Listen to the ICD-UX560 audio test: ua-cam.com/video/dsP5BM4Gw08/v-deo.html Video Comparing Sony ICD-UX560 audio performance vs Zoom H5 Canon camcorder iPhone Xs plus lavaliere: ua-cam.com/video/dsP5BM4Gw08/v-deo.html
Get the items featured in this video at Amazon: Sony ICDUX560BLK recorder: amzn.to/2Ij1sNp Case for the recorder: amzn.to/2TTHxGh Polson OLM-10 microphone: amzn.to/2EfkBLW Auray Fuzzy Windbuster for Lavalier Microphones: amzn.to/2T0QX5i Watch the audio performance shootout on Aaron's other video, Comparing Sony ICD-UX560 audio performance vs Zoom H5 Canon camcorder iPhone Xs plus lavaliere: ua-cam.com/video/dsP5BM4Gw08/v-deo.html
Jesus I watched the whole video waiting to hear the audio from Sony and AL just played it and recorded from another mic. Lol. If you watch an AUDIO RECORDER REVIEW maybe I expect to HEAR HOW IT RECORDS. just saying. LOL.
You asked and I delivered. Watch this video: Comparing Sony ICD-UX560 audio performance vs Zoom H5 Canon camcorder iPhone Xs plus lavaliere ua-cam.com/video/dsP5BM4Gw08/v-deo.html I didn't add this audio test to the original video because it took a lot of time to put it together. Enjoy!
How is the sound on playback with this device compared to the ICDUX570? I mean I wish the volume was louder on the Icd Ux 570 which is the one I have using just the built in speaker but it only gouse up to 30. Is theree a way to increase the volume while still using the built in speaker? Mine only goes up to 30
Keep in mind that anything this tiny is not going to record a very robust sound. I haven't done any tests (I own one) against a iPhone or iPad recording, but it should sound a bit better, and it will let you control the sensitivity for close-up vocals or ambient room recording. Would be interesting to actually set the sensitivity on high and record vocals by placing a pop filter in front of it, or even sticking of those puffy wind-sock filters. Otherwise, by adding a lapel (lavilier) mic or other external mic will give great results. I love my little Sony unit because it's on me at all times, because of it's convenient size.
Nicely done explanation of this product. I was heartened to see that I could plug the device into my computer and download the audio to the computer. I hope that it means that I can then type the dictation into a Word document. Do you think that I can type what I hear on the documents page as the vocal comes across from the Sony device?
Hi Aaron, thanks for this video.... But I'm so so so curious, been looking long enough trying to find someone testing SONY ICD UX or SONY ICD PX type to record loud audio, I haven't found any... off course beside ZOOM, I have zoom H2, but SONY has a nice shape.... Do you have any video that using Sony ICD to record such an acoustic drum or a live band from blind distance ?? Or any loud audio source.... Or could you please make an experiment recording a very loud audio source using this SONY ICD ?? Let's say an acoustic drums... I'm so so so curious to know before buying one of this... Thanks a lot Aaron 🙏🙏
@ALinsdau I'm a little old lady who is technocolinguladonadanono :) SO APPRECIATED Aaron! Loved your Ooops! hahaha! Saving this up to watch again once the little record thingie has Powah to go along with your Marvelous hands on no nonsense approach and delivery. Bravo! Mouuuuuuuah xox. Stay Well everyone : )
I was trying to recharge mine, hooked it up to the pc when I came back to it after a few hours unhook it, it shows that sleeping sign says (please wait), and has stayed that way for 20 hours and does not turn on or anything else and is dead. do you know anything about that.Thank you
I have never burned the battery to zero over a day. If I have a long delay, I just turn off the recorder. If it's not recording, it'll go to sleep anyway.
Excellent vid! Thank you! Need something practical, simple, quick and easy to use for my Board meetings for the purposes of minute taking! Thanks much!
Hello, can you hear the what is being recorded through the headphone simultaneously. Also, would it be possible to connect two microphones into the single input using a splitter?
This review was SO helpful Aaron! And the links you provided are great. Are you able to also share the brand and model of your little point and shoot camera, please? Thank you!
You can easily align the audio with your video in your editor of choice (FCPX, Premier, DaVinci) by using a loud clap. Just clap loudly after you start your camera and audio recorder, then line up the spike. It's simple and works every time.
