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Gear / Technical Help => Recording Gear => Recording Media => Topic started by: waltmon on February 07, 2010, 12:13:20 PM

Title: IS THERE A PREFERRED CF CARD TO USE W/ 744T???
Post by: waltmon on February 07, 2010, 12:13:20 PM

I know high speed is better, but I was curious if any brands are preferred.  I think I'd like to try this for dat transfers as I have an SD slot on my lappy.

Thanks.

Title: Re: IS THERE A PREFERRED SD CARD TO USE W/ 744T???
Post by: John Willett on February 07, 2010, 12:35:32 PM

SanDisk above all others

Title: Re: IS THERE A PREFERRED SD CARD TO USE W/ 744T???
Post by: notlance on February 07, 2010, 03:28:08 PM

Are you talking about a Sound Devices 744T?  It does not use SD cards, it used Compact Flash (CF) cards.  Are your proposing using a SD card in a CF to SD adaptor, or using a SD card in an external FireWire card reader?

Title: Re: IS THERE A PREFERRED SD CARD TO USE W/ 744T???
Post by: waltmon on February 07, 2010, 04:15:14 PM

I meant CF...I'm distracted at work  :)

Title: Re: IS THERE A PREFERRED CF CARD TO USE W/ 744T???
Post by: notlance on February 07, 2010, 10:42:39 PM

Here's what I have found and wrote up for a different thread:

http://taperssection.com/index.php?topic=122193.msg1633603#msg1633603 (http://taperssection.com/index.php?topic=122193.msg1633603#msg1633603)

To summarize, I've found the 7xx boxes to be not sensitive to CF card brand or speed.  The slowest, cheapest cards seem to work fine.  That is a good thing.  I don't own a 744T, but I do own a 702, 722, and a 788T and inexpensive cards work great even at the highest sample rates.  I suspect the 744T would be equally tolerant of CF brand and speeds.