Topic: Sound Devices all in one box

[tim in jersey]

OK, I created a 1 1/2 hour file @ 24/96 that is 2.89GB using Cooledit Pro 1.2.

Wavelab 4, Soundforge 5, Vegas Video 3 all choked on it. I had hoped Vegas would handle it, but apparently it only converts to it's proprietary format during recording and the 2GB limit is breached. And oddly enough CEP choked on it too, and I used CEP to create the file. Wierd.

Anyhow, I vaugely recalled reading something about a corrupted 24 bit file being repaired on the laptop tapers list. I searched the archive and found this:http://groups.yahoo.com/group/laptop-tapers/message/3651

I just d/led the app. Looks promising. Perhaps the new SD recorder will offer a feature where split points can be set and we won't need to worry about it, but it's nice to know there is a workaround, just in case.

say it is only relative to windoze... what if I want to transfer a show larger than 2:59- what then?  I wonder if I can do track splits in the SD box?

[ducati]

Very interesting; I do recall having a 2.4 gig file recorded with CE2k, but since it was just a test, I never opened the whole thing!  Good to know, thanks for the link!   +T

Oh, and BTW...  The show I recorded last night was about 7 gigs in total.  Damn, these 24/96 files get big FAST..!

[Lee]

Damn... where am I going to get this kind of cash??? I must have one of these!!

mfrench, +T for the heads up

-Lee  

[tim in jersey]

Cool, SD updated the site. Thanks for the heads up mfrench.

One of the features I'm glad to see is that it can be powered externally on 6v. I wonder what kinda mah this thing is gonna draw...

[jpschust]

first off- wavelab wasnt made for what we use it for.... it was meant for studio work where you usually arent working with more than 10 minutes of music per file, also who cares, split your files, just split em at songs- you are gonna split em later anyways.

Jonny

[tim in jersey]

Grafted from the laptop-tapers mailing list:

Message: 3
   Date: 24 Apr 2003 14:21:39 EDT
   From: scott.c.brown.02@alum.dartmouth.org
Subject: Fwd: RE: 744/722 2GB file limit

---Forwarded Message---
Date: Thu, 24 Apr 2003 13:18:24 -0500
From: "Matt Anderson" <matt_anderson@sounddevices.com>
Subject: RE: 744/722 2GB file limit
To: <scb02@Alum.Dartmouth.ORG>
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Scott-

The limit is technically 4G, although some older programs have a
2G limit as a result of using an unsigned integer format.  
Anyway, 4G is the limit inherent to FAT32.  Our recorder will
start a new file automatically when the 4G limit is reached.  
This parameter can be selected between 1, 2, or 4G for the max
file size before a new file is started.

Cheers,
Matt

-----Original Message-----
From: Scott C. Brown 02
[mailto:Scott.C.Brown.02@Alum.Dartmouth.ORG] Sent: Thursday,
April 24, 2003 12:38 PM To: Matt Anderson
Subject: 744/722 2GB file limit


will these recorders get around the 2GB file limit for .wav
files?

scott

[Lee]

A little more of the same, but they're still on the horizon...

http://www.sounddevices.com/dload/7-series.pdf

[cpclark]

great link lee, good reading, hope they work out the bugs quick after they start shipping, so i can pick up a re 2 or 3 by next summer

[utahtaper]

I was going pre-order one of these units but after buying a V3 and loving it I'm going to have to put up with DAT a little longer before I can afford one.

[super-phat-al]

+T for the awesome link

[scb]

apparently the boxes are going to be 2x as thick as the mp2/usbpre now

[Tim]

I was going pre-order one of these units but after buying a V3 and loving it I'm going to have to put up with DAT a little longer before I can afford one.

are you saying that you would get rid of the v3 and just run this box?

I find that shocking and I've heard lots of people say this same thing.

[dmonterisi]

i don't think that's what he's saying.  seems that he's short on cash after buying a v3 and can't afford the sd722 as well.

why do you find it so shocking?  i personally wouldn't do it, but that's a pretty affordable all-in-one solution.  haven't run any sounddevices stuff so i can't comment on the overall quality, but for under 2 grand, you get pre/ a>d / and 24bit recorder with 80gigs of storage?!?

[Tim]

ahh, you are right... that is what he is saying!

I just doubt that this box will be the end all for folks who are already running hq outboard gear. I've talked iwth people whu run grace and apogee products who can't wait to dump there outbaord gear and just run this box. I'm sure it's pre will be adequate as will the a/d but I can't imagine that they will sound better than some of the outboard gear that is already in use.

sorry, haven't had my coffee yet!

[utahtaper]

I was going pre-order one of these units but after buying a V3 and loving it I'm going to have to put up with DAT a little longer before I can afford one.

are you saying that you would get rid of the v3 and just run this box?

I find that shocking and I've heard lots of people say this same thing.

No see that's the problem. I don't want to get rid of the V3 and I will have a hard time dishing out the cabbage for that recorder just to have the HD part. I doubt I would buy it for it's pre/ad section. Not that it isn't good. I may just need a no frills HD box so I could run the V3 in front of it.