Topic: M-Audio MicroTracker details **PART III**

[Todd R]

bummer about no digi-out. that adds $2k to my high res recorder purchase.

Get a lot of patchers at those baroque perfomances?

[dmonterisi]

bummer about no digi-out. that adds $2k to my high res recorder purchase.

Get a lot of patchers at those baroque perfomances?

all armed with MD's and bics...

[JasonSobel]

I'm looking to use the dvra1000 as my offload device rather than a computer. Its at realtime, but thats fines, its not often that I'm crunched for time after the performance, so a 1x transfer is fine.

the marantz pmd-671 has digital input and output.  and while more expensive than the M-audio device, certainly not $2k more.

[Simp-Dawg]

Get a optical>coax format converter (now there's a switch) and you've got one more.

the hosa box works both ways

[JasonSobel]

I'm looking to use the dvra1000 as my offload device rather than a computer. Its at realtime, but thats fines, its not often that I'm crunched for time after the performance, so a 1x transfer is fine.

the marantz pmd-671 has digital input and output. and while more expensive than the M-audio device, certainly not $2k more.

but they are quite a bit larger, correct?
I'd like to keep it as small as I can.

keeping fingers crossed for a nice tight little portable dsd recorder from tas.

yes, the marantz is bigger than the M-Audio.  compared to the V3 & the m-audio microtrack
V3 = 6" x 8.3" x 1.6"
microtrack = 2.25" X 4.13" X 1.13"
pmd-671 = 7.3" x 10.4" x 2"

[udovdh]

Any know good European distributors carrying this device at a *nice* price? 
It appears my contact here is unable to help me get me a US device cheaply... 

Please PM me if you can help me!

[OFOTD]

Page 1 of this thread has been updated.  Please keep the info coming as well as vendor prices so we can update it.  I have gotten a few PM's about info so I would suggest that if you have info please PM me with it so we don't take up more thread with double info!  Thanks!

Most of you have already grazed through all three of these threads already but please check out page 1 before you start asking questions as I think (hope) that most questions have been answered there.

[OFOTD]

Just a thought but could the ( L-M-H) slider be for the backlight display?  I don't see a button for the backlight ala D8.  Could also possibly be in a sub menu like the Ipod.   I was wondering for battery reasons and haven't some folks found the Sony backlights to cause noise in some cases?   

Also I wonder if this recorder will fall prey to cell phone noise like alot of the portable DAT's do?  Anyone had the problem with a PDR or 722? 

[Ray76]

Just a thought but could the ( L-M-H) slider be for the backlight display?  I don't see a button for the backlight ala D8.  Could also possibly be in a sub menu like the Ipod.   I was wondering for battery reasons and haven't some folks found the Sony backlights to cause noise in some cases?   

Also I wonder if this recorder will fall prey to cell phone noise like alot of the portable DAT's do?  Anyone had the problem with a PDR or 722? 

I had my cellphone ring during the BPB concert the other night...it was right beside my 722...no problems.

[WiFiJeff]

 

Also I wonder if this recorder will fall prey to cell phone noise like alot of the portable DAT's do?  Anyone had the problem with a PDR or 722? 

A friend of mine thinks he has had this problem with the Edirol R1, when the cell-phone is up against the jacket pocket that has the R1.  I'm a walking fossil who doesn't carry a cell phone, so I've never had the problem with the R1.  I must say, the noise he picked up was very odd and not particularly cell-phonish to my ears.

Jeff

[greenone]

Just a thought but could the ( L-M-H) slider be for the backlight display? I don't see a button for the backlight ala D8. Could also possibly be in a sub menu like the Ipod.

Yeah, it's in the menus. Look at the menus at the bottom of this page: http://m-audio.com/products/en_us/MicroTrack2496-main.html

The top-left menu has a backlight setting, and it allows you to choose the contrast AND how long it's on for. And without that switch, there's no way of switching between mic and line unless it's in the menus somewhere, but I doubt that. My guess is the backlight goes on whenever you push a button...

[OFOTD]

A friend of mine thinks he has had this problem with the Edirol R1, when the cell-phone is up against the jacket pocket that has the R1.  I'm a walking fossil who doesn't carry a cell phone, so I've never had the problem with the R1.  I must say, the noise he picked up was very odd and not particularly cell-phonish to my ears.

Jeff

The noise I am referring to is not a ring per se but more a sound of the cell phone checking to make sure it has service. Almost like a pulsing sound.  You can hear what it sounds like if you put a cell up next to a computer speaker.  Wait i minute or two and it will make a sound if the phone searching for a network.  I have had a couple of tapes pick up this noise.  It's more prevelant with my D10 but is still there with the D8.

Is it a magnetic tape head that is picking it up or something else?

[§†∑∫åµÞ≥¥]

oh brother without cellphone. two dinosaurs roam this forum!

make that 3... although I might be joining the "revolution" soon...

now back to your regularly scheduled MicroTrack discussion.....

[Ed.]

there's a simple solution to the cellphone problem...turn it off, if you're stealthing a show, why are you on the phone to begin with? 

[Simp-Dawg]

i think l-m-h might be line-mic-?? (maybe the word for digi-in starts with an H wherever these are being developed)