Yamaha POCKETRAK CX - Digital player - flash 2 GB - WMA, MP3

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Who would believe that this much recording power slips conveniently into a shirt pocket? The large diameter and high sensitivity 90? X-Y microphone on the POCKETRAK CX creates natural stereophonic recordings. The microSD and USB capability ensure you have all the storage capability you need.The re-chargeable "eneloop" AA battery built into the compact body allows up to 40 hours of continuous recording and play-back operation. A variety of different recording formats from 16 bit 44.1 CD quality .wav files to convenient MP3 allows you to select the recording format for your purposes.
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Technical Details

- Voice Automatic Recording System, ALC: Auto Level Control ON/OFF
- Sensitivity switch(ALC ON: 2 steps/ ALC OFF: 80 steps), Peak limiter
- 5 band GEQ (8 presets and USER), HPF
- Security functionÅAself timer, Rec monitor, Recycle bin
- Play-back: MP3, WMA, WAV *WAV PB is only possible to the file recorded by POCKETRAK CX
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 "Superb Digital Voice Recoder, nothing better under $300" 2009-04-05
By Gordong11 (New Jersey)
I have owned this for a month now and it keeps amazing me. I use it for Voice recording not musical recording.



The quality is superb and has a ton of features so it takes a few days to really get acquainted with it. The battery life, and recording times are off the chart good, plus the mic is super sensitive. It picks up everything. I would think for music use its equally as good.



Pros:

1. Long battery life and uses only 1 AA(comes with rechargeable Ni-Mh)

2. recharges directly through the unit

3. records to microSD and includes 2GB card and usb cable

4. Wav playback if needed.

5. Superb frequency response and mic sensitivity

6. lots of recording quality settings

7. Markable playback and sweet FF Rew options

8. PCM modes(uncompressed WAV) expandable to 12 hours with 8GB card

9 Amazing recording time on 2 GB card, has a low power processor

10. good editing software

11. actually a decent MP3 and WMA player for a VR

12. real 5-band Equalizer functionality

13. Can Edit and Divide files

the list goes on and on!



Cons:

NONE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!



You really can't go wrong for the $300 price or even below, it's by far the best $ for $. Plus you will save money on batteries. non-proprietary battery and media. I mean WOW it's close to perfect.

 "Spendy for the sound quality offered" 2008-12-04
By Brandon Milner (Seattle, WA United States)
I auditioned this unit in comparison to the $100 less expensive Yamaha 2G which is very similar but with lower quality mics built in. Both function very similarly. I found the sound quality for spoken word to be great, and for acoustic jamming, also quite fine. For recording a live band in a practice space (my intended use) I found the cheaper 2G to be a tad compressed and "washed out" sounding with a not very extended high end. The CX sounded clearer but with a reedy high end and poor bass response. Both models sounded FAR better when using a plug-in external stereo mic like a ATM-822. Lastly, the 2G plugs directly into your USB port without a cord. Convenient, but the design makes the USB port support the device, and it feels like it is putting strain on the port floating out of the side of your laptop 6". The CX uses a micro-USB cable to plug-in.



At $400, I'm not sure this product is a great deal. I'd expect the mics to be better for the money, otherwise, you can just use the cheaper 2G model with a external mic and get better sound than the CX.


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The Yamaha POCKETRAK 2G pocket recorder is an unbeatable choice. It's only a half-inch (13 millimeters) thick and will slip unobtrusively into a shirt pocket. But this diminutive, lightweight package contains a large 2-gigabyte memory plus advanced digital audio technology that lets you record and playback with outstanding quality.In addition to a CD-quality linear PCM recording mode that lets you record up to 3 hours of music, there are a number of MP3 modes that provide significantly longer recording times. The supplied long-lasting rechargeable battery can keep the POCKETRAK 2G running for up to 9 hours continuously when recording in MP3 mode. Slide out the built-in USB connecter and connect the POCKETRAK directly to your computer to transfer files back and forth, and use the bundled Cubase AI digital audio workstation software to edit and enhance your recordings with pro-level control.If sound is important to you, there is simply no reason not to have a Yamaha POCKETRAK 2G pocket recorder with you at all times.
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Technical Details

