YES you can record voice memos with the Z 8

[RichF]

At first I did not think this was possible, and even seen a few pros post in their pros and cons it was not possbile.

But it is possible.

When reviewing an image, hit the "i" button and then select record voice memo. that simply.

 

[GRE]

At first I did not think this was possible, and even seen a few pros post in their pros and cons it was not possbile.

But it is possible.

When reviewing an image, hit the "i" button and then select record voice memo. that simply.

Nice catch Rich. Thanks

 

[bleirer]

I forget the details, but there is a way to make a Lightroom smart collection set to automatically collect all files with the suffix of the audio file. And also the order of the displayed metadata can be changed so the audio file field is at or near the top of the metadata list displayed, so you don't have to scroll to find it.

 

[RichF]

I forget the details, but there is a way to make a Lightroom smart collection set to automatically collect all files with the suffix of the audio file. And also the order of the displayed metadata can be changed so the audio file field is at or near the top of the metadata list displayed, so you don't have to scroll to find it.

I would be VERY interested in learning how to do that. I often tag an image w/ a voice memo to ID the species (esp birds). Not necessary the sharpest or best image, just one for reference. I would like to save them before I start culling image so I don't accidentally delete the voice memo

 

[Nextlife1]

I forget the details, but there is a way to make a Lightroom smart collection set to automatically collect all files with the suffix of the audio file. And also the order of the displayed metadata can be changed so the audio file field is at or near the top of the metadata list displayed, so you don't have to scroll to find it.

I just do a text search in LR for “.wav” and it gives all the photos with an attached voice memo. You can then select all and form a Smart Collection.

 

[RichF]

I just do a text search in LR for “.wav” and it gives all the photos with an attached voice memo. You can then select all and form a Smart Collection.

thanks. I got a search to work. Very simple solution - I used any searchable field. FIeld name didn ot work.

 

[bleirer]

So it would be a new smart collection and set it to collect any file with .wav in it.

Then customize the default metadata panel to put the audio file field near the top. Instructions if you scroll down.

https://helpx.adobe.com/lightroom-classic/help/metadata-basics-actions.html#:~:text=Customize%20Default%20Metadata%20Panel,bottom%20of%20the%20Metadata%20panel.&text=Click%20the%20Customize%20button%20to,fields%20from%20the%20given%20menu.