Topic: Edirol R1 - FF and RWD

[wando]

Hi guys,

I am looking for a replacement to my MD for portable recording.
I record mainly African drums and often I do so at workshops. It is essential that at any stage I am able to listen to a specific part of the recorded track and the track itself can be rather long (2-3 hours).
Can any user of the R1 please let me know if it is possible (and easy) to fast forward and rewind within a track during playback?
The manual does not make any mention of this.

Any other solid state gear suggestion?
The MIcrotrack would fit the bill but the internal battery is a no-no as sometimes I could be on the field (occasionally litterally) for as long as a week.

Thanks for your attention.
Stefano

[Brian Skalinder]

The MIcrotrack would fit the bill but the internal battery is a no-no as sometimes I could be on the field (occasionally litterally) for as long as a week.

Don't have an answer on the R1 question, but it's easy enough to run the MicroTrack from an external power source:  AA, Li-Ion, SLA, etc.

[pfife]

You can hold down the FF/REW button on the r-1, and it basically does what a "search" button does on a CD.  So I think the answer to your question is "yes".

FWIW, I love the R-1, with the limited experience I have with it.  The only beefs I have w/ it are:

a) the lack of digi input (I wouldn't use it anyway, but it would be more versatile if it had one...)
b) no sample rates higher than 44.1khz when recording a 24bit wav file.

Otherwise, I think its a totally solid peice of gear.

[wando]

Thank you all. It would seem that either of the two could work for me.

Brian, how do you run the microtrack on AA cells? I presume you need a separate piece of kit?

T, looking at the manual and at the images of the R1 I cannot see a FF/RWD button. Which button are you talking about? I wonder why it is not mentioned in the manual....

Thanks again for your help.

[Brian Skalinder]

how do you run the microtrack on AA cells? I presume you need a separate piece of kit?

Yup.  http://taperssection.com/index.php?topic=51864.0

[wando]

Doooh. I just made another search on the R1's manual and IT DOES mention fast forward and rewind (next and prev buttons). 

Dopey or what.....

Sorry guys. I guess I have my answer.

[pfife]

T, looking at the manual and at the images of the R1 I cannot see a FF/RWD button. Which button are you talking about? I wonder why it is not mentioned in the manual....

Sorry, the ones labeled "next" and "prev"   

[gewwang]

a) the lack of digi input (I wouldn't use it anyway, but it would be more versatile if it had one...)
b) no sample rates higher than 44.1khz when recording a 24bit wav file.

The biggest issues are the 2GB file size limit and the single level display. But I've learned to live with them.

[pfife]

a) the lack of digi input (I wouldn't use it anyway, but it would be more versatile if it had one...)
b) no sample rates higher than 44.1khz when recording a 24bit wav file.

The biggest issues are the 2GB file size limit and the single level display. But I've learned to live with them.

Yeah, those suck too... If they just kicked up the max sample rate, I'd be extremely happy.  Right now, I'm just really happy.
 

[dwissl]

Yes, you can fast forward and rewind with the R1. But you don't hear anything while doing it! For me, this is only half as good as Minidisc style cue review. The iRiver hard disk recorders offer the best cue / review I know on a digital none-MD recorder. You can hear sound while cuing and reviewing and you can set the speed, four speeds are available.