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Sony introduces PCM-M10 handheld pro audio recorder

July 19, 2009 By Brad Linder 9 Comments

Sony is expanding its line of professional quality digital audio recorders with the addition of the PCM-M10. This little guy will sell for about $399 and go head to head with similarly sized and priced recorders including the Marantz PMD620, Tascam DR-1, and Zoom H4n.

The Sony PCM-M10 will be the cheapest flash-based recorder from Sony capable of recording 96kHz/24-bit stereo audio using either the internal electret condenser mics or an external mic or line input. The recorder has 4GB of built in memory and a MicroSD/Memory Stick Micro slot. This is the first time I’m aware of that any Sony recorder has accepted any form of flash media other than Sony’s proprietary Memory Stick format.

The PCM-M10 is the first member of the PCM-xx family to feature a built-in speaker for playing back recordings. It also has a low-cut filter, digital limiter, and a 5-second pre-recording buffer. In other words, is has almost all of the software features found on the Sony PCM-D50 which is larger and has a list price of $599 (although it typically sells for $450 or more). In addition, the PCM-M10 is the first Sony flash recorder that lets you record in MP3 format. The PCM-D50 and PCM-D1 only record in WAV.

I’m going to go out on a limb and assume the primary difference between the PCM-M10 and PCM-D50 is that the new model features cheaper mics, preamps, and other components, although it is still made of metal, which makes this recorder more durable than some of the others on the market. The plastic mic jack doesn’t look nearly as sturdy on this model as the metal one on the PCM-D50 though.

The Sony PCM-M10 is due out in October and will ship with a copy of Sound Forge Audio Studio Recorder Edition.The folks at Sound on Sound shot some video, which you can see below.

via Live2Play

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Brad Linder is editor of mobile tech blog Liliputing.com, host of the LPX Show podcast, and an independent journalist whose work has appeared on public radio and the web.

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Comments

  1. Anonymous says

    July 20, 2009 at 12:46 am

    Another flash recorder rendered useless by the lack of XLR inputs. In no way is a recorder "pro" quality when you can't plug good mics into it.

    Reply
  2. Anonymous says

    July 20, 2009 at 12:46 pm

    Cosmetics, Edit the D10 to M10.
    Technical: I hope it has the same low noise mic preamps as the D50 or better.

    Reply
  3. dxace1 says

    July 21, 2009 at 3:30 am

    So Olympus is now out with the update to the LS-10, which is the LS-11. Looks exactly the same, but with track mark (in wav) and copy/edit functions, 8 gb internal, stereo speakers, and claimed 23 hours battery life.

    Reply
  4. bahathir says

    July 23, 2009 at 9:16 am

    Is there any SPDIF digital out on this PCM-M10?

    Thank you

    Reply
  5. Marc Philip says

    August 18, 2009 at 11:31 pm

    What about the speech recognition and transcription with Mac OS X?
    Thank you

    Reply
  6. Anonymous says

    August 26, 2009 at 1:42 pm

    Some more info:
    http://pro.sony.com/bbsc/ssr/cat-audio/cat-recorders/product-PCMM10%2FB/

    -Jeff

    Reply
  7. Justin V says

    September 24, 2009 at 11:58 am

    This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.

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  8. Anonymous says

    December 13, 2010 at 2:08 pm

    "Another flash recorder rendered useless by the lack of XLR inputs. In no way is a recorder "pro" quality when you can't plug good mics into it."

    Sorry, but don't know what you're talking about. As long as the mini jack cable is short you lose zero quality by using mini jack instead of XLR, and there are plenty of high quality self-powered mini jack mics for use with this recorder.

    Reply
  9. bronco says

    March 25, 2011 at 3:06 am

    anyone out there know how many battery meter downloads there have been for laptops in 2010? free and paid? thx

    Reply

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