Can the playback speed be controlled?
The playback of files in the DS-40 can be changed to between 50% and 150% of the default playback speed in increments of x0.125. The tone of the file will be adjusted digitally without changing the pitch so that the recording sounds natural. The play speed is changed in the recorder’s menu, under Play Speed. The options are: • S. Play (Slow Play): x0.5, x0.625, x0.75, x0.875 • F. Play (Fast Play): x1.125, x1.25, x1.375, x1.5 S. Play and F. Play are not available while Noise Cancel is enabled. During fast/slow playback, stereo files will be played in monaural even though the files were recorded in stereo.
The WS-500M provides for playback speed control. It may be desirable to use Fast Playback to run through recordings of meetings or Slow Playback to review a language lesson. Setting up the recorder for the playback speed mode is done in the recorders menu in the Play Speed option. The Slow Playback settings are: x0.5 Play, x0.625 Play, x0.75 Play and x0.875 Play. The Fast Playback settings are: x1.125 Play, x1.25 Play, x1.375 Play, x1.5 Play and x2.0 Play. X2.0 Play may not be available if a high-quality recording mode is used that has a high bit-rate and high sampling frequency, in which case the maximum playback speed will be x1.5. The speed must be selected and preset in the menu. During playback, selecting Slow Play, Fast Play and Play is done by pressing the [OK] button. The speed mode in use is indicated in the upper right corner with an arrow.
