so whats so horny abouut the 722?
does it sound great stock? is that how folks are running it mostly?
I liked the r4 a lot..as a line or bit bucket. 722...nice and all, but $2k. I dont know 'bout that action. I'd rather have 2k in mics.
first off, the 722 is smaller than a v3, which means it's a hell of a lot smaller than an r4
it also doesn't sound bad on its own at all. the internal a/d is actually pretty good. if he runs mk4 > sax > 722, that'll be pretty damn nice. he'll never have to worry about any of the dat related things ever again, or any of the microtrack things ever again. it's the most reliable recorder i've ever used
you can also run a car over the thing and it'll probably still work
firewire transfer is very convenient
the internal buffers that are always roling are very convenient (hit record a few seconds too late? no problem, as it was already filling the buffers and was already recording those few seconds before for you)
it's got plenty of other little things which i love, too. it does everything you'd ever want a recorder to do. if he wanted to travel light, that's all he'd need...
the big thing for me though, like i said before, is that the 722 will *always* be used.
if someone really has money to burn, and is condiering a 722, to me that means that the 722 wouldn't kill that person financially. so, he could go get a second set of caps, which might sit at home half of the time, or a 722, which would go to every show and be used much more.
question for the original poster: have you run a 722 before?