wrote:
"The FR2-LE can record to one track [mono], resulting in smaller files
and longer continuous recording before the file size limit is hit."
Thanks for the correction. I forgot that firmware update 1.10,
released in June 2007, adds the mono recording option. Here's what
the notes for firmware 1.10 say about mono:
"You can now select the track mode between stereo and mono using the
'Track Mode' item which has been newly added to the Format item in the
Disk menu."
Any FR-2LE purchased from mid-2007 onwards will have the ability to
record mono to a single track.
Many recorders say they record mono, but write the digitized signal to
both channels. Or they record silence in the other channel. The
result is a file that is the same size as a stereo recording. As
Flawn says, recording one channel only, in true mono, will result in a
file that is half the size of stereo. This helps when you need to
conserve file storage space. I don't think recording in mono saves
much battery life, however.
--oryoki
"While a picture is worth a thousand words, a
sound is worth a thousand pictures." R. Murray Schafer via Bernie Krause
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