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They fit nicely in your hand and when placed on a desk is held firmly in place by four tiny rubberized feet. Both recorders are about the length of a Snickers bar and about 3/4 the width. Ok now that you know all the features and functions let’s look now at the using the recorder itself.

Intro play feature when searching through files.

Files can be split or divided on the recorder.

Files can be moved between folders in the memory.

Recording level can be adjusted automatically or manually.

Typically used to record music and nature sounds like birds or frogs. This creates a better than audio quality CD recording to an uncompressed.

DM-550 has 4Gb of in built memory, expandable via the micro SD/SDHC slot (512mb – 16Gb).įeatures available only on the DM-550 are:.

DM-450 has 2Gb of in built memory, expandable via the micro SD/SDHC slot (512mb – 16Gb).

The subtle differences between the DM-450 and DM-550 are :

Recorders can be used as an Audible device, store and listen to your audio books on the recorders.

Recorders can be used to store and playback podcasts, configured via the Olympus Sonority software.

SONY NOTETAKER REVIEW SOFTWARE

Although software is not required to take audio from the recorders, they are plug and play on both Windows and Mac – no software required. Comes with Olympus Sonority software for audio file editing, enhancement and email functions.Directional mic, records wide all around audio (interviews, meetings, focus groups etc) down to single directional for direct dictation.Alarm feature, set the recorder to playback audio at preset times.Timer record, set the record to start recording at preset times and days.Voice guidance feature, the recorder talks to you to advise of menu selections, perfect for vision impaired users.

Move or copy files between built-in memory and expanded memory.conference recording, interview recording, dictation etc). Built in and programmable recording and playback scenes (e.g.Noise cancellation and voice filter functions to enhance audio on playback.Low Cut noise filter attempts to remove low level audio sounds like air conditioning units.Built in Variable Control Voice Actuator (VCVA) allows voice activated recording based on variable volume triggers.Supports playback of audio in WAV, WMA and MP3 format, either recorded by the recorder or transferred from files on your computer.Expandable memory via the MicroSD/MicroSDHC slot using commercially available MicroSD/MicroSDHC cards.Mac (Intel) and Windows (XP, Vista, 7, 32-bit & 64-Bit) compatible.Let’s start with the huge list of what they both can do: Essentially they are both the same internally with only slight differences between the DM-450 and DM-550, if you record a WMA or MP3 in ST XQ on both recorders they would record pretty much record the same audio (DM-450 stereo mic records 100Hz to 15kH, DM-550 stereo mic records 70Hz to 20kHz). The DM-450 and DM-550 follow a similar pattern with previous Olympus recorders. With each new evolution of this range of recorder they just get better and better in all areas look, feel, software, audio quality and ease of use.

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The new Olympus DM-450 and DM-550 digital note taker voice recorders from Olympus have recently replaced the massively successful DS series note takers (DS-30/DS-40/DS-50 and more recently the DS-55/DS-65).

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