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• For use with external mic or optional Nagra clip-on mics

• 2 or 4Gb onboard memory

• Fits neatly into your hand

• Clear LCD Display

• All controls at fingertips

• Just 2 x AA Batteries will give you 10 hours of operation!

• Line Input

• Variable Pre-Record Buffer

• Fast USB v2 Data Download

• Menu Driven

• Built-in Loudspeaker

• FAT32 Format

• Switchable Manual Record Level Control & AGC (Automatic Gain Control)

• Multi-format Recording in Linear (uncompressed WAV), MP2 & MP3

Detail of Clip-On Microphone connection

Hand-held audio recorder for either external or clip-on mics

Audio professionals and aficionados will recognise the Nagra brand as the zenith in professional audio recording. Their pedigree is of the very highest order, having provided sound recordists with cutting edge portable recording equipment since its foundation by Stefan Kudelski in 1951. The Nagra company is based in Switzerland, the home of some of the best high performance, miniature engineering in the world, and Nagra recorders have won many awards for excellence over the years, including no less than three Oscars and an Emmy.

Their smallest recorders - the ARES-M & ARES-MII - brought the Nagra brand within reach of an even wider audience and without compromise. It became an Industry Standard. Now the even more cost-effective ARES-ML is here.

A broadcast quality solid-state audio recorder, the ARES-ML now comes in a choice of two versions - one is fitted with 2Gb of built-in memory and the other has a 4Gb storage capacity. Principally designed to be used in any ultra-portable recording situation, as a modern replacement for tape, cassette and minidisk (MD), the ARES-ML will record both mono and stereo audio in PCM (uncompressed WAV), MP2 (broadcast quality compressed audio), and MP3 (internet quality audio). Powering is by just two easily obtainable AA batteries, offering up to 10 hours of continuous operation.

ARES-ML is delivered in its standard form with a mono microphone lead for connection to your existing reporter microphone (or, if you do not already have one, please choose one of ours from our Reporter Mics section). An optional CM-MICS stereo mic cable may also be purchased (below) if you wish to use an external stereo one-point mic or a stereo pair of microphones.

Alternatively you may wish to use one of Nagra's excellent compact clip-on mics designed specifically for use with the ARES-ML (and its predecessors, the ARES-M & ARES-MII). 

Designed principally for radio applications, the ARES-ML's features include instant start-up, one button recording, automatic level control, internal loudspeaker and a low-cut filter. It can be used in many other applications too, including security recording, educational recording, oral history recording and may similar kinds of use.

FEATURES

• Internal Storage

• No need to buy flash cards with this recorder! Recordings in the ARES-ML, including marker information, are stored in its internal memory bank (2Gb and 4Gb versions are available - see below). The 2Gb version gives you almost 6.5hrs at CD quality in mono or about 3.25hrs in stereo (WAV, 16bit/44.1kHz). The 4Gb version doubles the capacity. More than enough for most assignments.

• Template Settings

• The ARES-ML was created to be as flexible as possible. In order to achieve this, its operating concept is designed around a system of preset Templates, in which all the required operating modes are stored. The user can choose different parameters (internal or external microphone, recording format, AGC, pre-record buffer, etc.), and these personalised settings are then stored in a Template for future access from the LCD menu system.

• If no specific user Template profiles are stored then the ARES-ML will operate using the default factory settings (which actually cover most eventualities anyway!).

• Fast, Reliable USB Connection

• The USB v2.0 interface serves two purposes: fast file download and external DC powering.

• When connected via USB to a PC or Mac the ARES-ML mounts as a virtual drive in the explorer window or the File/Open menu of your application. You can then drag files across to the PC/Mac into a folder or editing software.

• No drivers are needed for Windows XP/Vista/7/MacOS. Just plug and play.

• Just two AA batteries needed

• Just two AA batteries are needed to power the ARES-ML for up to 10 hours (alkaline type).

• You can also use rechargeable NiCad or NiMH cells (must be charged with a proprietary external charger). These will give you several hours on a charge (varies depending on type and make) but remember that with rechargeables you will always get less operational time than with dry-fit cells.

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