Aaron. I have watched many of these overview videos, but they all suffer from the same problem. I want to know, if the external MIC input, is also a stereo LINE IN as well. Some of us, like to download, from our other devices ?
Hi Aaron - Glad I found your video, helps a lot. Clip/lavalier mics are recommended by other websites for recording interviews - I'll be conducting 1-1 interviews for my research over the next year, some of which may take place outdoors and/or in public settings. It is recommended I use two clip mics, one for the interviewer, one for the interviewee. I assume so but can't find for sure if the Sony ICDUX560 can accommodate two? Thanks so much.
No, sorry, the Sony unit can only handle one input. You'll have to record on 2 devices or get a mixer. 2 mics is always more complicated. Let me know your solution...I'd love to share it!
User Manual here: www.sony.co.uk/electronics/support/res/manuals/4573/45739341M.pdf Help Guide [more detailed] helpguide.sony.net/icd/u56/v1/en2/index.html
Use one mono-channel for each with a stereo-to-mono split dongle-cable. You will get two channels tat you can post-mix down to one again if you don't like the pure-stereo for each person
I would buy this recorder, but I have a question for you: I know that it has a sleep timer mode, which can automatically stop recording in 2 hours. I would like to know whether the sleep timer can be used together with the VOR function. And, In this case, would the recorder stop recording after 2 hours of absolute time, or after 2 hours of recording time? Thank you!
Sir .. I have this Sony headphone. I want to record tablet courses ... What is the best way..? Kindly reply please.. I have video contents in a tablet. I can only connect headphone to the tablet.. I want to record the voice of those course videos clearly .
Set the Sony recorder to Line Input instead of Microphone Input. Then, Get an auxilary cable (3.5mm to 3.5mm) and connect the audio out from the tablet into the Sony recorder. You're set once you do that!
Thanks Al, that was a great demo! However I was just wondering, as I know from your background you'd record mostly yourself in videos, do you know if it would record another person or persons voices across say a lecture hall about 10 metres away from you clearly (hopefully with minimal background noise!) without the use of the extra microphone? Reason I ask is I need to record meetings in large size rooms with around 50-100 people talking in various parts of the room!
Could you advise on the process of once you have recorded an interview for e.g. how I can upload the interview onto microsoft word without physically typing it out? Thankyou
Go to UA-cam and upload and click the three dots ... and open transcript. It gives you almost time by time or frame by frame. So if you are taping a college class you can go back to your notes and use it as a review for the notes that you took.
Your review is incomplete. You did not show us what it sounds like without the external microphone. Does anyone out there know how to do a competent product review?
ok dad. not a very technical review. nothing on sound quality or most features. you dont even mention the recording formats. for broadcast-quality, no one uses mp3. would have been nice to get a rundown of .WAV settings and, i don't know, one or two sound files. also a comparison vs. the zoom H1, tascam dr-05x and 07x, comparably-specced Olympus models, etc. how sensitive is the mic? what's the noise floor? anyone? Bueller?
I am about to buy the next model (PX470) Can someone answer this question,can I record music onto the SD card and play it through the car stereo? Two devices in one..........
Why the USB POP OUT ?? Would be better the old USB Hembra conector with the cable. And why the built in battery no reemplazable ?? I own a Sony UX-533 with that damm USB pop out but it uses a 1 AAA (whit a long histamine) and could charge too directly of Recorder-PC conection... and i want to sell it and get the very old Sony PX-333 without that USB pop out and get a nice cable to carrie out. It will be eternal.
If you have the ability to hook up a lavalier, then it might equal a dedicated recorder. I've used my phone many times but I found the Sony to be more versatile.
Listen to the ICD-UX560 audio test: ua-cam.com/video/dsP5BM4Gw08/v-deo.html
Video Comparing Sony ICD-UX560 audio performance vs Zoom H5 Canon camcorder iPhone Xs plus lavaliere:
ua-cam.com/video/dsP5BM4Gw08/v-deo.html
Get the items featured in this video at Amazon:
Sony ICDUX560BLK recorder: amzn.to/2Ij1sNp
Case for the recorder: amzn.to/2TTHxGh
Polson OLM-10 microphone: amzn.to/2EfkBLW
Auray Fuzzy Windbuster for Lavalier Microphones: amzn.to/2T0QX5i
Watch the audio performance shootout on Aaron's other video, Comparing Sony ICD-UX560 audio performance vs Zoom H5 Canon camcorder iPhone Xs plus lavaliere: ua-cam.com/video/dsP5BM4Gw08/v-deo.html
Thank you for a comprehensive and honest review. I'm seriously considering getting the ICD-UX570.
