Recording Tips - Yamaha POCKETRAK C24 Owner's Manual

Introduction

Recording tips

The recorder enables you to record audio at a superior level of quality by setting the Recording
mode, ALC (Auto Level Control) function, microphone sensitivity, recording peak limiter and
other functions. Please refer to the Reference Manual (PDF file) for information on the other
functions.
■ Recording mode
The recorder records audio in the MP3 or PCM (WAV) format. As a rule of thumb, select "PCM
44.1kHz/16 bit" (better sound quality) for the Recording mode to record a musical perfor-
mance. Select "MP3 128kbps" (smaller data size) to record musical practice sessions or confer-
ence meetings. If you want to record audio at a much higher level of sound quality, select
"PCM 96kHz."
Hint:
· In PCM mode, non-compressed audio data will be recorded. In MP3 mode, compressed audio data will
be recorded. If you choose an option that offers better sound quality, the data size will be larger and the
remaining available recording time will be shorter. Select a Recording mode that will suit your purposes,
based on your priorities (better sound quality or longer recording time).
· If you plan to create an audio CD from the recordings, select "PCM 44.1kHz/16 bit".
Recording mode and application examples
Recording Sampling frequency,
format bit depth, bit rate
96kHz/16bit, 24bit
88.2kHz /16bit, 24bit
PCM
48kHz/16bit, 24bit
44.1kHz/16bit, 24bit
320kbps
192kbps
128kbps
MP3
64kbps
32kbps
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Application examples
extension
Recording a musical performance,
creating a master recording, creat-
.WAV
ing a CD, and recording other orig-
inal sound sources
High-quality recording of musical
practice sessions, conference meet-
ings, etc. compressed into a smaller
size file
.MP3
Recordings for which extended
duration is more important than
sound quality ("32kbps" indicates a
monaural recording.)
Higher sound
quality
Standard
sound quality
Longer
recording time