<<O>>  Difference Topic Audio (r1.7 - 17 Sep 2007 - ChrisJones)

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Just bought a new mp3 recorder, an m-audio microtrack 24/96. We bought it here.
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...works for me.

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BT Synergy 3505 Phone user manual.

 <<O>>  Difference Topic Audio (r1.6 - 19 Aug 2007 - ChrisJones)

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Just bought a new mp3 recorder, an m-audio microtrack 24/96. We bought it here.
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. I also noticed removing --user slimserver from the command line helped.
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/usr/bin/perl -w /usr/sbin/slimserver.pl --quiet --pidfile=/var/run/slimserver.pid --logfile=/var/log/slimserver.log --httpport=9000 --cliport=0 --group=nogroup

...works for me.

 <<O>>  Difference Topic Audio (r1.5 - 18 Aug 2007 - ChrisJones)

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Just bought a new mp3 recorder, an m-audio microtrack 24/96. We bought it here.
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I tried the 1/8" stereo microphone that came with the package: the levels seem very sensitive, so would be great for recording a panel discussion, where the device is stationary and you want to record multiple people (voices) sat around a table. Only downside seems that the final recording quality suffers from a touch of echo.

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I had a problem where slimserver was returning a blank page whenever I tried accessing the browser (port 9000). I narrowed it down to having two versions of the server installed on my machine at the same time (Slimserver and Slimp3).

Whenever I accessed the browser I would get the following errors in the slim log:

2007-08-15 17:56:13.3270 ERROR: _getFileContent: Couldn't open: html/mypage.ico

file error - html/errors/404.html: not found
file error - include.html: not found
file error - index.html: not found

I switched on a lot of logging:

/usr/bin/perl -w /usr/sbin/slimserver.pl --httpport=9000 --d_server --d_client --d_http_verbose --d_files --d_paths --d_protocol --d_scan --d_slimproto_v --d_command --d_startup --d_stdio --d_prefs --d_plugins

And noticed the preference file /var/lib/slimserver/slimserver.pref was being re-written from an older version sitting in my home directory. I deleted the old version (.slimp3.pref), and the browser page came back to life! . . . I also noticed removing --user slimserver from the command line helped.

 <<O>>  Difference Topic Audio (r1.4 - 10 Oct 2005 - ChrisJones)

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Just bought a new mp3 recorder, an m-audio microtrack 24/96. We bought it from here.
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Just bought a new mp3 recorder, an m-audio microtrack 24/96. We bought it here.

I've only just got it out of the box, but first impressions are good. Its very small and light. If anything, almost too light to feel durable. Time will tell if it will stand up to the rigours of being pulled in and out of my wife's handbag (and then dropped on the floor). But my feeling is it should be more durable than Sony's minidisc (my wife has gone through 3 in the past 3 years).

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I noticed that while connected via the 1/4" jack, the input mode (L/M/H switch) setting seemed to have an effect on the recording's levels. When set to L recordings seemed more sensitive than with the other settings (M & H). Changing this setting during a live recording session doesn't seem to take effect until recording has stopped and a new recording session has begun.

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I tried the 1/8" stereo microphone that came with package: the levels seem very sensitive, so would be great for recording a panel discussion, where the device is stationary and you want to record multiple people (voices) sat around table. Only downside seems that the final recording quality suffers from a touch of echo.
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I tried the 1/8" stereo microphone that came with the package: the levels seem very sensitive, so would be great for recording a panel discussion, where the device is stationary and you want to record multiple people (voices) sat around a table. Only downside seems that the final recording quality suffers from a touch of echo.

