> -----Original Message-----
> From:
> On Behalf Of Jeremiah Moore
> Sent: 24 January 2006 08:56
> To:
> Subject: RE: [Nature Recordists] MicroTrack 24/96
>
> <rant>Any mission-critical button like that should take a
> little more work to press - with a tiny, rounded little
> device like this, it's too easy to mistakenly stop rolling
> while you're fumbling to place the recorder somewhere so you
> can see the meters and have both hands free. </rant.>
Perhaps use the 'hold' button as a matter of habit, and you shouldn't have =
any
problems with this.
Re using this recorder, I took mine on my recent trip to Costa Rica and fou=
nd
it invaluable, simply because of its high portability. The quality of resul=
ts
may not be as good as they could be, but you can carry this thing without
inconvenience in a pocket on long treks through the rainforest that you mig=
ht
be going on for entirely other reasons. I picked up a great solo howler mon=
key
this way which otherwise would have been missed entirely... and the quality
with all that cicada noise is pretty credible to my ears.
Kevin
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