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This digital recorder is easy to use and can download a LOT of information onto your PC. I would highly recommend it.
The LED shows full battery, but the recorder will fail showing "system check". No reliable indication of battery life. I am very happy with the WS-311M except for one very serious problem, battery life. Replace the battery and it's okay.
If I were to go up to what I felt is the next level, I would buy the ZOOM H4 which costs quite a bit more but looks amazing. The negatives are that 1)I can't record line-in from like a stereo mini-plug, seems to be some annoying impedance problem (overloading) so if you want to record the radio, you'll have to set it in front of your blaster or speakers to record whatever show which kind of sucks. With a good mic, you could take this to a club or record your band and it would be extremely good quality. It's like it was designed by elves so everything is painfully small - you get used to it but if your vision is not 20-20, you'll need your reading glasses to use it but then everything is like that these days but I aint kidding, this thing is TINY.
It is very easy to use but you should really take about 30 minutes to 1 good hour to read the manual. Anyone who says negative things about it probably doesn't have the patience to read the manual. 2) The headphone output volume could be louder but considering the size, hey. In practice, because it compresses the files, it's not CD but it's very, very good. I drove myself crazy trying to decide what to buy, I finally decided on this recorder and I am incredibly pleased. The built-in mics are very good, enough to CLEARLY record ideas, music or interviews etc., but if you use something like a Sony ECM-MS907 mic you will be totally blown away, I am not kidding. BTW, with a good mic, the background noise or 'hiss' is pretty much nil, (the built-in mics are a bit more noisy but easily tolerable) quite amazing. For the bucks though, this unit is excellent.
3)It is VERY small (3 and 3/4"H X 1 and 1/2"W X 3/8"D) You'll be shocked at how small it is. I will make this as short as possible for other very picky musician types. The sampling rate is 44.1 khz on the highest setting (which I have not even used yet, but yes, it's THAT good) which is CD quality (in theory). Again, don't be scared off by negative comments.
Works great. Would highly recommend it to others. Excellent. Used it for all my classes during last sememster and will be this semester.
i even brought it to a full band practice with probably 6+ musicians including drums and put it on the floor to record practice, and the result wasn't perfect sound quality, but totally captured the sound and feel for my own purposes.when in a pinch, our band has even uploaded recordings of songs from this recorder onto our myspace page. the clarity is unbelievable. go to www.myspace.com/starfkradium and listen to "the minuet"we love it. i am in an acoustic instrumental band and the guitarist and i (violin) needed something to record as we write our music, so we can go back to it, remember it, modify it, work on it until it's done. or he can record his part, and i can listen to it so i can write mine.this recorder is fantastic for that. if you want to hear the sound quality (recorded in the bathroom for acoustics).
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