Two Channel Marantz

Steelers252006

I may purchase the PMD 661 or 671, currently using Olympus DM520 as backup. I work as a stenomask reporter and would use the mask as one channel and the mic in the recorder as the other. Can this be transcribed on ExpressScribe, and can the file be toggled back and forth from my voice to the audio of the room during transcription? Thanks.

Steelers252006

Also, will the audio come out of both earphones whether on the channel for the mask or the room mic? Thanks again.

Damian_Lettie

Steelers252006 wrote:

I work as a stenomask reporter and would use the mask as one channel and the mic in the recorder as the other.

If the stenomask audio and the free-standing microphone audio are being recorded by separate devices then Express Scribe won't be able to play the two recordings simultaneously without extra work. e.g. By using some audio editing software (like WavePad) to combine the two recordings into one recording, as the left and right channels.

On the other hand, if the two microphones are being recorded by the same device as a stereo recording then you can use Scribe to play one or both channels, however the channels will be treated as left and right and muting one will not cause the other to play on more than one output channel.