Best of luck!
Jesus I watched the whole video waiting to hear the audio from Sony and AL just played it and recorded from another mic. Lol.
If you watch an AUDIO RECORDER REVIEW maybe I expect to HEAR HOW IT RECORDS. just saying. LOL.
Mind blown.
You asked and I delivered. Watch this video:
Comparing Sony ICD-UX560 audio performance vs Zoom H5 Canon camcorder iPhone Xs plus lavaliere
ua-cam.com/video/dsP5BM4Gw08/v-deo.html
I didn't add this audio test to the original video because it took a lot of time to put it together. Enjoy!
EXACTLY. I WANTED TO HEAR HOW LOUD IT GOES AND I WANTED TO HEAR THE SOUND QUALITY.
Mariana Lopez - what does Jesus have to do with it? Lol!
How is the sound on playback with this device compared to the ICDUX570? I mean I wish the volume was louder on the Icd Ux 570 which is the one I have using just the built in speaker but it only gouse up to 30. Is theree a way to increase the volume while still using the built in speaker? Mine only goes up to 30
It's "okay" but not awesome.
Keep in mind that anything this tiny is not going to record a very robust sound. I haven't done any tests (I own one) against a iPhone or iPad recording, but it should sound a bit better, and it will let you control the sensitivity for close-up vocals or ambient room recording. Would be interesting to actually set the sensitivity on high and record vocals by placing a pop filter in front of it, or even sticking of those puffy wind-sock filters. Otherwise, by adding a lapel (lavilier) mic or other external mic will give great results. I love my little Sony unit because it's on me at all times, because of it's convenient size.
Thanks for pointing out the USB connection. Poor design but I see people have figured out a workaround. Thanks for honest review.
Glad to help
Nicely done explanation of this product. I was heartened to see that I could plug the device into my computer and download the audio to the computer. I hope that it means that I can then type the dictation into a Word document. Do you think that I can type what I hear on the documents page as the vocal comes across from the Sony device?
It's certainly possible. You can use Google docs to convert voice to text as well as other tools.
@@ALinsdau Would you be so helpful to tell me how I do that? I use gmail but don't know where the 'docs' setting is or how to use it. Thanks so much!
@@Brightskies1 in Gmail, the upper right corner there are 9 dots in a square, press it for google apps.
Oh, now there is tons of software that do that for you. No effort. Try Otter or other alternatives.
Hi Aaron, thanks for this video.... But I'm so so so curious, been looking long enough trying to find someone testing SONY ICD UX or SONY ICD PX type to record loud audio, I haven't found any... off course beside ZOOM, I have zoom H2, but SONY has a nice shape....
Do you have any video that using Sony ICD to record such an acoustic drum or a live band from blind distance ?? Or any loud audio source....
Or could you please make an experiment recording a very loud audio source using this SONY ICD ?? Let's say an acoustic drums... I'm so so so curious to know before buying one of this...
Thanks a lot Aaron 🙏🙏
@ALinsdau I'm a little old lady who is technocolinguladonadanono :) SO APPRECIATED Aaron! Loved your Ooops! hahaha! Saving this up to watch again once the little record thingie has Powah to go along with your Marvelous hands on no nonsense approach and delivery. Bravo! Mouuuuuuuah xox. Stay Well everyone : )
Happy to help!
I was trying to recharge mine, hooked it up to the pc when I came back to it after a few hours unhook it, it shows that sleeping sign says (please wait), and has stayed that way for 20 hours and does not turn on or anything else and is dead. do you know anything about that.Thank you
Try hooking it up to charge on a USB charger rather than the computer.
@@ALinsdau do you recommend this ?
Can you rewind as you listen to your recording
No, it doesn't look like it.
Would you recommend it over the Sony ICD-TX650?
I prefer the 650 because it has more buttons meaning less menu scrolling. It’s worth the small extra cost.
How long dose the battary last? And how much is it? I'm looking to buy one too
I have never burned the battery to zero over a day. If I have a long delay, I just turn off the recorder. If it's not recording, it'll go to sleep anyway.
