Mac compatible - Digital Voice Recorder Advice

Hello Everyone,
I am looking for advice on a good, mid-range, but professional voice recorder to buy. I have a canon 5D2 and would like to use something like the H4n to record the audio and edit it in post.
Does anyone on this forum have a tip on what to get?
Thank you very much in advance for your help!
Tupy.

There's many portable recorders on the market now but I've yet to find something better than Sony's products if you're looking for quality.
Check out either the PCM-D50 or the PCM-D10:
http://pro.sony.com/bbsc/ssr/cat-audio/resource.latest.bbsccms-assets-cat-audio- latest-pcmd50.shtml
http://pro.sony.com/bbsc/ssr/cat-audio/resource.latest.bbsccms-assets-cat-audio- solutions-pcmm10.shtml
Zoom are interesting but the build quality is always on the cheap side.

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For a high quality portable audio recorder, I've been very happy with the Olympus LS-10, but it is more expensive that the ordinary voice recorder, on the order of $250USD. If you want quality, this has it. I am disappointed at the sound quality of the voice recorders I have tried. It's stereo, about the size of a pack of cigarettes (if anybody remembers that). The built-in microphones are not perfect for music (reduced bass and boosted highs), but are excellent for voice. The device records about 10 hours continuously on 2 AA batteries. It has tiny speakers and earphone jack, and an iPod-easy menu system. It requires no software to transfer files. You connect the USB cable to the Mac, and the recorder shows up on the desktop for you to move whatever files you wish. You can record in WAV, MP3 or WMA formats at several bit depths and sample rates to balance quality with file size.
There are many competing products (Sony, Tascam, Marantz, others) that have some similar characteristics, but I have no experience with them - except some Zoom products I tried were poor.

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Hello All
I would be very grateful for any suggestions regarding a good quality mini voice recorder that will work well with my imac.
When i say work well, I mean one that will download material from the recorder to mac as simply as possible.
I believe the olympus range may be my best bet. Any particular models anyone can recommend.
Thanks so much for your help
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DD

Hi DD, Olympus may work fine, depends what you need & use it for...
http://www.amazon.com/forum/mac%20compatible/Tx38F27Z8NEUL31
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http://sbinfocanada.about.com/od/officeequipment/tp/voicerecord1.htm

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I recently switched from PC to MAC and am very happy I did.
I just have 1 thing that still need to use my PC for - I use a digital recorder almost daily, and then email the recordings to different people.
I use a Sony so I can't use it on my MAC.
I am looking for a digital voice recorder that is as easy to use as my current one, I just plug it into my PC, open the software it came with, and it converts it to MP3 and then I attach it to the specified email and away it goes.
I tried an Olympus but the effort it would have taken to convert it to MP3 was ridiculous.
I would love some suggestions...
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I use an older Olympus myself, rather similar to this one, and though it records in WAV format rather than mp3 it is really pretty simple converting the files if you wish. The ones that Dave Sawyer links to look better for your purposes , though.
Sony make Mac compatible recorders which record directly into mp3 these days, too, though. See here, for example. Or this one.
eww's suggestion looks good , too.
There are a lot of choices out there. The best selection depends on what quality level you require for the recording, how important small size is, whether you will be using external mics, how much storage capacity you need, how much you are prepard to spend, etc etc. Might be easier to refine recommendations if you could provide a bit more info about such things.
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I realize the device itself is in fact only compatible with PC. I am wondering if there is a fix, not a standard software download from olympus.

Any Mac that can run 10.6 can also natively run Windows:
https://discussions.apple.com/docs/DOC-2741
Although they do have a download here:
http://www.olympusamerica.com/cpg_section/cpg_support_downloads.asp?id=1079&os=m
but don't say what Mac operating system is required. It is possible though it may only work under older Mac OS X versions, as the icon they use for the Mac operating systems is old. Anything that requires a PowerPC Mac needs to be updated if it requires access to certain drivers. Though since you have 10.6 at least you can run applications that don't require PowerPC specific drivers that were written for Mac OS X.

