Stupid questions that have probably been asked on here before but I'm still not clear on.
I've been running a DR60 for a couple of years and have that down cold. Pulled my 70 that I bought a few months ago out last night, stuffed a card into it and test recorded for a couple of hours on internal mics just to make sure the card played nice. That's all I've had time to do and I'm thinking about running it for a show tonight and won't have time to do a lot of testing. Hope someone can point me in the right direction.
1. Card formatted almost instantly. Took forever to format in the 60. Did I do something wrong?
2. Not sure which firmware is on there. Any reason I shouldn't (or should) update to 1.14 before I roll tonight?
3. I notice phantom is through the menu rather than physical switches like the 60. Any other major differences anyone can clue me in on to help with the learning curve?
4. Not planning on using them tonight (or maybe ever), but what's the opinion on the internal mics?
Should have been playing with this more rather that trying to get up to steam in a production environment, but its been a roller coaster year so far. Any quick tips are welcomed. Thanks, Dan
My new 64gb SanDisk Extreme Pro SD Card only takes about 30 seconds to ERASE FORMAT too, just like you mentioned! IMO, that means its a great card for the 70d and things are GOOD! Seems to me when the 70D takes forever to do the Erase Format, it seems like the card is slow or it doesn't jive well with the 70d!
I'm soooo glad that ALL of the 70d issues seemed to be worked out for everyone! I'd bet the farm that more and more tapirs start to trust the 70d, and will push sales up hopefully! I just wish Tascam had a better seal on the screen, because I'm sick of dust/dirt/lint getting under my screen! I have thought about gluing something around the screen on the black part of the 70D around the screen enclosure, but its prob not worth the effort or risk of me screwing it up and making it worse lol
Like I said above, its the best deal ever IMO on a deck! 4x XLR/1/4" Combo INS that actually sound pretty damn decent and writes up to 128gb SD cards, AND has the ability to do the safety recording at a lower level in case the main channels clip! Pretty cool feature if you ask me!
Anyway, did any of you guys check out my COMP from this past Sunday recording Traffic & Thunder? Id love to know what yinz guys think regarding the 70D preamps vs. my Schoeps VMS02IB KCY preamp recording louder stuff like traffic from about 25'-30' away. The noise certainly isn't as noticeable as it was when I was recording just birds at dawn[I already posted those samples last month]. The VMS02IB is DEF more quiet than the 70D preamps[as heard from the Birds/Nature recording I did last month. Also, the VMS02IB cost me around $900 including the custom BNC>Rt Angle Stubby XLRs I had made, so it BETTER be more quiet than my $150 70D preamps haha
But I think that it shows for louder material, the 70D preamps are MORE than adequate for concert taping. I fluff the 70d so much, Tascam should start paying me or giving me gear to try/test/keep lol
Here's the link to the Traffic/Thunder samples. Enjoy!
https://www.mediafire.com/folder/xuygpy4fzv38b/Tascam_DR-70D_%26_Schoeps_VMS02IB_Preamp_COMP_Traffic_%26_Thunder_%5Bmk4_%26_mk41%5D