kbps mono – When using alkaline battery: Approx. 48 hours, When using NiMh battery: Approx. 31 hours

DIGITAL VOICE 1 RECORDER Recording WS-853 - Olympus

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In terms of audio recording formats, the WS-853 records in MP3, ensuring compatibility and ease of use. The device has a width of 39 millimeters, a depth of 18 millimeters, and a height of 111.5 millimeters, making it compact and portable. In the 3 years I’ve owned the Olympus WS-853, I’ve not used it much. Mainly because I also bought the now discontinued Olympus 823, which I used a lot. I’ll get into the reasons why the 853 has been gathering dust in my closet later on, for now let’s look at top 3 features of the Olympus 853 that I like(d). The Good You can monitor the recording while recording using your headphones. A great way to make sure that you are recording at optimal setting. Also take a look at the mic meters on the recording screen to judge the input sound. You’ll want the meters to peak at about 80% for optimal sound quality.

WS-853 | OM SYSTEM - Olympus

The Olympus WS-852 seems to be just that – simple and user friendly. It has some more complex features, like having several files and modes, but I don’t really need that, so I can use the simple mode to decrease my options or use the normal mode if I want to set some specific settings like voice filtering, languages, lighting or many other specific details. I look forward to using some of those settings in the future. Available recording time will also vary due to differences in the available memory capacity of different microSD cards.

Regardless of the amount of remaining memory, the maximum recording time per file is restricted to the following values. Actually available recording times may be shorter than the figures shown here when making short recordings repeatedly (Equipment displays of available/elapsed recording times should be considered guideline values). Here are a few tips when using the Olympus WS-853 when recording interviews, focus groups, lectures and meetings. Early in my career much of my work was for articles for newspapers, magazines or press releases – things of a shorter nature. Now I do professional family history and oral history and much of the work I do is more detailed and of a longer nature, making a recording device vital for my work. What??! Yes. It works. The sound is a little muffled, but not bad! Pro tip – invest in rechargeable batteries