Topic: HD Recorders

[twoodruff]

what is the updated news on the Sound Devices units? Are there any other HD portable recorders available right now?

[John R]

trey, didn't you post the nagra?  

jr

[BobW]

Fostex FR-2 is kinda around, but I haven't seen it.
Someone is claiming to be beta-testing the SD744, lucky-dog !
Marantz has something out but uses microdrive harddrives (2.4 GB).
There's a few mini-mixer recorders, like from Korg, Mackie,Yamaha, Fostex, Alesis, Zoom, Roland, Akai,  etc.  most are multi-track.
Pro stuff a.k.a. Nagra and StellaDAT II is out,  if you got the $$$$

I have a  Palm-pilot-sized iPAQ3650 that has digi-in for recording, but no analog section.

There's the iRiver and Nomad JB3 "jukebox" recorders.

There are about 10 other stand-alone devices ready to be released. I may make a list and put it on my website.
If you know of any, e-mail them to me  !
wabi_sabi[AT]linuxmail.org
make the " [AT] "an "@"  it keeps some of the Spam in the can.

There seem to be more Video Hard drive recorders now than audio,  harumpppf !  It can only mean good things coming, however.

-Bob

Places to noodle around:

http://www.isdnaudio.com/easycorder/
http://www.marantzpro.com/Products/PMD670.html
http://www.usa.denon.com/catalog/photo.asp?s=pro&p=DN%2DF20R&f=DNF20R%2Ejpg&c=47
http://www.nagraaudio.com/pages/nagrav.php?etat=2
http://www.audiomedia.com/archive/reviews/us-1199/us-1199-stelladat/us-1199-stelladat.htm
http://minidisc.org/uploader_table.html

And threads:
http://www.taperssection.com/yabbse/index.php?board=11;action=display;threadid=11812
http://www.taperssection.com/yabbse/index.php?board=11;action=display;threadid=11737

[MattD]

Maybe 2004 will be the year laptops disappeared from the taping scene ...

[BobW]

What's a laptop ?

[MattD]

What's a laptop ?

Something that can pretty reliably record 24/96

[BobW]

Given !
They're nice to have on the knees when it gets to be -2F outside as well.

I'm still trying to find a DVD-R that I can fit inside my iPAQ.........

[timP]

got the little ARCHOS today just to test out....if it works, GREAT, if not, I already have a HD music player...

[F.O.Bean]

whats the price on that nagra??

[BobW]

whats the price on that nagra??

Big $$$$ The StellaDAT II is $13,000 , I think.
If the Nagra is less than 6Gs, it should be ashamed of itself.
I'll bet it weighs a ton. as well.

We used a reel-to-reel  Nagra many years back. "Borrowed" it from the film school at CUNY for a few weeks.  The instrument weighed like a stone, ate  power like a glutton, and sounded like a dream. Used some proprietary compression thing to get great dynamic range and very low noise.  After we returned it, we were told that it had a $8000 pricetag.
Everyone was shocked that a little tape recorder could be worth so much......................

 

[Scuba Jeremy]

got the little ARCHOS today just to test out....if it works, GREAT, if not, I already have a HD music player...

Does the Archos have an optical in? I thought that one was analog line in only ... at least the very first models were. They've probably changed since.

[timP]

the ARCHOS has line in and SPDIF in.............

[cpclark]

any update on when the sound devices 722/744 are coming out, it seems like this thing is never gonna be released since it keeps getting pushed back

[Lil Kim Jong-Il]

I traded emails with the guy at SD last week.  He wrote that the 722 was going beta in February.  He told me last summer that the 744 would beta first.  So something should come out soon.  But the first thing out is probably the high end unit, not the two channel.

[jcrab66]

So any final word on whether the Archos Gmini 220 is worth getting over a JB3?