Topic: MicroTrak - F'in POS - Or Defective Unit?

[sickrick43]

just FWIW-
remember to check for channel flipping, mine was flipping L-R whenever recording at 24 bit.

doing some more 'sperimenting...

Only flips channels 48/24, records normally at other bitrates/depth.  Also appears to record stable at 88.2/24, though filesize restictions only give you an hour at that rate/depth.  88.2 sounds like it might be interesting, though Oade seems to think anything higher than 48/24 is pretty much a waste.

I'm gonna try and run this 48/24 @ Brian Stoltz tonight, just for laughs.  Got my batteries in, got my mod'd power cable, and digi cable.  Shaved a bunch off the mini-b end of the power cable (which I soldered without burining myself - 30 years as an electronics tech, and I STILL hate to solder) to clear the RCA connector.  Doug suggests popping the cover and drilling out the spdif hole a little larger to clear the larger monster-style connectors.

Funny, he (Doug) won't do bench work anymore (and I need to find someplace to send my 3700 & D-10 Pro out to), but he's planning on mod'ing these.  Nice to have him on the order line though, - you could never get him on the phone when he was back in the shop...

Rick

Dan - I didn't get into great detail with Doug what the planned mods were.  I'd assume it's a line-input variety he's planning.  Putting better caps & a quieter IC in there would likely lower the noise floor a great deal...

[bluegrass_brad]

Funny, he (Doug) won't do bench work anymore (and I need to find someplace to send my 3700 & D-10 Pro out to), but he's planning on mod'ing these.  Nice to have him on the order line though, - you could never get him on the phone when he was back in the shop...

Have no worries. Paul at Pro-Digital will fix those decks right up for you.