 <<O>>  Difference Topic Audio (r1.3 - 10 Oct 2005 - ChrisJones)

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Janet has just bought a new mp3 recorder, an m-audio microtrack 24/96. We bought it from here.
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I've only just got it out of the box, but first impressions are good. Its very small and light. If anything, almost too light to feel durable enough. Time will tell if it will stand up to the rigours of being pulled in and out of my wife's handbag (and then dropped on the floor). But my feeling is it should be more durable than Sony's minidisc (my wife has gone through 3 in the last 3 years).
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I've only just got it out of the box, but first impressions are good. Its very small and light. If anything, almost too light to feel durable. Time will tell if it will stand up to the rigours of being pulled in and out of my wife's handbag (and then dropped on the floor). But my feeling is it should be more durable than Sony's minidisc (my wife has gone through 3 in the past 3 years).

I bought a Monster cable for the microphone. The microtrack takes three types of input: two 1/4", 1/8" line in, and a S/PDIF. I bought the XLR-1/4" cable, which works great.

 <<O>>  Difference Topic Audio (r1.2 - 08 Oct 2005 - JanetBall)

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Janet has just bought a new mp3 recorder, an m-audio microtrack 24/96. We bought it from here.
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I bought a Monster cable for the microphone. The microtrack takes three types of input: two 1/4", 1/8" line in, and a S/PDIF. I bought the XLR-1/4" cable, which works great.

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The quality of the recording seems excellent - although my wife hasn't tested it in the field yet, which will be the ultimate test. I found that recording via the 1/4" input proved to give the best results, but do remember to switch on 27dB TRS Input Boost via the menu system. I also compared the same microphone connected via an 1/8" jack, but the levels seemed lower than that with 1/4" jack.
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Recording quality seems excellent - although my wife hasn't tested it in the field yet, which will be the ultimate test. I've found that recording with 1/4" input gives the best results, but you do need 27dB TRS Input Boost switched on, this can be done via the menu system. I also tested the same microphone connected with a 1/8" input, but the levels seemed lower than the 1/4" input.

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I noticed that while connected via the 1/4" jack, the input mode (L/M/H switch) setting seemed to have an effect on the recording's levels. When set to L recordings seemed more sensitive than the other options. To change this option make sure that recording has stopped to ensure that the change will take effect.
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I noticed that while connected via the 1/4" jack, the input mode (L/M/H switch) setting seemed to have an effect on the recording's levels. When set to L recordings seemed more sensitive than with the other settings (M & H). Changing this setting during a live recording session doesn't seem to take effect until recording has stopped and a new recording session has begun.

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That's it for now, I'll post more when I've used it a bit more.
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I tried the 1/8" stereo microphone that came with package: the levels seem very sensitive, so would be great for recording a panel discussion, where the device is stationary and you want to record multiple people (voices) sat around table. Only downside seems that the final recording quality suffers from a touch of echo.

 <<O>>  Difference Topic Audio (r1.1 - 08 Oct 2005 - JanetBall)
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Janet has just bought a new mp3 recorder, an m-audio microtrack 24/96. We bought it from here.

I've only just got it out of the box, but first impressions are good. Its very small and light. If anything, almost too light to feel durable enough. Time will tell if it will stand up to the rigours of being pulled in and out of my wife's handbag (and then dropped on the floor). But my feeling is it should be more durable than Sony's minidisc (my wife has gone through 3 in the last 3 years).

I bought a Monster cable for the microphone. The microtrack takes three types of input: two 1/4", 1/8" line in, and a S/PDIF. I bought the XLR-1/4" cable, which works great.

Sound
The quality of the recording seems excellent - although my wife hasn't tested it in the field yet, which will be the ultimate test. I found that recording via the 1/4" input proved to give the best results, but do remember to switch on 27dB TRS Input Boost via the menu system. I also compared the same microphone connected via an 1/8" jack, but the levels seemed lower than that with 1/4" jack.

I noticed that while connected via the 1/4" jack, the input mode (L/M/H switch) setting seemed to have an effect on the recording's levels. When set to L recordings seemed more sensitive than the other options. To change this option make sure that recording has stopped to ensure that the change will take effect.

That's it for now, I'll post more when I've used it a bit more.

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