Just showed up today..I didn't even know to expect it. Edirol told me they'd send one for me to beat on, looks like it arrived.
I"m looking around for my flashcard to take some pics for you.
first off:
- its BIG. About HHB portodat big, maybe taller. FR2 big any way. Same footprint.
- Light as a feather!
- takes AA batteries, and I bet todays 2000+mAh cells will power it at least 2 hours..but otherwise its 9.6v DC. RC packs and old Edirol barrell size are still good w/this.
- 4 XLR inputs. I dont think the 744 has that. Phantom is supplied in pairs. You can run 4 mono or two stereo (or just a single stereo pair) two rigs into this one box !! nice for testing.
- probably same ol' mic preamps from the FA-101 / UA5, i'd guess. but we'll see. Thats not so bad if thats the case.
- its plastic. A little more fragile feeling than i'd like. more knobs and things to break than an FR2, but its about the same feel.
- all I/O options are on the sides, including usb and battery. all analog on one side, all digi on another
- comes w/a nice little pack with velcro side access for all the jacks.
is this thing really only going to cost $1500 ?
wow. I'd say they will sell A LOT of these.
definatly not as nice looking as the SD boxes. Build quality is far from road-warrior robust, but its pretty slick still.
its standard Edirol Fare from what I can tell. High value. EAsy to tweak. This box has cool options about it though. ST-250 B format directly into this !! that would be slicker than shit. Cheapest surround setup I can think of, sans post processing software costs.