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It is my understanding that the VN 2100PC has a USB port & cable. The VN 2100 does not; Olympus uses 'pc' to distinguish the two.
VN 2100pc: http://www.olympusamerica.com/cpgsection/cpg_supportfaqs.asp?id=1270
VN 2100: http://www.olympusamerica.com/cpgsection/cpg_supportfaqs.asp?id=1269
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Or are you having trouble connecting your recorder to your computer?
It has been my experience that, once connected, a USB profile should show up in Finder and, after a bit of digging, you should be able to find your recordings and copy them.
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Hello,
I'm looking for a digital voice recorder whose USB connectivity will work with OS X.
Olympus seems to pop up a lot in my searches:
http://www.olympusamerica.com/cpgsection/cpg_vrdigitalrecorders.asp
Sony, too:
http://www.sonystyle.com/is-bin/INTERSHOP.enfinity/eCS/Store/en/-/USD/SYDisplayProductInformation-Start?ProductSKU=ICDP110&Dept=audio&CategoryName=pa_Vo iceRecordersDigitalVoiceRecorder
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So you are wanting to do this through your iPod correct? Well, finding the right digital recorder does depend on what iPod model own. Just make sure when shopping around to verify that its compatible before purchasing.
Here is a Digital Voice Recorder from Griffin:
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Or this one from Belkin (Compatible only with Nano, 2G and 4G iPods):
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Hello all,
I"m a college student going back to school in a few days, and I'm looking for a digital voice recorder that will let me record lectures and then play them on my Mac, preferably in iTunes.
I've seen a bunch of different recorders on the internet but none seem to be Mac-compatible. Some of the Olympus recorders claim to be compatible, but customer reviews say that they don't get all the computer-based features that the company promises. Additionally, I've seen recorders that attach to iPods, but I'd prefer to not carry my iPod to every class. Has anyone found a digital recorder that ACTUALLY works well with their Mac?
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There are many competing products (Sony, Tascam, Marantz, others) that have some similar characteristics, but I have no experience with them - except some Zoom products I tried were poor.

I'm trying to extract audio files from my OLYMPUS Digital Voice Recorder VN-6200PC I am getting this error whenever I try to play its file type on my MacBook Pro,"The document "VN622195.WMA" could not be opened. The movie's file format isn't recognized."

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Hi, bikinijack.
1. With the particular digital voice recorder you have, I suspect you are going to be out of luck. Olympus offers DSS Player for Mac OS X for their higher-end units, i.e. their DS-series digital voice recorders.
2. I presume you've tried connecting the VN-960PC to your Mac via USB cable and found that its built-in storage does not mount on the desktop. True?
3. I suspect DSS Player is not going to work with your VN-960PC, but if you hada DS-series recorder, here's how I'd advise you, based on having previously researched this question for a person with a DS-series player:The short answer is that if you install the DSS Player application that comes with their digital voice recorders, and then install the "DSS Player for Mac (OS X) V6 Update to V6.0.4" — which can be found using their Support - Downloads Web page — then the DSS Player software will work with Tiger.
They are planning to update their Web site to reflect this as well as provide a FAQ. The basic instructions are the following:
• If your Olympus digital voice recorder comes with DSS Player V6, you simply install "DSS Player for Mac (OS X) V6 Update to V6.0.4" using the instructions in the Read Me file.
• If your Olympus digital voice recored comes with DSS Player versiion 1.xx, you first install the "DSS Player for Mac (OS X) Upgrade from version 1.xx to V6" using the instructions in the Read Me file, then install "DSS Player for Mac (OS X) V6 Update to V6.0.4," again following the instructions in its Read Me file.
StuffIt Expander is required to unpack these downloads. Tiger, unlike prior versions of Mac OS X, does not include Stuffit Expander: see "Mac OS X 10.4: Where is StuffIt Expander?" If you don't have StuffIt Expander, a free download of such for Mac OS X 10.4 can be found here.4. Since your Mac Mini is PPC, your only real option for running Windows is Virtual PC. There are some other, open-source projects for getting Windows to run under Mac OS X, but Virtual PC is probably the "gold standard" in that arena.
If your 20-inch iMac is Intel-based, in lieu of Boot Camp you could also try Parallels Desktop for Mac. This leverages the virtualization technology of the Intel chips, permitting you to run Mac OS X and Windows simultaneously.
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