The Olympus DS-330 is a light, compact digital voice recorder capable of recording up to 330 minutes of audio in up to five separate folders. The recorder uses a built-in microphone for portability, but also accepts an external microphone.

The DS-330 is both PC and Macintosh compatible.

The software for downloading and editing the audio is located in Carnegie 211.

To reserve the digital voice recorder, click here
 

Recording:

1. Turn on the voice recorder by sliding the "Hold" button toward the bottom of the recorder.	Click to enlarge photo
2. If desired, connect an external microphone by plugging it into the "MIC" port on the top of the recorder.	Click to enlarge photo
3. Select the microphone sensitivity by moving the sliding button to the desired setting. CONF (Conference) will increase the sensitivity so audio from sources farther away will be recorded. DICT (Dictation) will decrease the sensitivity so background audio will not be recorded as well.	Click to enlarge photo
4. Select a folder to place your recorder audio. Press the "folder/menu" button on the side of the recorder.	Click to enlarge photo
5. Press the red "REC" button to begin recording.
6. To stop recording, press the "stop" button located on the front of the recorder	Click to enlarge photo

Playback

A. Select the folder in which your recording resides by pressing the "folder/menu" button	Click to enlarge photo
B. Press the "Play" button located on the front of the recorder to begin playback	Click to enlarge photo
C. You may search for a particular portion of the recording by pressing the "FF - REW" button on the side of the recorder. To move forward in the recording, press the "+" or "FF" To move backward in the recording, press the "-" or "REW"	Click to enlarge photo
D. Press the "STOP" button to stop playback	Click to enlarge photo
E. To erase a recorded selection, press the "ERASE" button.
Downloading Audio Clips
The Olympus software is available in Carnegie 200 and 210 only.
Click here to learn how to download the audio clips