XtremeMac IPV-MIC-00, Works well
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Works well
I purchased this a week before my college classes started this quarter, primarily to record lectures. It is past the half way point of the quarter, and I am pleased with the results.
Recording is easy; just snap it on the bottom of the iPod and the recording menu will automatically show up. From there you have an option of recording in either high or low quality.
Personally, I did not find any great difference in quality, but there is a significant difference in the power consumption (with the high quality mode sucking almost all the battery power of my 30gb iPod video when recording for 80 minutes), and file size (low quality mode records at about 2.5 mb/min) between the two options.
My class lectures are 80 minutes long, and I had no problem with battery life. In fact, I am able to record 3 of these lectures in one day, as well as walk around campus using my iPod, and still have about a quarter of the battery life left.
I have only tried recording when I am in the very front of the class; I felt it’s not worth it to experiment by moving around the class each time. With that said, it works great when I’m up there.
My only complaint is that it cannot work with an iPod skin or protective case. That is, you have to take your iPod out of one of these for it to connect properly to the microphone.
Finally, if you are in college and have been considering recording your lectures, I highly recommend it. I am a third year, and wish I bought this sooner. You cannot write down everything your professor says, and when reviewing for a test and are unsure of a topic covered in the lectures, all it takes is a push of a button to hear what the professor said EXACTLY.
Update (2/4/2012):
The featured review for this product, XtremeMac IPV-MIC-00 MicroMemo Digital Voice Recorder for iPod Video Black Electronics, was written by I. L. Bebak.
The average rating for this item is out of 5 stars, according to 3 reviews.
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Posted on: July 9, 2010
Filed under: Reviews
Reviews (3)
I. L. Bebak
May 29th, 2010 at 7:40 am
Works well
Rated 4 stars.
Dan Amrich
June 10th, 2010 at 8:08 am
A great recorder for a busy reporter
I frequently record interviews as part of my job as a magazine editor; they’re a drag to transcribe, but it was a bigger drag before I started using digital recorders. The MicroMemo has performed extremely well on “mission critical” recordings in the field.
On my 3G iPod I used the Belkin F8E462 Voice Recorder for iPod, which offered much lower fidelity and recordings were often plagued with hard disk access noises — but it got the job done. I haven’t heard either problem with the MicroMemo, and I’ve recorded three or four interviews in different spaces (plus I’ve used it with telephone handset pass-through recording cables). For face to face interviews, just place the MicroMemo about five feet in front of your subject and you should get great results.
I have had no problems with the included mono microphone but I’ve often opted to use the Sony ECMMS907 Digital Recording Microphone, a stereo, battery-powered condenser mic originally intended for use with camcorders. If you’re considering a microphone upgrade, this works perfectly with the MicroMemo. I particularly like the fact that I can record 44K, 16-bit WAVs, so any juicy interviews can then be turned into podcast material, too. On a full charge, I’ve recorded for about two hours straight and still had some juice left in the battery.
The downsides: My first unit was flaky, but I returned it to MicroMemo and the replacement has been bug-free. And as others have noted, I had to invest in an easily-removable sleeve-style iPod case, since the MicroMemo will not attach through a full-enclosure case, like the ISkin eVo3. With the (optional) new case and the (optional) external microphone, the financial investment can quickly get steep — but it was money well spent for me.
Michael L. Nistler
June 27th, 2010 at 3:53 am
Micromemo - Nasty Signal to Noise Ration but J&R service is great
I was very disappointed to find the signal to noise ratio on the Micromemo was terrible - 40dB, akin to a cheap cassette recorder of yester year. Fortunately, when J&R Music World (who fulfilled the Amazon order as an affiliate supplier) received my poor review, they EMAILed me and were happy to give me a refund! Great service, J&R!!! They not only proactively look for customer feedback but took the initiative to contact me for a refund - wow! Hopefully, Extreme will eventually fix the engineering problem on the MicroMeo - I now find many others who have had similar problems.
Warm Regards, Michael
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