- Only 49 grams and 13 mm thick - Take it Everywhere!
- 2 GB Memory for High Audio Quality and Extended Recording Times
- High-sensitivity Tilt-up Microphone
- Level Meters and ALC for Optimum Record levels
- Long-lasting Rechargeable Battery
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 "An excellent recorder, despite Yamaha's best efforts" 2009-07-31
By T. Marshall (Thousand Oaks, CA USA)
This recorder allows you to record 3 hours of 16 bit PCM, or four hundred short memo messages. Yamaha is shooting itself in the foot by trying to make this recorder appeal to too many markets. They provide a line-in, but for copy-protection reasons, only allow you to record from line-in with the 128Kbps MP3 mode. (UPDATE - You can download the 2.01a Firmware from YamahaSynth.com and upgrade the XHQ and Line recording bitrate to 160Kbps MP3). Yet the mic preamp is very good, low noise, and wide dynamic range. With an input volume setting of 6 (out of 30 levels) the recorder spectral noise-floor is more than 110dB below the overload level at the external microphone jack. And overload is smooth, no saturation distortion (such as the Zoom H2 gives when over-driven). A very nicely engineered recorder, at least partly hobbled by the Yamaha marketing department. Distortion is essentially zero. I tested the analog chain from -40dB to -3dB at several frequencies, and never found a 2nd harmonic above -64dB (better than 0.1% distortion). For what I need - a tiny 16-bit recorder for high-quality lapel microphones, this slips into an inside suit-pocket and gives superb quality PCM recordings with an excellent dynamic range. Runs 9 hours on a single AAA Eneloop, but has no SD card slot, so is limited by internal memory to 3 hours of PCM or 25 hours of 160Kbps MP3 recording. The internal microphone is a little colored, probably due to the excessive use of 'chrome' plating around the microphone housing, rather than a wire-open-mesh design. Sigh... Marketing dept again, no doubt...

 "Awesome little recorder!" 2009-05-28
By MessyT (USA)
I really haven't found anything negative about this little recorder. The only thing i wish is that you could add more memory cause recording in the highest quality will only giv eyou roughly 3 hrs of recordings so if you go to a festival where there are bands playing for 3 days you can only record a few of your favorites. What you would have to do is have a laptop around so you can dump the recordings then continue to record more bands. however, the recorder is easy to use and the sound quality sounds amazing. I love how you can hear the bass drum/s perfectly. i havn't tried it w/ my full band yet but i'm sure it will sound great and thanks for the the advice about recording from you board into the mic input and recording low, i'm sure that will help big time. I was going to get the roland r-09 but i think i'll keep this bad boy.

 "light, effective, good mic" 2009-05-27
By Jay W. Wright
I bought this in December 2008, when the price was almost $300. Now that it's less than $200, I'd say the price is excellent.



This thing is surprisingly light and small, so I always have it on me.



My main use is recording our band's rehearsals and song ideas. We mic all our instruments and run them through a mixer, and I just run a line-out into the mic port on the 2G recorder.



If you do this according to the manual's directions, you will be instructed to select "line" under the mic setting. You can do this, but then the highest recording quality is mp3. I found that I can run my 500W mixer into the mic port, and select "mic" as the input option; however, to prevent clipping, you will want to set the 2G mic level to "1" and keep the mixer output fairly low.



The recording quality is very good this way.

 "allot of hype over nothing" 2008-06-21
By J. DiBari (Cali)
I finaly received mine after a wait of about two months. I liked the fact that it has a built in drive and does not use an SD card like most recorders do. After setting it up I noticed it froze on setting. I Called Yamaha customer support and played phone tag for two days. When I did reach an agent they knew absolutely nothing about the product. There is not even anything on there Yamaha's website regarding this. I sent it back. My advice is wait until Yamaha support is available.

 "Seems overpriced" 2008-06-04
By Parkker Ellingham (South Dakota)
I got this because I wanted a very compact recorder with high quality stereo sound. It is very compact and lightweight for sure.

The screen is very small and the characters so tiny they can be quite difficult to read. Also, the buttons are tiny too and kind of awkward to use. My friend has an Olympus LS-10 and we did simultaneous recording of a short jam session and afterwards we compared them and the Olympus won for sound quality. Of course, it's also twice the size. All in all it's an okay product if you need something really compact but if you can, wait for the price to drop considerably or shop around.


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