Topic: Marantz PMD 671 in the field Part 3...

[spreadheadtom]

http://taperssection.com/index.php?topic=66288.0

[sygdwm]

ALWAYS RUN THE PAD ON THE 671!!! trust me. if you cant good levels w/ the pad engaged, you are not close enough. if you are getting too hot levels run the pad on the mics as well. i have already learned this lesson several times over w/ 140's, 463's, & TL's.

ps - doug says so.

[spcyrfc]

ALWAYS RUN THE PAD ON THE 671!!! trust me. if you cant good levels w/ the pad engaged, you are not close enough. if you are getting too hot levels run the pad on the mics as well. i have already learned this lesson several times over w/ 140's, 463's, & TL's.

ps - doug says so.

does this go for both stock and modded units?
also what kind of lesson did you learn - what happened to the recording when you did not run the pad as opposed to when you did?

[sygdwm]

does this go for both stock and modded units?

yes, both.

also what kind of lesson did you learn - what happened to the recording when you did not run the pad as opposed to when you did?

the waveforms are sticks of butter. sounds like shit.

[TenoRichards]

ALWAYS RUN THE PAD ON THE 671!!! trust me. if you cant good levels w/ the pad engaged, you are not close enough. if you are getting too hot levels run the pad on the mics as well. i have already learned this lesson several times over w/ 140's, 463's, & TL's.

ps - doug says so.

This really worries me, doing classical. I am sending in my unit today to have it modded, and it's really gonna bum me out if I spend that dough, and then levels aren't hot enuf in this unit with the acm.

Here's hoping, and if not, expect to find it on Yard Sale.

[macdaddy]

ALWAYS RUN THE PAD ON THE 671!!! trust me. if you cant good levels w/ the pad engaged, you are not close enough. if you are getting too hot levels run the pad on the mics as well. i have already learned this lesson several times over w/ 140's, 463's, & TL's.

ps - doug says so.

what would you do in the situation in boldface..?

[Genghis Cougar Mellen Khan]

has anyone tried an 8gb card yet?

Go back to page 4 of this thread, there's a little discussion of the 8gb cards there.

[RDunn]

I'm curious if anyone that owns an 8 gigger has tried formatting in a computer and indeed verified that the external format allows the 671 to recognize the card as having 8 gigs available.
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I tried formatting an 8 gig card on my computer and when I put the card in my 671 it still shows as having 4 gigs.  I did just use the standard card format with Windoze XP though and am not sure if another formatting utility would work differently.

[sygdwm]

ALWAYS RUN THE PAD ON THE 671!!! trust me. if you cant good levels w/ the pad engaged, you are not close enough. if you are getting too hot levels run the pad on the mics as well. i have already learned this lesson several times over w/ 140's, 463's, & TL's.

ps - doug says so.

what would you do in the situation in boldface..?

get closer.
seriously, it happened to me twice. i just cranked the 671 wide open. the levels were low, but it sounded fine. i could have added in post, but didnt seem necessary.

teno: i have NOT recorded anything unamplified or classical to help you, sorry. its worth a shot and it will sell if it comes to that.

[Genghis Cougar Mellen Khan]

hey ghengis (or anyone else).
have you run dpa 402x > acm671 yet?  I'm curious what kind of levels one would get if using these less sensitive mics, coupled with the -20 pad.

I only ran my 4022's into a BCM671, the ACM is worked over a bit more, I don't think the gain is comparable.  I had no issues getting strong levels, but... it was a BCM and very loud sources.  Quietest being Mule at a festival.

[Genghis Cougar Mellen Khan]

I just got this card in the mail today:



I set the recorder to 24/96 and I'm recording through the line in to see if it'll hang. 

2hrs @ 24/96 until the card was full, looks like this card should work! 20 minutes and it's still going, it said 02:00:07 available.  I'll do the speed test and compare the test/record time (capacity) against my Kingston 45X 4GB that's worked flawlessly for me so far.
4GB for under $100 shipped is a pretty good deal. 

Card check: Read/Write 6052

[sygdwm]

how did that compare to the kingston (speed-wise)? just curious.

[Genghis Cougar Mellen Khan]

how did that compare to the kingston (speed-wise)? just curious.

PQI 4GB Read/Write 6052/6052

Kingston 45X 4GB Read/Write 7377/7377 (this car isn't empty, maybe half full, I'm not sure if it would have an effect on write speeds)

Kingston 50X 2GB Read/Write 8128/8128

[sygdwm]

thanks.

[spreadheadtom]

I think I may have screwed up a CF card.  It will not reformat in the 671.  I get an error message "format on PC".  I tried formatting on my computer and it would still not work.  suggestions?