Topic: Tascam DR-70D 4-channel audio recorder (Part 2)

[Life In Rewind]

Cheese, did you ever figure out the weird spikes you had back in the first thread with the FP24? Read thru the whole thread and didn't see where you figured it out. Pardon me if you did and I missed it.

Was wondering that too!

[ts]

Cheese, did you ever figure out the weird spikes you had back in the first thread with the FP24? Read thru the whole thread and didn't see where you figured it out. Pardon me if you did and I missed it.

Was wondering that too!

I have an FP24 and always use the tape out into small handheld recorders and never had an issue. Was wondering if the fact that he was using the XLR out was part of the problem.

[Cheesecadet]

Cheese, did you ever figure out the weird spikes you had back in the first thread with the FP24? Read thru the whole thread and didn't see where you figured it out. Pardon me if you did and I missed it.

All fixed. I didn't have the unit correctly calibrated to the fp24.

[2manyrocks]

Do you think you will run your fp24 now that you modified your 70d?

[Cheesecadet]

Do you think you will run your fp24 now that you modified your 70d?

I will likely continue to run the fp24 in front as I like they way it pairs with my mics. I'm sure I will run it from time to time directly into the Tascam too though. The main reason I did the mod was to lower noise and have more top end detail which, in my opinion, the mod provides.

[ts]

Cheese, did you ever figure out the weird spikes you had back in the first thread with the FP24? Read thru the whole thread and didn't see where you figured it out. Pardon me if you did and I missed it.

All fixed. I didn't have the unit correctly calibrated to the fp24.

Could you summarize exactly what you did to calibrate? I have the same setup and I would like to avoid this. Thanks!

[Cheesecadet]

Cheese, did you ever figure out the weird spikes you had back in the first thread with the FP24? Read thru the whole thread and didn't see where you figured it out. Pardon me if you did and I missed it.

All fixed. I didn't have the unit correctly calibrated to the fp24.

Could you summarize exactly what you did to calibrate? I have the same setup and I would like to avoid this. Thanks!

Use the 1kHz Tone Generator on FP24...Calibrate levels on DR70D to -20dbfs. This puts my levels on my Tascam at about 8 O'clock-ish.

[F.O.Bean]

Does HOLD actually lock EVERYTHING? Or does something stupid like STOP actually stop it? Thanks!

[voltronic]

With the FP24, are you using the 1/8" tape out into the 1/8" input of the DR-70D, or are you using the XLR line outs of the FP24 to XLR inputs?  I am wondering if the XLR inputs handle the hot (+4) line outputs of pro gear like the FP24.  The manual has no info on things like this, and none of the reviews I've read have any sort of thorough measurements.  If I get one of these, I would probably keep using my FP24 as well.

Also wondering if phantom power is an all-or-nothing affair or it is switchable per input, as the screen image in the manual seems to imply, but again I cannot find anywhere where this is stated explicitly.

[Cheesecadet]

Phantom is selectable for each input. I run mine out of FP24 1/8" tape out to channels 1/2 1/8" In.  The XLR Out of FP24 I run as a backup to my M10.

[voltronic]

Phantom is selectable for each input. I run mine out of FP24 1/8" tape out to channels 1/2 1/8" In.  The XLR Out of FP24 I run as a backup to my M10.

That's good to know.  The all-or-nothing phantom was what steered me away from an H6.  EDIT: I just found where you answered this exact question back in November in the first iteration of the thread.  Sorry for not thoroughly reading first!

I'm curious if you could try your connections from the FP24 to the two recorders the reverse of the way you do it now and compare the results.  When I bought the FP24 and started a thread asking for advice, several people whose opinion I respect advised me very strongly against connecting the FP24 XLR out > M10 since it would be a +4dBu line out going to a consumer-level line input.  I guess if you're keeping your levels reasonable you haven't gotten into any trouble, and/or the M10 line input is more robust than other products of its type.

[F.O.Bean]

backup to my M10.

I'll be doing this as well, for at least one of my rigs, pretty much ALL the time. But I hope this thing is as reliable as the m10. Already heard of two problems. But I have faith that it'll be a contender, because it has everything else going for it!

Fellas, does HOLD actually stop every button?

[Cheesecadet]

I calibrated my M10 to -20dbfs with the fp24 and have no issue. Running XLR out of fp24 into dr70 did not play nice for me but I didn't extensively test that route since I got everything working they way I want it.

Bean, I can try and take a look at the hold button later tonight

[F.O.Bean]

I calibrated my M10 to -20dbfs with the fp24 and have no issue. Running XLR out of fp24 into dr70 did not play nice for me but I didn't extensively test that route since I got everything working they way I want it.

Bean, I can try and take a look at the hold button later tonight

Thanks Cheese

[sperho]

Does HOLD actually lock EVERYTHING? Or does something stupid like STOP actually stop it? Thanks!

I just tested whether or not HOLD locks down everything and......IT DOES, including the gain settings!  Hitting stop or any other key or any other knob just throws a message to the display telling you that HOLD is on.  Nice!