. But for this
> particular application, it looks like it should work. The
> voice recorder is also smaller than the microtrack. But I
> have not seen this device discussed in this group. Is
> there some problem I haven't thought of?

Besides the recording quality differences which are great, a very strong
advantage of the Microtrak is that it is compatible with a variety of
external microphones, both professional and semi-pro.

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