Ah okay. True that you could chane the files together in SF. I guess it's just that if it could pause it's 1 less thing to do.
Sent from my iPhone > On Oct 18, 2015, at 4:43 PM, Dane Trethowan <grtd...@internode.on.net> wrote: > > I always though the issue of pausing with the Zoom H1 to be people making a > mountain out of a molehill, I got round this by remember two things that the > Zoom H1 did. > > Firstly when recording, if you pressed the “Record” button again the recorder > would effectively pause if you like, meaning the recorder would go into > “Standby” mode awaiting a further button press so therefore if you pressed > the “Record” button again the recording would resume though to a new file, > not a big deal in my opinion given one could easily deal with multiple files > in a Sound editor, I do have a computer do I not? <smile>. > > The other way of handling the problem is to insert marks into the file > therefore defining sections, this can be done by pressing the “Play” button > at the appropriate time where you wish to insert a mark, you might insert a > mark at the beginning of each paragraph you’re reading aloud or when the > sound of a door opening happens etc. > > The marks are recognised by Audio Editing software such as Sound Forge and > Amadeus Pro. > > Yep, I like the Olympus Recorders but I do feel that the speech is a bit of a > conflict, I appreciate the efforts Olympus have made by including the speech > but in some ways its a little unintuitive given that it can take a little > while to find what you want in the menu system, set up the actions to perform > and so on. > > Regardless of that I do appreciate that the speech system may make a > difference to some people and my only advice to Olympus is to cut down on > those features that are just add-ons for want of a better description, things > like Daisy playback and so forth, stop worrying about those things and > concentrate on the accessibility of the recorders themselves. > > I love the DM4 though not very in love with the DM7 for some reason though > I’m in no doubt that it too is a damn good product, I think its the way the > DM7 does things that has me a little annoyed with it. > > >> On 19 Oct 2015, at 5:27 AM, Hamit Campos <hamitcam...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> True that. My beaf with the H1 was you can't pause the recording. But it >> seemed cool and the price seemed fair. Yeah the speech ain't accurate >> perhaps on the DMs and the LSs that do talk, but it's enough to keep you on >> the strait and narrow. Lol. Na man I'd get confused. Even with the DMs when >> I axidentally shut the speech off I got lost. Well in the menus anyways. >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of Dane >> Trethowan >> Sent: Sunday, October 18, 2015 10:02 AM >> To: PC Audio Discussion List <pc-audio@pc-audio.org> >> Subject: Re: Zoom H6 Handy Recorder with Interchangeable Microphone System H6 >> >> The fact is that the Olympus recorders - DM Series I’m thinking of in >> particular here - are in a different league to this recorder. >> >> The H6 obviously doesn’t have Voice guidance so you’d have to learn how to >> navigate though - given my experience with Zoom products - I doubt whether >> this would be too difficult a task. >> >> It should be remembered that the voice guidance on Olympus products is far >> from perfect anyway, this has been pointed out to the list many times. >> >> The price is another factor when thinking about the H6, its a recorder >> really designed for production purposes, what I appreciate of course but for >> some it may be total overkill. >> >> I kept the Zoom H1 for 2 very good reasons, quick start - starts recording >> at the press of a button - and ease of use - just not much to the recorder >> at all -. >> >> The H1 lacks a fancy feature set but if you’re just recording and want a >> damn good recording a low price then its a very good choice well worth >> considering in my view, I know of people who use the H1 for all sorts of >> bits and pieces, from live recording to logging to plain old dictation. >> >> >>> On 19 Oct 2015, at 12:54 AM, john riehl <realma...