At 1:55, I had to go for it and restart the microtrack recording. Needless to say, I was pissed that I lost part of the show due to the microtrack's 2GB limit.
Lost part of show = mt screwed up or tape flip? If it was just a tape flip, try ye ole flip earlier.
Tape flip earlier = loss of part of show.
My hope in waiting was to get it at the encore break to avoid that loss.. The show did end very shortly after.
Somewhat ironic: my friends taping to DAT had 3 hour tapes and no flip. I went from a jb3 to a 722, so continuous recording has mostly been the norm.
It is just funny when vendors pump the microtrack (and their AD products) here and repeatedly try and downplay the 2gb limit by suggesting that almost no shows go 2 hours.
I guess at this point in my life I'm not interested in dealing with products that *COULD* and should record continuously but do not due to poor engineering/poor vendor/etc.
On the DAT issue, to be fair and compare apples to apples, the DAT recording was at 16 bits. With my MT at 16 bits, I can record about 3:23 continuously -- longer than any DAT or DDS tape I was comfortable running in my DAT decks.
I agree though, it is pretty sad with all this new gear coming out that nothing besides the MT fits into the DAT category for me, with an upgrade to 24 bits. Too large, too expensive, not a digital input. I just want a
small, relatively inexpensive, reliable, 24-bit recorder/bit bucket. R09 doesn't fit the bill due to their poor engineering/marketing decision to not include digital input. The 722 doesn't fit the bill either since it is way too expensive for my needs, and I really, really do not want to have to have a bigger bag just for a bit bucket for my V3. What I want is the solid state/HD & 24-bit version of the M1, but as of yet, only the MT is in that category.
