Topic: SOUND DEVICES 7-SERIES RECORDER UPDATE

[John R]

so you were going to get a sd722 and run 16/44.1?

my whole reason for getting it is to drop tapes and be able to run 24/96.  but it's going to be a bummer in a festival environment if it doesn't have 40gigs.  then, at least you could get a full day on it and dump it at night.
we'll see, when it finally makes it to market.  i'll bet a bunch of people will drop in larger drives like they are with the jb3.  should we start a yahoo group already?  7xxtapers?

jr

why not 24/48 then?  you get close to 20 hours at 24/48 at 20 gigs.  or some at 24/48, others at 24/96.  i would prefer 40 gigs as well, but it's not that big of a deal.

good point damon, since i/no one even has one yet, a little premature for me to say so.  i would like to get more resolution than dat though.  we'll see.  

i did go start a group though, what the hell.

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/SDtapers/

jr

[wboswell]

Since they are CF compatible, you could always use a 10g card in a pinch.  The way I read it, the unit can go between the two mediums easily.

[MattD]

one possible problem with the sd box run line-in is that gain is adjustable is 1/2 db increments.  i don't really want that stepped gain "click" in my recordings.  makes it awfully tough to run with a 148 or psp2.

Where do you get that info from, Damon? Is this just on the line-in or also on mic in? Unless I can get the laptop rig bulletproof at 24/96, I'm thinking about this yet-unreleased box even though I love the sound of the ULN-2. You'd think I'd have learned my lesson about unreleased gear by now (Metric Halo).

[Tenn Man]

To MattD

http://www.sounddevices.com/products/7.htm

[MattD]

Ahh, I'd missed the line-in part on that site. Guess I don't care about line in

[wboswell]

I sure would like to know why they chose to have line level input adjustments at .5 db increments.

[Tim]

I sure would like to know why they chose to have line level input adjustments at .5 db increments.

that kind of sucks... I was really hoping it would work well without an external a/d.

[dmonterisi]

well it will, you just need a variable gain pre.

[wboswell]

its a conspiracy against the m148...  Apogee screwed them fist, now Sound Devices.  

[Tim]

its a conspiracy against the m148...  Apogee screwed them fist, now Sound Devices.  

basically, yes.

all the more reason to pry that V2 out of Juday's hands...

[dmonterisi]

maybe it's more a sign that stepped or fixed gain pre's are no longer the state of the art.

[wboswell]

Screw it.  I am going to get a jb3

[dmonterisi]

good call, i'm just gonna wait until apple releases a firmware update for my ipod allowing me to run mic-in.

[wboswell]

I am waiting for the firmware update that allows for bit perfect 24/96 recording with flac encoding on the fly.

[Todd R]

I sure would like to know why they chose to have line level input adjustments at .5 db increments.

This does kindof suck, but you won't really be able to hear a jump of only 0.5db.  Try it yourself--get a wav file into Cooledit or soundforge, highlight a section and increase the level by 0.5 db.  You'd be very hard pressed to hear where the signal jumps up or where it drops back down.  Not that this will make anyone feel any better about SD's design choice.