@verizon.net> wrote: >>> >>> This recorder sounds good – the question I have is, how accessible are >>> all these features? The DM family of Olympus recorders have talking >>> voice guidance which makes most of their features easily accessible >>> and programmable. Having all of these features on the Zoom H6 >>> >>> Is worthless if you can’t access them as a blind user. >>> >>> >>> >>> From: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of >>> Dane Trethowan >>> Sent: Sunday, October 18, 2015 9:49 AM >>> To: PC Audio Discussion List >>> Subject: Re: Zoom H6 Handy Recorder with Interchangeable Microphone >>> System H6 >>> >>> >>> >>> I think the review I just sent to the list pretty well sums it up, any >>> higher sampling frequency’s etc then may as well cary a battery pack about >>> with you <smile>. >>> >>> >>>> On 19 Oct 2015, at 12:27 AM, Hamit Campos <hamitcam...@gmail.com> wrote: >>>> >>>> Ah then yeah you're right. But then again they aren't really processing >>>> much after all. They don't really run fully loaded software like an OS or >>>> something like Sound Forge. All though 1 has to wander what they could be >>>> made to do even with a CPU like that of an IOS device. I can't think of >>>> nothing, but I'm sure the companies would. >>>> >>>> -----Original Message----- >>>> From: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of >>>> Dane Trethowan >>>> Sent: Sunday, October 18, 2015 12:28 AM >>>> To: PC Audio Discussion List <pc-audio@pc-audio.org> >>>> Subject: Re: Zoom H6 Handy Recorder with Interchangeable Microphone >>>> System H6 >>>> >>>> Yep, I was talking about CPU power, for what they are - audio wise - all >>>> those little recorders are beauties. >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>>> On 10/18/2015 3:23 PM, Hamit Campos wrote: >>>>> True that. If you mean CPU power. How ever, audio wise? Well the Zoom H6 >>>>> and the older H4N sound to me as good and sadly along with this as hissy >>>>> as the realtech audio on my old Enspireon 530 S desktop. Now you are >>>>> correct about the DMs. But the LS the higher you go the better. The 14 >>>>> sounds as cool as the 100. Very pro. No flor noise. >>>>> >>>>> -----Original Message----- >>>>> From: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of >>>>> Dane Trethowan >>>>> Sent: Saturday, October 17, 2015 11:22 PM >>>>> To: PC Audio Discussion List <pc-audio@pc-audio.org> >>>>> Subject: Re: Zoom H6 Handy Recorder with Interchangeable Microphone >>>>> System H6 >>>>> >>>>> We have to remind ourselves that Zoom and Olympus recorders don't have >>>>> the processing power of a Personal Computer or even an iPhone <smile>. >>>>> >>>>> >>>>>> On 10/18/2015 2:18 PM, Hamit Campos wrote: >>>>>> True that. >>>>>> >>>>>> -----Original Message----- >>>>>> From: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of >>>>>> Dane Trethowan >>>>>> Sent: Saturday, October 17, 2015 10:56 PM >>>>>> To: PC Audio Discussion List <pc-audio@pc-audio.org> >>>>>> Subject: Re: Zoom H6 Handy Recorder with Interchangeable Microphone >>>>>> System H6 >>>>>> >>>>>> Still, plenty enough flexibility for most situations. >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>>> On 10/18/2015 1:28 PM, Hamit Campos wrote: >>>>>>> Yeah no the H6 is back to 96 KHZ. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> -----Original Message----- >>>>>>> From: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of >>>>>>> Dane Trethowan >>>>>>> Sent: Saturday, October 17, 2015 8:40 PM >>>>>>> To: PC Audio Discussion List <pc-audio@pc-audio.org> >>>>>>> Subject: Re: Zoom H6 Handy Recorder with Interchangeable >>>>>>> Microphone System H6 >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Yeah, I don't think the Zoom H6 goes up to 192KHZ sampling frequency, >>>>>>> interesting as the Zoom H1 does however the H1 only supports 2 channel >>>>>>> recording so that may account for something. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>>> On 10/18/2015 11:37 AM, Hamit Campos wrote: >>>>>>>> Isn't this thing epic? You can hook 6 mikes to it. I guess you can do >>>>>>>> 6 different tracks. Yeah you know where I'm going, I'd then make them >>>>>>>> 5.1 surround. There's a new 1 called the F8 that will take 8 mikes. >>>>>>>> Which means 7.1. Oh and what makes that 1 even more epic, is that's >>>>>>>> the first I've heard of anyways from Zoom that will do 192 thousand >>>>>>>> KHZ. Way too epic dude. 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