I'll go slow here, because I may be asking a question at the same time I am explaining how I have my settings for going digi to the Mix Track. The differences in recording Digi to tracks 5 and 6 versus the mix track have taken me a while to figure out. In my experience, if the
"DIN/MIX" setting on the
FUNCTION menu is not on
"DIN/MON", and if I am trying to record Digi to that "mix track" (which again I find easier to refer to as 7 and 8 ) I do not end up with anything on my card. I know it implies that it is only for monitoring, but in my experience I will not end up with anything on 7 and 8 if I go digi in and this is accidentally set to
"MIX/MON". The other step in this process is to make sure that under
MENU, the
"ST REC" option is set to
"DIN". So to repeat, if I have the
"ST REC" set to
"DIN" and do not have the
"DIN/MIX" set to
"DIN/MON", nothing records on the track. Now I don't know if this makes a difference, and I am not sure if I have tried this both ways, but under the
MENU setting of
"TRACK", I have my analog inputs turned on whatever they may be (usually
1,2,3,4) but I have the
"ST" setting turned off if recording analog only or digi to 5 and 6. (
edit to add: ) except when I am going Digi in to 7 and 8 and in that case I believe under
"TRACK" the
"ST" needs to be on too. I have it as part of my 3 step process which is
"ST REC" set to
"DIN",
"TRACK" is set to
"ST", and
"MIX/MON" set to
"DIN/MON".
Am I clear here? Those of you who have this deck probably understand there are a few steps to doing this correctly, and it might not be the most intuitive part of the deck or manual. Do others have any direct experience doing this differently than me recording on that mix track 7 and 8, Digi in?
Lastly off topic, I have never had a single glitch in recording and have used this deck a great deal. I have 2 sony 64gb cards and 2 sony 128gb cards that I got really cheap from B and H. I do not reformat each show, because they are huge cards, but I reformat only in the machine and usually around when they are half to 3/4 full. I never delete on any machine I own, I only reformat, and have never had a single issue on any deck. I often use off brands too. (I do not own a DR70d though which is an entirely different issue related just to that decks design apparently). I do own way too many decks though, it's one of those things I cannot resist.