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New: Soundman DR2 Professional Digital Recorder
« on: April 11, 2007, 04:04:15 AM »
seems some new toy is being released in a few weeks ;).
http://www.soundman.de/englisch/dr2.html

Features

    *  OLED2 Color Display
    *  Show Artist und Song Name
    *  Show Lyrics
    *  Multi ID3 Language support
    *  integrated FM Radio
    *  Kombined Mic-IN/Line-IN Jack (powered/unpowered mixed)
    *  Build-In Microphon
    *  Recording possible from: Radio, Mic-IN (powered), Mic-IN (unpowered), Line-IN und Build-IN-Microphon
    *  Mic-IN 3V (Plug-in-Power)
    *  manual level adjustment
    *  0 / -10 / -20dB switchable
    *  Recording MP3 (selectable 96, 128, 196, 320 kbps)
    *  Recording WAV (lossless WAV-Format)
    *  Playing Formats: MP3, WAV, WMA
    *  Play Mode: Normal, Repeat one, Repeat all, Shuffle, Random shuffle
    *  Equilizer with 6 Mode: Normal, Klassik, Jazz, Pop, Rock, Bass
    *  Plug-and-play USB(2) Mass-storage (Up/Download/Saving all PC Datatypes possible)
    *  Firmware update possible
    *  2GB internal Memory
    *  AAA/LR03 1,5V Battery (ca. 13h Playtime, standard battery format)
    *  Dimensions in mm: 72,5 x 35,5 x 18,5 (HxWxD)
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Re: New: Soundman DR2 Professional Digital Recorder
« Reply #1 on: April 11, 2007, 06:27:45 AM »
From the preliminary information, it's hard to see this as a 'professional' digital recorder without specific wav file formats and manual REC level adjustment ability, but looks to be a nice MP3 player with some recording features.  Time will tell just what this model can do.
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Re: New: Soundman DR2 Professional Digital Recorder
« Reply #2 on: April 11, 2007, 06:38:05 AM »
From the preliminary information, it's hard to see this as a 'professional' digital recorder without specific wav file formats and manual REC level adjustment ability, but looks to be a nice MP3 player with some recording features.  Time will tell just what this model can do.
it HAS manual level adjustment as stated in the data specs.
;)

of course "professional" seems a bit overrated ;).
but 16bit 44.1khZ WAV recording 3.5h is enough for a concert.
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Re: New: Soundman DR2 Professional Digital Recorder
« Reply #3 on: April 11, 2007, 07:47:30 AM »
cool, but not too exciting looking.

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Re: New: Soundman DR2 Professional Digital Recorder
« Reply #4 on: April 11, 2007, 08:18:05 AM »
i think this looks very interesting.  also the price seems to be ok for what you get.  but the memory could be a little more

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Re: New: Soundman DR2 Professional Digital Recorder
« Reply #5 on: April 11, 2007, 08:33:19 AM »
cool, but not too exciting looking.

Nothing special, but it looks tiny. Looks perfect for stealth.
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Re: New: Soundman DR2 Professional Digital Recorder
« Reply #6 on: April 11, 2007, 09:16:06 AM »
From the preliminary information, it's hard to see this as a 'professional' digital recorder 

That was my thought exactly. It does seem tiny, but the killer will be the interface. If it works well, then they might have something. If it is anything like most Japanese interfaces on tiny devices, forget about trying to stealth this device because you'll never be able to get it set properly in the dark.

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Re: New: Soundman DR2 Professional Digital Recorder
« Reply #7 on: April 11, 2007, 09:24:10 AM »
From the preliminary information, it's hard to see this as a 'professional' digital recorder without specific wav file formats and manual REC level adjustment ability, but looks to be a nice MP3 player with some recording features.  Time will tell just what this model can do.
it HAS manual level adjustment as stated in the data specs.
;)

of course "professional" seems a bit overrated ;).
but 16bit 44.1khZ WAV recording 3.5h is enough for a concert.


It looks like just three levels of adjustment for the input record level if that's the case, I am going to sell a lot more preamps LOL.. I think having fixed record levels is kinda lame. But I guess we will have to see what the real deal is once this unit is released. I am with Nick it sure don't look very pretty. But who knows...  ;)
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Re: New: Soundman DR2 Professional Digital Recorder
« Reply #8 on: April 11, 2007, 04:47:12 PM »
Looks slightly more promising than the Vibez Trekstor, by which most accounts was a bust.

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Re: New: Soundman DR2 Professional Digital Recorder
« Reply #9 on: April 17, 2007, 03:05:55 AM »
Cute little unit but appears mostly intended for playback and the 2gb nonexpandable memory is a nonstarter these days.  They should put in an SHDC slot.

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Re: New: Soundman DR2 Professional Digital Recorder
« Reply #10 on: April 17, 2007, 03:48:13 AM »
but for 150Euros it's sort of expensive....compared to the new Zoom H2 which can do 24/96 with line-in option, too.
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Re: New: Soundman DR2 Professional Digital Recorder
« Reply #11 on: April 17, 2007, 05:22:01 AM »
but for 150Euros it's sort of expensive....compared to the new Zoom H2 which can do 24/96 with line-in option, too.
here in europe everything is more expensive ;)....the edirol r-09 costs 390-400€ and used irivers H140 make 200€-250€ on ebay.

http://geizhals.at/eu/a200168.html

the taperscene in USA is generally more developed I guess than here in Europe.
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Re: New: Soundman DR2 Professional Digital Recorder
« Reply #12 on: April 17, 2007, 09:39:50 AM »
agree on the low memory, i have an upgraded jb3 60 gb, and that is not enough memory for me. specs are interesting though.
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Re: New: Soundman DR2 Professional Digital Recorder
« Reply #13 on: April 17, 2007, 07:01:25 PM »
but for 150Euros it's sort of expensive....compared to the new Zoom H2 which can do 24/96 with line-in option, too.
here in europe everything is more expensive ;)....the edirol r-09 costs 390-400€ and used irivers H140 make 200€-250€ on ebay.

A lot of things in US are cheap but really shity, compared to Europe.....I guess you never used a US eraser (rubber) or correction liquid/fluid (tipex) before!
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Re: New: Soundman DR2 Professional Digital Recorder
« Reply #14 on: May 07, 2007, 08:57:53 AM »
here the link to the GERMAN instruction manual:
http://www.media-maier.de/index.php?option=com_remository&Itemid=106&func=download&id=120&chk=5f8cfac48cc37ae00566c95f7c297c0a&no_html=1&fname=DR2_manual_de.pdf

-it has 3 gain settings: 0dB -10dB and -20dB (comparable to high/medium/low sensitivity) - settings can be changed during recording session
-in between these ranges manual adjustment can be done with the knob using "ext. MIC" ONLY
-5 stages for display-light (OFF, 10sec, 30sec, 60sec, ON), when recording it´s set automatically to medium brightness
-recordings are being saved in folders according to their source: folders: mic-in/line-in/ext.mic/FM
-live-monitoring of sound recorded is possible(headphones)
-firmware updates possible
-standby timer
-sleep timer
-OS languages: German, English



« Last Edit: May 07, 2007, 09:27:33 AM by Arni99 »
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