Olympus gets into the sound production market with new portable recorder: Will drummers use it?
Olympus LS-10 recorder enters the market geared for musicians
We know cretinous bootleggers will use it, but will drummers? We hope to give a look-see at NAMM this month.
From a press release
CENTER VALLEY, Pa.– Olympus, a market leader for portable digital voice recorders and professional dictation devices, now leverages its audio expertise with the LS-10 Linear PCM Audio Recording Device.
It is called “the ultimate portable professional recording tool for musicians and everyone who values high-quality recording. Straight out of the box, the intuitive and easy-to-use LS-10 delivers the high fidelity of a portable professional recording studio in an extremely light, go-anywhere body.
No extra gear is required to record audio in uncompressed 24 bit/96 kHz Linear PCM format for digital stereo recordings true to the original performance. In addition to WAV, the LS-10 records and plays back in the common WMA and MP3 formats.”
The LS-10 contains the following features:
- Uncompressed 24 bit/96 kHz Linear PCM recording capability
- WAV, MP3 and WMA recording and playback
- Elegant and durable aluminum body
- 2GB Built-in memory and a SD/SDHC removable media card slot that can accommodate SD cards
- Built-in stereo speakers for instant playback of recordings
- High sensitivity built-in stereo microphones
- Manual Recording Level Adjustment to obtain the optimum level
- Remote jack for optional wireless remote controller
- Recording battery life of 12 hours, and
- Large 1.8-inch LCD with backlight. (more…)
