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September 9, 2010 in Local Music by stagemaster
Fun, affordable, comprehensive interactive voice training software that teaches you to sing one Easy Step At A Time. Sing Smart, Not Hard Tm By Yvonne DeBandi.
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June 29, 2010 in Gear by stagemaster
A Mac compatible digital voice recorder lets you do practically anything you need to do with audio quickly, efficiently and affordably. The best devices have hundreds of hours of recording time courtesy of a very durable 1 GB SD card, and allow you to talk directly into the microphone. Microphones pick up high quality sound and allow either one-touch activation or voice activated recording by way of a Variable Control Voice Actuator feature. This enables the device to start recording as soon as it senses sound. You can adjust the microphone to pick up softer sounds or to mainly record human voices.
However, the capabilities of modern Macintosh compatible digital voice recorders do not end there. You get a full dot, backlit LCD for easy viewing whether dark or bright, which allows you watch your recording times and battery life. You can directly connect the system to a PC or laptop for easy and fast file transfers with a PC Link or a USB port. With the top systems from the Olympus and Philips line of Mac compatible digital voice recorders you also get DSS Player software.
This feature allows you to save files in high compression DSS format via the DSS player/recorder. The DSS stands for Digital Speech Standard and refers to a cost-effective but easy to use format that can convert and send high quality voice files directly to email for voice messaging. If you’re particularly interested in this aspect of a voice recorder then try one of the Olympus models like the Olympus DS-2400 Digital Voice Recorder DS2400. DSS software also allows you to erase single files and entire folders and is compatible with voice recognition software. There is currently a new software version of DSS-Player for the Macintosh compatible digital voice recorder. (Previously, DSS software was only compatible with a Windows OS)
You can also use the digital voice recorder Macintosh compatible system to record songs or commentary on the radio. This saves you money spent on satellite radio or more expensive iPod features. You can save MP3 files and WAV files and then easily transport them to your PC. You can record up to 250 songs or hundreds of hours of vocal recording. You can record your own voice for reminders later on or record an entire room full of people.
A Macintosh compatible digital voice recorder rewards Macintosh users with a device that is fast and efficient to use and a portable system that is very easy to work with. If you are interested in a digital voice recorder but use a Macintosh system, then your time has finally come. You don’t need a Windows compatible system to take advantage of the Olympus and Philips line of quality digital recorders and the DSS playing software. For more information visit RecorderGear.com.
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June 2, 2010 in Gear by stagemaster
Gone are the days when you used the audio tape to record the voice. The all new digital voice recorders have made all to forget the conventional tape and have offered us more features than we can use.
So a tape is now obsolete and has been taken over by the digital voice recorders. This small gadget has been quite useful since its launch and a great boon for professionals as well. So if there is a need to record voice, a digital recorder is what you should look for.
These new age voice recorders come as a handy solution for the busy business people who need to record notes, meetings, and ideas that can create a fuss if a tape would be used, instead of the voice recorder. A digital recorder is not all about recording voice, but it also has the capability to record and transfer information to your computer, making it easier to organize, edit and play back your voice files wherever you want.
With the increasing popularity of the digital recorders, there are many leaders in the electronics industry like Sony, Panasonic, Samsung, LG that provide the best voice recorders with the digital technology. But while buying a digital voice recorder, there are a few aspects involved in the selection of the best that you need to understand beforehand. So lets understand what a digital voice recorder is all about.
Look for the recording time.
Many voice recorders boast of the recording time by claiming the higher side of it. The recording time depends on the quality of recording and the higher the audio quality the lower the recording time would be. So rather than looking for a recorder that claims 300 Hrs of recording, look for the real picture of the recording time it can give with the highest quality.
Look for more storage options
Apart from voice files many digital recorders can store files, documents and images. These are equipped with the USB mass support class that helps them to store these files. Now with the storage comes the organizer, which is also an important feature to look for. Be sure that the digital recorder will store voice files in a minimum of three separate folders.
Look for voice recording features
The best of the voice recorders also exhibit many ‘smart’ features that help you with the operations. Some of the interesting features you can find in the latest digital recorders are voice activation, which stops recording automatically whenever there is a long pause, or the cue/review feature that make it easier for you to find a particular recording part you want to play back.
It can also have a LCD screen for better operations. Some of the latest voice recorders also include software, which helps in converting the audio in a text file helping you with the transcription.
Look for connectivity
Like any other latest gadget the digital recorders are equipped with USB interface for PC connectivity. It helps a lot in transfer of files from the recorder to PC and vice versa.
Digital voice recorders can greatly increase your productivity at work leaving more time for you to do what you want. Find out which one is right for you at Digitalvoicerecorders.org.
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May 30, 2010 in Gear by stagemaster
Did you know that digital voice recorder recordings last a whole lot longer than standard taped recordings? Not only that, but digital voice recorders are just more sturdy and almost fool proof even! What’s more , there are many limitations that taped recordings has that digital just don’t! Like for instance, if you wanted to transfer your recordings to your PC, how would you even begin to do so with a standard tape recorder?
A digital voice recorder might even have some highly advanced features that you might find quite handy and might even come in handy for those all-important business meetings, where your just to stressed for time to actually have to write stuff down all the time. And believe me, even that can get pretty tedious and stressful at times also!
Some of the best digital voice recorders on the market today can actually store well over 300 hours of recorded footage!
Digital recorder recording features for the future:
There are many digital recorders that offers advanced features such as voice activation. This is a great feature to have since it automatically stops the recording after a set number of seconds have passed. If you need a digital voice recorder that has an easy review/cue feature, then you might want to invest in one that has these capabilities, especially if you want to avoid shuffling through stuff over and over again.
What about an LCD screen display? Do you require this? For most individuals this will be a mandatory feature! I mean, surely you will want to see what information is being displayed right?
What about your digital voice recorder’s connectivity features? A standard PC connectivity feature is a really basic and standard connectivity feature for practically all digital voice recorders and most of today’s digital voice recorders will allow you to transfer all of your voice data to your PC via the standard USB interface. Perhaps you will prefer it if your digital voice recorder plugged directly into the USB line to your computers USB port however, there are some digital voice recorders that might require that you use standard USB cables and/or docking stations.
There are some digital voice recorders that are so advanced that they will transcribe all or any of your voice data into simple readable text that your computer can read. This is a hugely impressive feature of any modern digital voice recorder, since it saves a lot of time and hassle having to actually sit through your own voice recording over and over, trying to type it all.
This one feature alone is perfect for busy executives that just can’t be bothered by time-wasting tasks. The devices that got the best ratings were those made by Olympus and Sony.
To learn more about digital voice recorders, visit www.onlinevoicerecorders.co.uk today. They carry a wide variety of mini voice recorders, telephone recording devices and more.
