Olympus has introduced the DM-620 digital audio recorder, featuring  the “Tresmic” 3 microphone system that’s designed to capture a wider range of audio.

The DM-620’s Tresmic system uses two condenser stereo mics and a center, omni-directional mic that’s capable of capturing lower bass ranges down to 20Hz.

A unique feature of the DM-620 is complete voice guidance functionality: the recorder can provide audio prompts for users with assistive needs.

This optional function helps the user operate the device without the need to see the menus or buttons. Languages can be set to English, French, Spanish and Portuguese.

Other highlights of the digital audio recorder are 1,000+ hours of recording capacity.

The expected street price is $150 and availability is mid-March.

Specs for the Olympus DM-620 Tresmic recorder below. 

Specifications:

• Recording formats: Linear PCM (WAV), MP3 and WMA
• Frequency response (built-in mics): 20Hz-20kHz (center mic ON) or 70Hz-20kHz (center mic OFF)
• Maximum headphone output: 4.0mW + 4.0mW (at load of 16Ω)
• Recording Media: 4GB built-in memory / up to 32GB with microSD/SDHC Card
• Speaker: 20mm diameter, round dynamics speaker (monaural)
• MIC jack: 3.5mm diameter, mini-jack, impedance 2.2kΩ
• EAR jack: 3.5mm diameter, impedance 8Ω or more
• Maximum speaker output: 400mW (8Ω load)
• File editing function: Divide (PCM/MP3), Partial Erase (PCM), Move/Copy
• Automatic recording level
• Limiter ON / OFF
• Low cut filter: OFF / 100Hz / 300Hz
• Olympus Sonority Sound Editing Software
• Wireless remote control set (RS-30W – optional)
• USB interface: Mass Storage Class (High Speed 2.0) / Audio Class (44.1kHz/16bit)
• Compatible OS (USB connection): Microsoft Windows XP/Vista/7 or Mac OS X 10.4.1-10.6
• Battery: two AAA batteries (LR03) or two Olympus Ni-MH rechargeable batteries
• External power supply: A-514 AC adapter (DC5V – optional)
• Battery charge function
• Dimensions (H x W x D): 110.8 x 39.8 x 15.4 mm
• Weight: 86g (including batteries)
• Over 5 hours (built-in memory) of Linear PCM recording time
• Over 131 hours (built-in memory) of MP3 recording time
• Over 1000 hours (built-in memory) of WMA recording time
• Included items: Ni-MH rechargeable batteries, CD-ROM (Olympus Sonority Sound Editing Software), USB cable, strap, carrying case and instruction manual