Olympus have just release a new microphone in Australia called the ME-33. The ME-33 is commonly known as a boundary or array microphone and connects to any Olympus digital voice recorder including the Pro DS series dictaphones (DS-7000/DS-3500) and the traditional meeting recorders like the DM-3 (this is the preferred recorder with the ME-33’s) or … read more
Olympus have released a new firmware update for the Olympus DS-7000 and DS-3500 professional digital dictaphones. To the average users there is no urgency to install this update which contains a couple of minor tweak to the voice recorders firmware. The two updates included in this release are: 1. Supports MIF (Metadata Import Function) Enables … read more
Two incredible new digital music recorders are set to launch in Australia this month (April 2013), the Olympus LS-12 and LS-14. With every Olympus digital recorder launch the units just get better and better and in recent years cheaper and cheaper too, no complaints there. These two newbies are going to make any musician just … read more
Drum roll please …. Olympus have just rolled out the latest update to DSS Player Plus v7 for the Mac going to version 7.3.3. The update includes the fix/change/feature to convert audio recorded on their professional digital dictation machines (DS-7000/DS-5000) in DSS Pro (.ds2) format to high quality .AIF which can be used by Nuance’s … read more
Australians will likely be familiar with the Jenny Macklin inaudible story in the mainstream press over the last couple of days. Sydney Morning Herald: The great vanishing act: Macklin’s dole comment disappears The Age: Macklin won’t release ‘inaudible’ audio ABC News: Macklin challenged to live on dole for a week For those of you who missed … read more
Olympus have recently pushed out a new firmware update for the Olympus DS-7000 and DS-3500, both in the professional range of digital dictaphones. The firmware update is the second release since the recorders launch and takes it to version v1.02. The complete firmware version history is below for reference. Download the latest firmware by clicking … read more
##UPDATE January 2013## ## DSS Player Plus v7.3.3 Released – click here I received a heart warming email from the Olympus Australia Dictation Product Manager yesterday. The email contained the release notes for the next version of Olympus’ Mac digital dictation software called DSS Player Plus v7 expected to be released in early 2013. DSS … read more
Easily one of my favourite recorders in the current range has to be the Olympus LS-3. It is a bit of an all-rounder, perfect for recording crystal clear audio in any situation, it was just as happy sat on a boardroom table, in the middle of a load and vocal focus group or smuggled into … read more