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There are a lot of recorders on the market and one of the models that a good deal of people are looking for is a digital music recorder which not only record but likewise plays music. This adds to the functionality of the device and amusement for the user. The Olympus WS-321M Digital Voice Recorder is one of the most remarkable music recorders that you may find, and the following is a review of the device.

Design

This device is designed to be totally compact, easy to use, and handy. It has the dimensions of 3.7″ x 1.5″ x 0.4″ and a weight of 1.7 ounces. It’s utterly portable and you may keep it in your front pocket, pants pocket, purse, or bag with ease. It’s likewise very easy to carry around even by hand. The white body with silver accents and buttons is very clean in appearance, but it may show more damage, stains, and weathering as equated to other darker colored models. However, it may be very likeable and a lot of humans like white objects as their personal belongings.

The buttons of the device are minimal – only a few at the front and a heap of at the sides – but each one of them are functional and have an primary intent for posing no difficulty navigation and operation of the device. The unit is designed to operate solely on a single Triple-A battery which may either be alkaline or rechargeable. Depending on the recording mode, the device may have dissimilar lengths of battery life using an alkaline battery.

Display

The LCD display is little but very informative as it shows all the primary menus and data that you need to optimally manipulate and navigate the device. It likewise has a dot matrix display and a backlight which makes looking at the info even beneath respective lighting conditions comparatively easy.

Audio and Recording Features

This digital music recorder has a built-in memory of 1 GB and may only save audio files in WMA format. This is an issue for a great deal of users who prefer MP3 file formats, but it may always be manually converted using dissimilar software. There are six record modes which dictate how long your greatest or most complete or best possible recording may be based on the memory capacity of the device. The Stereo XQ mode may save up to approximately 17 hours and 40 minutes of recording. The Stereo HQ mode may record up to approximately 35 hours and 25 minutes of audio. The Stereo SP mode may store up to approximately 70 hours and 55 minutes of audio, as well as the HQ mode. The SP mode may save approximately 139 hours and 30 minutes of audio recording. And the LP mode may save approximately 277 hours 35 minutes of recording.

The built in 18mm diameter round dynamic speaker develops a total audio output of 70 mW and the device also has a built-in stereo microphone. But it also has an earphone and microphone jack for further and added function and accessibility.

Other Features

Used as a music player, the total internal memory may save up to 250 songs. The device has 5 folders wherein you may save your files, each competent to store up to 200 messages. During recording, the LED turns red, and while playback, the LED turns green. The LED also turns green when the device is accessed to a PC using a USB cable. This also allows requiring little effort and rapidly and without delay transfer of files. The audio files of the device are totally accessible with Windows Media Player since they are WMA file formats.

Conclusion

This digital music recorder is very functional and it has a lot of features which may be very beneficial to a user. I highly commend the Olympus WS-321M Digital Voice Recorder for any person who wants to find an splendid voice recorder that may play great music and carry out it is basic recording responsibilities in the best and most eminent quality.

Digital Recorders Music Picture

Digital Recorders Music Pic

Digital Recorders Music Pic

Digital Recorders Music Photo

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73 of 73 people found the following review helpful.
I LOVE MINE
By JJ
I own another Olympus recorder which I purchased years ago and I salaried a ton of cash for it. It was cash well spent. I was intimidated by the “digital” percentage of it for a long, long time, but once you get the hang of it, these are so fabulous.

28 of 30 people found the following review helpful.
you may need to format
By doubleganger
I love everything when it comes to this recorder except that it invented corrupt wma files. By corrupt I mean that after I downloaded the file to my pc, when I listened to the file it played fine for a while then the playback would hang in the middle of the recording. I figured out, and a few hours later was instructed by Olympus support, to format the recorder. So far that’s fixed the problem. Also, it’s in the manual but be sure you realize that if the battery runs out for the duration of a recording the file doesn’t get closed and you lose that recording. So don’t forget to press stop when you’re finished recording. One nice surprise is that the battery supplied is a 900mah NIMH AAA which is as far as I know is presently in regards to the most eminent capacity AAA nimh available.

edit: There is an file copy of the user manual in the recorder’s memory that’s accessible when it’s connected to a pc and is substantially requiring little effort to read than the paper copy. If you care anything in regards to it copy it to another emplacement since if you format the recorder the file goes bye bye. It’s available on the olympus web internetlocation though.

edit: there is now a firmware upgrade that allows mp3 recording but the files are MUCH larger.

question: I at long last got around to using the mp3 music player function. Rewind works but I plainly cannot get it to fast-forward. If anybody knows the mystery I’d be grateful for a comment. thanks

edit: I just picked up an ETM-001 external microphone and it picks up much better than with the internal microphones. I wish I’d tried it ages ago.

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