It's a nifty little voice recorder made by Olympus.  It has talking menus
for most of its functions, has 1 GB of built-in flash memory, a choice of
mono or stereo microphones, and records everything in WMA format.  Although
it is designed for recording dictation or meetings, I find it adequate for
recording rehearsals of my church choir and praise band, where I play
congas.

The NFB sells this unit for $220, last I checked.  There are better
recorders for serious musicians or professionals recording "in the field",
but I think this unit is a good compromise.

Lloyd Rasmussen, W3IUU, Kensington, Maryland
Home:  http://lras.home.sprynet.com
Work:  http://www.loc.gov/nls
 
> -----Original Message-----
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> Subject: Re: OT copying mystery with DS 50 solved!
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> Jeff;
> 
> Pardon my ignorance but, what is a ds-50?
> 
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> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Jeff Kenyon" <[log in to unmask]>
> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: Saturday, October 13, 2007 10:10 PM
> Subject: OT copying mystery with DS 50 solved!
> 
> 
> > Hi everyone, I posted about not being able to  copy the contents of
> music
> > CDS to the DS 50 and then playing them, well, I was playing around
> today,
> > and decided to copy some music from a CD I bought to a thumb drive here,
> > and when I opened the dialog box to copy I saw the checkbox to remove
> the
> > copy right code, and when I did and copied with Media Player I was able
> to
> > listen to the tracks on the DS-50 without the help of Goldwave or
> anything
> > else, and in far less time!  It only took a few minutes to copy and it
> is
> > working perfectly, but you have to remember that the DS-50 doesn't like
> > things a few folders deep, and above all to copy responsibly!
> >