I got informed. And motivated 😆. Very practical, real world review. Thanks !
Awesome! Thank you!
Excellent vid! Thank you! Need something practical, simple, quick and easy to use for my Board meetings for the purposes of minute taking! Thanks much!
Glad to help!
Great video especially for the advice on how to handle the USB port
Thank you.
Digital voice recorders can still do what smartphones and computers can't in the way of audio recording .Especially the higher end models 👍
Very true!
Can you plug it into the computer and record audio off there while using a headset to record your own voice?
I don't think so. It's not an audio interface. You need something like this: ua-cam.com/video/XZR_DJGPyFw/v-deo.html
Can i import the file to ipad
Yes you can download to the iPad.
Great review!
Does it have the ability to start recording record and stop in moments of silence (voice activated recording)?
In theory, yes, but I never use the feature.
Some phone audio apps have those feature too.
Hello, can you hear the what is being recorded through the headphone simultaneously. Also, would it be possible to connect two microphones into the single input using a splitter?
You might need a mixer for 2 mics. The mics not like being hooked up together. Yes, you can listen while recording.
This review was SO helpful Aaron! And the links you provided are great. Are you able to also share the brand and model of your little point and shoot camera, please? Thank you!
Sure thing. I'm using the Sony RX100VA. Here's the link: amzn.to/2SVqFBi
Anybody know if I can import an MP3 into that? It’s technical why, but I have a need to do that.
Any help would be appreciated 😊
You can connect the device as an external drive.
How do you sync the audio of your recorder to your video? to make it appear as it was done in camera?
You can easily align the audio with your video in your editor of choice (FCPX, Premier, DaVinci) by using a loud clap. Just clap loudly after you start your camera and audio recorder, then line up the spike. It's simple and works every time.
@@ALinsdau Thank you! that is very helpful...
Aaron. I have watched many of these overview videos, but they all suffer from the same problem. I want to know, if the external MIC input, is also a stereo LINE IN as well. Some of us, like to download, from our other devices ?
It has both:
MIC IN
Audio IN
The Audio in is the line signal input.
@@ALinsdau Many thanks for your reply. Much appreciated.
Hi Aaron - Glad I found your video, helps a lot. Clip/lavalier mics are recommended by other websites for recording interviews - I'll be conducting 1-1 interviews for my research over the next year, some of which may take place outdoors and/or in public settings. It is recommended I use two clip mics, one for the interviewer, one for the interviewee. I assume so but can't find for sure if the Sony ICDUX560 can accommodate two? Thanks so much.
No, sorry, the Sony unit can only handle one input. You'll have to record on 2 devices or get a mixer. 2 mics is always more complicated. Let me know your solution...I'd love to share it!
User Manual here: www.sony.co.uk/electronics/support/res/manuals/4573/45739341M.pdf
Help Guide [more detailed] helpguide.sony.net/icd/u56/v1/en2/index.html
Use one mono-channel for each with a stereo-to-mono split dongle-cable. You will get two channels tat you can post-mix down to one again if you don't like the pure-stereo for each person
How do I edit to name each recording?
I would buy this recorder, but I have a question for you: I know that it has a sleep timer mode, which can automatically stop recording in 2 hours. I would like to know whether the sleep timer can be used together with the VOR function. And, In this case, would the recorder stop recording after 2 hours of absolute time, or after 2 hours of recording time? Thank you!
I don't think it has that fancy of an ability.
Does this have any internal storage?
Yes, it has a lot of internal storage, hours and hours. And you can add a micro-SD card, so you can expand the storage to near-infinite.
Is it better than the zoom h1n to capture ambient sounds?
They're arguably similar. The ultimate is having an external mic for ambient capture with a Triton Fethead Preamp to increase gain without noise.
@@ALinsdau which one is better out of the box ?, i mean without preamps or external mics
Sir .. I have this Sony headphone. I want to record tablet courses ... What is the best way..? Kindly reply please..
I have video contents in a tablet. I can only connect headphone to the tablet..
I want to record the voice of those course videos clearly .
Set the Sony recorder to Line Input instead of Microphone Input. Then, Get an auxilary cable (3.5mm to 3.5mm) and connect the audio out from the tablet into the Sony recorder. You're set once you do that!
