Edirol R-1 Solid State Digital Handheld Recorder

Record via built-in mic or external inputs
Need to record audio quickly and easily but without compromising professional results? The R-1 is equipped with a pair of omni-directional Back Electret condenser microphones for quick and clean capture.
It offers superior results from the internal microphones because it is completely solid state and therefore silent. Just press the REC button, the level indicator pops up on the display, and you're instantly ready to record. There is even a built-in switchable limiter to prevent over recording.
The R-1 also lets you record audio through both external microphone and line inputs. The mic socket supports either stereo dynamic or plug-in powered electret condenser types. We suggest the AT804 for mono interview use.

Internal effects
Add sparkle, depth, and punch with the onboard effects!
The R-1 goes beyond simple recording functions by offering pro-quality internal effect processing, such as microphone simulator, noise suppressor, hum-cut, EQ, reverb, centre cancel, and more. The EQ of the R-1 offers a variety of presets and even provides tuner and metronome functions, making it even an excellent portable music-practice tool, quite convenient for musicians.

Take it anywhere
Robust, rugged and ready to travel, the R-1 is built to withstand the rigors of the road. Capture the sounds of nature, record live music, use it as an MP3 player, plug it into your studio gear or stereo for pristine playback , the options are vast. The R-1 runs on two AA batteries or from the included AC adaptor.
In addition to the headphone output and external audio inputs, the R-1 can connect to computers via USB 2.0 for importing/exporting WAV / MP3 audio files.
The R-1’s headphone socket also doubles as a SPDIF optical out, so you can stream audio to digital equipment such as digital speakers or DAT/CD/MD.

If you need a larger recorder with even more facilities, we suggest either the Marantz PMD670 or the Marantz PMD660. For a studio player/recorder, there's the PMD570

SPECIFICATIONS

Audio Input/Output
Input
Internal microphone (stereo)
Stereo microphone (3.5mm phone jack : plug-in powered compatible type)
Line In (stereo 3.5mm jack)
Output
3.5mm stereo jack
Headphones (3.5mm stereo jack)
SPDIF 3.5mm jack optical type (same socket as headphones)

Signal Processing
AD/DA conversion 24-bit / 44.1 kHz

Recorder/Player
2 Tracks (1 stereo track)
Recording data format: WAV, MP3
Storage: Compact Flash card, up to 2 GB capacity

Power Supply
AC adaptor (included)
Battery (Rechargeable Ni-MH AA x 2 or Alkaline AA x 2)

Battery life
Playback: approximately 5.5 hours
Recording: approximately 1 hour (when using Alkaline batteries continuously)

Others
USB
USB 2.0 Storage device (Windows XP/2000/Me, MacOS9.2 or Mac OS X)
Display
20 x 2 character display
Accessories (included)
CF Card 64 MB
AC Adaptor Roland PSB-6U type
Carrying case
Owner's manual
Dimensions
99.25 x 134 x 30.2 mm
Weight
205 g (excluding CF and batteries)

Recording time in minutes with different size CF cards
Data format	Supplied card	Larger optional cards
Data format	64MB	512MB	2GB
WAV, 24 bit / 44.1 kHz	4	31	125
WAV, 16 bit / 44.1 kHz	6	47	188
MP3, 16 bit / 320 kbps	27	208	831
MP3, 16 bit / 256 kbps	34	260	1039
MP3, 16 bit / 192 kbps	46	346	1386
MP3, 16 bit / 160 kbps	54	416	1663
MP3, 16 bit / 128 kbps	68	520	2079
MP3, 16 bit / 96 kbps	91	693	2772
MP3, 16 bit / 64 kbps	137	1040	4158