Olympus 4GB Stereo Digital Voice Recorder, USB Direct Connect, AAA Battery

Olympus VP-10

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Top Rated Gear: Olympus 4GB Stereo Digital Voice Recorder, USB Direct Connect, AAA Battery Internal Memory: 4 Gb

Incredibly useful, has couple of simple design and user interface issues that needs to be addressed. It's a fantastic product that I use everyday, this is the second one i bought. the first one's pocket clip broke off (the plastic and tiny metal hinges are too weak). When recharging, you have to be able to press "OK" after you insert the device to USB port to charge. That causes quite a bit of headaches if your USB receiver port is wrong side up, as it is on my laptops. They need to make it where it will charge as soon as it's inserted, without having to confirm.

Very useful tool, but need minor tweaks.

Excellent sound for voice recording. Simple basic recording function. Long battery life. Menu could be challenging for new users not familiar with Olympus, but recording is just a one switch operation. Unbeatable quality at this price.

Excellent, simple recording

I have been an audio guy for more than forty years, and I own several Olympus recorders, from their basic ones to their high-end PCM models. No one does a better job on these than they do, not even Sony (and I own lots of Sony gear, too). More than a decade ago, Panasonic made the RR-US006 slim pocket recorder whose downfall was that it was an IC (integrated circuit) recorder and required their proprietary software to offload the files. But it was the only pocket recorder on the market, and I still have mine. I am sure I wasn't the only one to do this, but I hounded Olympus for years asking them to make a shirt-pocket recorder geared toward the professional who would carry it alongside their Cross pen and tablet stylus, and I can't believe that they actually did! There is nothing else to say except that it is as perfect as all of their other recorders are with the addition of being super practical for those of us who are constantly wanting to capture thoughts and ideas and even conversations (disclaimer: as long as it's legal in your state to do that). Having said all this, this is a more specialized recorder and may not have the kind of wide appeal that will encourage Olympus to carry it for very long, so if you are even remotely interested you should go ahead and get it just as I did.

Olympus knocks it out of the park once again!

I use this mainly for interviews, but for police officers, this is a great alternative to the discontinued Olympus DS-71 that had a remote switch. The top part of the recorder is about the size of the DS-71's remote switch.

The slide switch on this makes it priceless for beginning a recording without having to look at it (a necessity if you are an officer working on patrol). 

It is compatible with the Olympus Sonority software. Just like higher end Olympus recorders, you can automatically load the files and sync the time when it is connected to your computer.

The sound quality for speech is better than the Olympus ws-500. The Olympus VP-10 is not a recorder I would use to record music, but I also use an Olympus LS-14 for interviews. Most people could not tell the difference between the two when an interview is played back on a computer.

Other than the slide switch for recording and the hold switch, the controls are a little difficult to navigate, because of the size. It is just part of having a recorder this compact.

If you are familiar with Olympus menus, it is easy to learn.

The speaker in here is basically so you can make sure you have a recording or to use when you cannot access a computer (No one can make a great speaker that small.)

It is amazing for the price. I have been waiting a long time for a recorder as useful as the DS-71 for law enforcement purposes. This is it.

Great Job Olympus!

Olympus 4GB Stereo Digital Voice Recorder, USB Direct Connect, AAA Battery

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