Thanks Al, that was a great demo! However I was just wondering, as I know from your background you'd record mostly yourself in videos, do you know if it would record another person or persons voices across say a lecture hall about 10 metres away from you clearly (hopefully with minimal background noise!) without the use of the extra microphone? Reason I ask is I need to record meetings in large size rooms with around 50-100 people talking in various parts of the room!
You'll need someone with a walkaround mic. That's a very tough situation and a single recorder just won't do a good job for you. Sorry!
can I record iphone phone calls with this?
If you play on speaker phone, yes.
Outside voice recording, can it be used to record an MP3 music file? does the device have a line in? Thank you
Yes, the mic 3.5mm jack has line a line in option, too. You can record to MP3 - that's how I record most often.
I put a class 10 32gig card in it . plug the recorder in a USB port,it shows up on the desktop then drag and drop the music files in.
Enjoyed the review thanks.
Glad to hear it!
Is there a way to silent the beep sound when you press the buttons on the device? I appreciate anyone who can let me know, thank you.
I believe it has a silent mode in the settings.
Could you advise on the process of once you have recorded an interview for e.g. how I can upload the interview onto microsoft word without physically typing it out? Thankyou
Go to UA-cam and upload and click the three dots ... and open transcript. It gives you almost time by time or frame by frame. So if you are taping a college class you can go back to your notes and use it as a review for the notes that you took.
Rev.com is your friend. It's a $1/min, so kind of expensive, but it's "perfect".
Very great and detailed review
Thank you kindly!
Thank you for the review! Can I navigate files and choose file to listen to on this recorder like a MP3?
Yes...it's a little awkward because of the tiny interface but you can.
great review i will buy it soon thanks sir.
Thank you.
How do i set my sony ux570 up to be a voice activated recorder
Not sure if it has this feature from what I've read.
*subbed* much love from Vancouver Canada 🇨🇦 I want this
Thank you!
Does this model hav transcribe capabilities?
No...I wish!
Your review is incomplete. You did not show us what it sounds like without the external microphone.
Does anyone out there know how to do a competent product review?
Here's the audio test: ua-cam.com/video/dsP5BM4Gw08/v-deo.html
Once you get a 100 files recorded, how in the world does anybody find that one file they want to listen when they have no names??
It's a challenge
thanks 😃👍
Thanks for watching.
ok dad. not a very technical review. nothing on sound quality or most features. you dont even mention the recording formats. for broadcast-quality, no one uses mp3. would have been nice to get a rundown of .WAV settings and, i don't know, one or two sound files. also a comparison vs. the zoom H1, tascam dr-05x and 07x, comparably-specced Olympus models, etc. how sensitive is the mic? what's the noise floor? anyone? Bueller?
Here's the audio review portion:
ua-cam.com/video/dsP5BM4Gw08/v-deo.html
Great review 👍🏼🎤📼📷
I appreciate it.
I am about to buy the next model (PX470) Can someone answer this question,can I record music onto the SD card and play it through the car stereo?
Two devices in one..........
It does have earphones out, so if you have an AUX port on your car, then yes.
@@ALinsdau I bought one,I like it.
Nicely Made.
Thank you!
Why the USB POP OUT ?? Would be better the old USB Hembra conector with the cable. And why the built in battery no reemplazable ?? I own a Sony UX-533 with that damm USB pop out but it uses a 1 AAA (whit a long histamine) and could charge too directly of Recorder-PC conection... and i want to sell it and get the very old Sony PX-333 without that USB pop out and get a nice cable to carrie out. It will be eternal.
I think it's an odd design, too.
Information begins at 1:30
Buy an extension and adapter plug it on there and plug it into the computer case solved
I do use a USB extension adapter...you just still have to be careful with the USB A port.
Does it hace speaker?
yes
Yes, it does.
Nice video.
Thank you!
How about the performance.... poor review...
The audio sounds great. It's definitely not a Sound Devices item if you need hard-core recording.
U r using a green screen😂
It's fun - it certainly gives me options compared to my ugly wall and door.
This is by far the most whitest review I have ever seen 4:54
High key!
my iphone 6 make better audio
If you have the ability to hook up a lavalier, then it might equal a dedicated recorder. I've used my phone many times but I found the Sony to be more versatile.
the speaker is the only thing good about iphone tho
You can now hear a comparison of this unit with the iPhone Xs in the field:
ua-cam.com/video/dsP5BM4Gw08/v-deo.html