Olympus WS-811, WS-813, WS-812 Recording with an external microphone, MIC jack of the recorder

Recording from an external microphone or other device

An external microphone or other device can be connected and audio can be recorded. Connect as follows according to the device to be used.

•Do not plug/unplug devices into the recorder’s jack while it is recording.

24 Recording with an external microphone:

Recording	Connect an external microphone to
	the MIC jack of the recorder.
	To MIC jack

Applicable external microphones (optional) (☞ P.88)

Stereo microphone: ME51S

The built-in large-diameter microphone enables sensitive stereo recording.

	2 channel microphone
	(omni-directional): ME30W
	These highly sensitive omni-directional
EN	microphones are supported by plug-in
	power and are well-suited to recording
34	musical performances.

Recording

Compact Gun Microphone

(unidirectional): ME31

This directional microphone is useful for various types of recording such as outdoor recording of wild birds singing.

Compact zoom microphone (unidirectional): ME32

This microphone is integrated with a tripod, making it suitable to place on a table for recording conferences or lectures at a distance.

Highly sensitive noise-cancellation monaural microphone (unidirectional): ME52W

This microphone is used to record audio at a distance while minimizing surrounding noise.

Tie clip microphone (omni-directional): ME15

This small unobtrusive microphone comes with a tie-clip.

Telephone pickup microphone: TP8 This earphone-type microphone can be placed into your ear while you are phoning. The voice or conversation from the phone can be recorded clearly.

Notes

•The built-in microphone becomes inoperable when an external microphone is plugged into the recorder’s MIC jack.

•Microphones supported by plug-in power can also be used.

•When an external monaural microphone is used while [Rec Mode] is set to a stereo recording mode, audio is recorded to the L channel only (☞ P.56).

•When an external stereo microphone is used while [Rec Mode] is set to a monaural recording mode, audio is recorded to the L channel only (☞ P.56).