Originally Posted by Teacher49
I agree on all parts of your post that I understand.
I am quite happy with my Olympus DM-1 except for two issues:
- For me the conversions to wav then to mp3 have been getting tedious since in months when I am teaching, I will have 80 to 100 tracks to convert. If I had many less, then it would not be a problem
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Kanebear do you know the answer to the question I posted above - which is the other problem: since the R-09 has two audio inputs: one "mic" and one "line" would I be able to do away with the box that "steps down" the signal from a "line out" on a sound board?
I believe the R-09 may work from a sound-board line out without padding. The input is unbalanced but is rated at 0 dBu which means it's inbetween the -10dBv consumer and +4dBu balanced pro spec. You'll just have to try and see if it overloads the input. It's a minijack input so unless you can do a 1/4" stereo phono plug to 1/8" stereo plug out of the soundboard you'll still need a box to convert the XLRs. It definitely has a much better chance than the DM-1 which only has a microphone input and absolutely needs the padding.