TP2 to record lectures?

[nyCecilia]

Hi all,

I just started taking a music class, and the teacher recommends recording the class for later review. For sure my TP2 should be able to do this?

Can anyone tell me what I need? Do I need to install a recording software, and if so, which one?

Do I need an external microphone, and again, what type / which one?

I also have an older iPod Touch (gen 2?) that I might be able to do this with, but I have the exact same questions for that.

Does anyone use their TP2 this way, and how do you handle it?

TIA!

[boredandtattooed]

well if your stock, just turn on audio recorder-its already in your phone

[nyCecilia]

I couldn't find "Audio Recorder" but I did find "Voice Recorder"--are they the same? Is there an advantage to Audio Recorder, if I can ever find it?

Also, in order to record a lecture, do I need an external mic? The built in mic seems to work pretty well, just not sure, since it is a music class (although I don't need cd quality, it should have some quality to it).

Oh, and I can't seem to figure out where it gets recorded to...is there a default place, and if so, where? can the default be changed?

TIA!

[kporter1500]

Originally Posted by nyCecilia

Hi all,

I just started taking a music class, and the teacher recommends recording the class for later review. For sure my TP2 should be able to do this?

Can anyone tell me what I need? Do I need to install a recording software, and if so, which one?

Do I need an external microphone, and again, what type / which one?

I also have an older iPod Touch (gen 2?) that I might be able to do this with, but I have the exact same questions for that.

Does anyone use their TP2 this way, and how do you handle it?

TIA!

I wanted to use mine too for my econ class...I would like to know how long does it record...I dont want it to cut off during a lecture. My class is 2hrs and 20mins...can anybody help with this one??? I bought a flash drive with a voice recorder built in, but i dont want to use it because it's so small, anyone can just pick it up and go..

[AZTECHKA]

I use mine in my Human Physiology class all the time.
The longest I've gone is an hour and a half. But I'm sure it can go longer. I have about 20 lectures in my memory card and still going. I guess a 16 gb card helps.

I use standard setup. No special mic. Stock ROM.

Good luck in school guys. And of course you too kporter.
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[nyCecilia]

Originally Posted by AZTECA

I use mine in my Human Physiology class all the time.
The longest I've gone is an hour and a half. But I'm sure it can go longer. I have about 20 lectures in my memory card and still going. I guess a 16 gb card helps.

I use standard setup. No special mic. Stock ROM.

Good luck in school guys. And of course you too kporter.
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Very cool. My lectures are 50 min, so that will be great.

BUT, how to I change the default location so that it saves the lectures to the card instead of internal memory? I don't see any place to configure that.

Also, since mine is a music class, I found an external mic to try: Amazon.com: Samson Go Mic Compact USB Microphone - Plug n' Play: Musical Instruments

I will probably try without the external mic first, but it might be worthwhile, I could see later using this mic with my pc to have some karaoke

[nyCecilia]

In case my main question got hidden in that post....

In Voice Recorder, how do you change the location of where it saves recordings?

Thank you!

[nyCecilia]

PS. A google search told someone to go to Tools--> Options from within Voice Recorder.

THERE IS NO tools-->options menu option in voice recorder.

Alternately, if the aformentioned Audio Recorder is supposed to be in here somewhere, I would try that, but there is no alphabetic or other logical order to finding anything in WinMobile.

[horndoctor]

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Originally Posted by nyCecilia

PS. A google search told someone to go to Tools--> Options from within Voice Recorder.

THERE IS NO tools-->options menu option in voice recorder.

Alternately, if the aformentioned Audio Recorder is supposed to be in here somewhere, I would try that, but there is no alphabetic or other logical order to finding anything in WinMobile.

I think he meant to say Voice Recorder and said Audio by mistake.
You could probably move the file or folder where Voice Recorder saves your recording afterward using sktools or with file explorer for that matter to your card so you don't run out of memory.

[nyCecilia]

Originally Posted by horndoctor

You could probably move the file or folder where Voice Recorder saves your recording afterward using sktools or with file explorer for that matter to your card so you don't run out of memory.

Thanks. I am yet again flabbergasted how something that should be so simple, changing a file location, is so ridiculously difficult/impossible.

Google search brings up various methods for changing default file locations, but NONE appear to be avialable. Why there is no Tools-->Options menu in the recorder so that I can choose where to save the file really leaves me amazed.

My only other choice is to try recording a lecture and probably lose it because there isn't enough space? When I know for a fact there's several gigs of space on my card...

Sorry, every time I try to work with this gadget I get more and more frustrated. When it works, it's great, but when it doesn't--watch out