Topic: Edirol R-44 - 4 Channel Recorder (Part II)

[Colin Liston]

Nice. Can you post a comparison of the R44 and FR2LE mic-pres with the same mics at close to max/matched input level? Ticking wall-clocks make good audio-standard subjects.

digifish

I'll try this later tonight.  Although does anyone have a ticking wall clock any more? 

[NOLAfishwater]

pardon my ignorance, but if I record in mono it will only show up as a left or right channel correct. which means that I would have to mix all 4 channels together and then duplicate the mono mix into stereo.

[darkfunk]

I have also encountered the dreaded "SD Slow" error / crash.  I was running 24/44.1, digital in, 2xstereo mode.  The card I was using was a "Patriot 8GB SDHC class 6", which I got from Newegg.

[kskreider]

Weird.  I just ran the same 8GB Patriot card all day at 24/48.  I suppose I should repeat that test a couple of times.  I am also running the Patriot 16GB card through tests as I type. 

[NOLAfishwater]

when I had researched what cards were verified as compatible by Edirol, they all had one thing in common: Class 4. That is why I stuck to class 4's when I was searching. So far I haven't had any trouble with my 16GB PNY card.

[Ozpeter]

pardon my ignorance, but if I record in mono it will only show up as a left or right channel correct. which means that I would have to mix all 4 channels together and then duplicate the mono mix into stereo.

Pressing the headphone control in will cycle through the monitoring options.  Once you have the recorded audio in your DAW you should be able to do what you like with it in terms of placement (panning) of mono channels within a stereo soundfield.

[kskreider]

OK, something goofy I noticed in my limited amount of tests.  I ran tests with dig+ana at 2 x stereo going 24/48.  SPDIF in and my analog going in to channels 3 + 4.  Everything worked dandy.

I then tried to run some tests at 24/96 1 x stereo analog and got no signal.  I was baffled.  I was sure that my recorder was dead and in an act of desperation I moved the XLRs to channels 1 + 2 and got a signal.  Why 3+4 for 2 x stereo and 1+2 for 1 x stereo?

[BayTaynt3d]

Straight from the source regarding my Oade-modded R44:

Except for me, you are the first to get/use one. The other orders will go out over the next few days. No one ordered more than 2 day air so you will actually have it in your hands first. I did not expect to sell so many so fast and Edirol ran out, so there will not be more than 8 of them in the field for the next few weeks.

Let the games begin...

[Ozpeter]

First stereo pair goes to 1/2, second to 3/4.  First mono to 1, second to 2, third to 3, fourth to 4.  Seems logical to me.  Anyway, the display tells you which channels are active.

[kskreider]

First stereo pair goes to 1/2, second to 3/4.  First mono to 1, second to 2, third to 3, fourth to 4.  Seems logical to me.  Anyway, the display tells you which channels are active.

You are right it does make sense now.  Sometimes you just gotta type it out loud.

[Kindguy]

Anyone using this to power yours?

Tekkeon MP3300 Batteries

http://www.tekkeon.com/site/products-mypowerall.php

[Ozpeter]

Looks very similar to the Tevion device I've been using very successfully.  Search the forum for that name for more details.

[vegas06]

when I had researched what cards were verified as compatible by Edirol, they all had one thing in common: Class 4. That is why I stuck to class 4's when I was searching. So far I haven't had any trouble with my 16GB PNY card.

Is there a list on the Edirol site?
I only see an old one for verified cards for the R09.

[kskreider]

when I had researched what cards were verified as compatible by Edirol, they all had one thing in common: Class 4. That is why I stuck to class 4's when I was searching. So far I haven't had any trouble with my 16GB PNY card.

Is there a list on the Edirol site?
I only see an old one for verified cards for the R09.

http://taperssection.com/index.php/topic,106140.msg1417613.html#msg1417613

[Rick]

when I had researched what cards were verified as compatible by Edirol, they all had one thing in common: Class 4. That is why I stuck to class 4's when I was searching. So far I haven't had any trouble with my 16GB PNY card.

Is there a list on the Edirol site?
I only see an old one for verified cards for the R09.

http://taperssection.com/index.php/topic,106140.msg1417613.html#msg1417613

Short list of cards 16GB+ from Edirol


Hello;

Our team in Japan has verified that the following high capacity cards
will work in the R-44:
Panasonic RP-SDM16GK1K,         16GB  OK
Panasonic RP-SDV16GK1K,         16GB  OK
TOSHIBA SD-HC032GT4,            32GB  OK
TOSHIBA SD-HC016GT4,            16GB  OK

- Ted Rosen
Roland Systems Group