LS-10 - Extraordinary audio quality – anywhere, anytime!

The Olympus LS-10: the ultimate recording studio in your pocket.

Got a guitar for Christmas and plan on becoming the next Bob Dylan? The new Olympus LS-10 is exactly what you need to let your dreams come true! It’s a real recording studio, but pocket sized. The Olympus LS-10 provides the flexibility to make high-end recordings no matter the time and place – be it at a concert, jamming at home, or out in the street. With the Linear PCM recording capabilities and sampling rates of up to 24bit/96kHz, this outstanding portable recorder is a great product for everyone, whether you are an aspiring musician or you have an uncle who sings like Neil Young, only worse!It will be available from the end of January 2008 at a retail price of about £250.

The new LS-10 Linear PCM Recorder captures audio in ultimate quality no matter where you are, thanks to the extensive know-how Olympus has built up over years of experience in the area of Voice Processing. The portable device not only facilitates the convenient capture of all types of sounds, songs and more, it also ensures a quality recording that’s second to none. It incorporates a high-sensitivity, noise reduction stereo microphone and enables high-end sampling rates matched with PCM recording quality. This means that as well as WMA and MP3 file formats, the pro’s format of choice – WAV – is also supported.

Recordings can be played back in an instant due to the built-in stereo speaker. And with its impressive battery life, playback and recording can go on and on. Ample storage capacity is also provided thanks to the 2GB internal memory. Furthermore, with its SD Card slot – compatible with SDHC Cards up to 8GB large – extra space for recordings can be added at any time.

Designed for use with both Windows and Macintosh operating systems, the LS-10 comes with the renowned Cubase 4 LE music production software from Steinberg. This provides features such as multi-track recording, MIDI support and a digital mixer. Also included is a special video tutorial produced by Olympus.

The Olympus LS-10 Linear PCM Recorder comes with a carrying case, USB cable, audio cable and two microphone windshields. It will become available from the end of January 2008.

LS-10 Linear PCM Recorder – main features:

• Up to 24bit/96kHz sampling rate & PCM recording
• High quality microphone
• WAV/WMA/MP3 recording formats
• 3 modes: Normal, Wide, Zoom
• 2 AA batteries for long-life recording and playback
• Elegant, compact metal design
• 2GB internal memory
• SD card slot
• Built-in stereo speaker
• Optional infrared remote control
• Comes with Steinberg Cubase 4 LE advanced music production software including special Olympus-produced video tutorial.

For images or spec sheets, please go to https://www.olympuslive.co.uk

For questions or additional information, please contact:

Elisa Duriavig
Olympus UK Ltd.
19 Colonian Way
Watford WD24 4JL
Tel.: +44 (0)1923 831 246
Email: press.office@olympus.uk.com