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"Up until late 2002, there were no real MP3 encoders for the Pocket PC. This meant anyone that wanted to record on his or her PDA needed to resort to the built-in, either very wasteful, non-compressing WAV coders or (on the PPC2k2 platform; in PPC2k and earlier, there was another ultra-low-speed codec, the Mobile Voice, with even worse voice quality and smaller bandwidth usage) the GSM codec, which, being a heavy-compression vocoder, produced just intelligible results and was completely useless for recording for example meetings. "
Looking for a good rundown of the built-in sound recorder for Pocket PC? Take a look at forum enthusiast Menneisyys' Advanced sound recorders on the Pocket PC which is sort of a review and overview comparison of three major players. Personally, I use Vito Sound Explorer. How about you?
True, at least at this point, high grade recording won't be done on a PDA. I did, however, get acceptable recordings of my daughters all-district flute music played by her teacher for practice files. Not bad sound at all and certainly useable for learning purposes. I still haven't used the remote mic capabilities.
Oh, and I am using NoteM
A wired microphone (preferably of higher quality than the internal mic) that can be placed closer to the subject and is outside the internal noise and influence of the PDA. The Axim X50v (as well as, I believe, the other X50 models) has a headset (rather than headphone) jack that includes microphone connection. It uses a trrs plug with the second ring and the sleeve making up the microphone connection circuit. Better recordings have been reported using this connection. I just haven't rigged anything up for a good test. I have used a headset and it was a bit better but I want to try some better microphones.
Audiophiles can and do use CoreSound's PDAudio-CF, which is a SPDIF input to Pocket PC's Compact Flash slot. Combine this with a microphone preamp that includes SPDIF out, and you're in business. It's a little costly, but that wouldn't matter to people who want an ultra portable, ultra high-quality recording solution. http://www.core-sound.com/pdaudio-cf.html
A wired microphone (preferably of higher quality than the internal mic) that can be placed closer to the subject and is outside the internal noise and influence of the PDA. The Axim X50v (as well as, I believe, the other X50 models) has a headset (rather than headphone) jack that includes microphone connection. It uses a trrs plug with the second ring and the sleeve making up the microphone connection circuit. Better recordings have been reported using this connection. I just haven't rigged anything up for a good test. I have used a headset and it was a bit better but I want to try some better microphones.
Ok, so are you saying the headpone jack has two functions (speaker and mic?) Or are there two jacks? I can't seem to find anything about this..but very intriguing
Perhaps my Google finger is on the fritz.
I'm not aware of any PPC that has two jacks. Some have mic rings in the headphone jack. Which, *I think* means that it is mono (4-wire mini-jacks are fairly common for stereo headphone out, mono mic in--plus ground). I haven't seen a summary, but of the VGA devices, it looks like the following comment rom the firstloox.org forums applies here:
"One of PL720's disadvantages, compared to x50v/hx4700/e830 is the lack of microphone ring."
So this is not universal, but it does exist on some devices.
Yes mono mic only but its a start. For my purposes that is enough. No real need for stereo mic recording. If I want real high grade recording I can use my brothers Korg D16.
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