Anything approaching 1 full second after 30 minutes still seems
significant. By comparison, the worst case drift for Hi-MD/MD would
be around 1/20 of a second after 30 minutes.
You could fully charge your LS-10 and record for three hours or as
long as you can at 16/48 or 16/44. For an accurate time reference,
record the Universal Time announcement at start-up and every hour or
so using one of these phone numbers (303) 499-7111 for WWV
(Colorado), or (808) 335-4363 for WWVH (Hawaii). Compare the audio
announcements to the time line of an editing app like Audacity.
I have no idea as to the cause. Doesn't seem likely that the
electronics would have variable drift from a battery voltage drop or
anything like that. It possible that the drift could be constant--
that is-- its clock could generate the same, off-standard time with
each use. That might be correctable if needed. Rob D.
At 2:55 AM +0000 6/4/08, oryoki2000 wrote:
>Marc Myers wrote:
>> ...The Olympus was 14 seconds off in an hour.
>
>Reading this, I started my LS-10 recording. After 30 minutes elapsed
>time, the recorder's display was less than one second behind.
>
>Maybe the reported 14 second loss was caused by a weak battery?
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