Hey guys, wow--who would have thought that of all my recordings, this one is getting the most attention, guess I can sell my DPAs now Anyway, this was definitely recorded with the Teac's internals.
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I have the DR-07 MKII (cardioids) and have been pleased with the results, definitely lacking some bottom end though.
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Let me know if there is anything else I can add here...
James -
Many thanks for participating in this thread -
as I posted earlier I am very grateful to you for that GPN recording -
as that showed me how good the recorder even on internals can be.
In my opening post I described that my two samples of the VR-10 had/have a fatal flaw - in that they would eventually lock/freeze up if buttons are pressed during recording - so I now studiously avoid touching any buttons during recording - so I cannot use the Rec button to split the recording to a new file without stopping the recording. This is even on the latest firmware 1.03 build 0040.
The current (replacement) sample came with a much earlier version of the firmware 1.00 build 0031
and that also eventually froze up if buttons were pressed during recording.
(note: it's not normally the very first or just one press - but some later press.)
A controlled test I did of using the REC button to split/start a new file,
the 4th press froze the recorder -
I just did it again and this time it was on the 3rd press that froze,
one more time, and it was the 5th press that froze -
so it is not consistent
- when frozen - the only resort was to remove the battery to get the VR-10 to work again.
If it's of any meaning the last file created is 0 bytes - which actually upsets the VR-10 if accessed.
Have you noticed this kind of behavior?
Now that I've accepted that - the VR-10 works fine - I have done battery life tests where I've left the VR-10 recording from fully charged eneloop AAA's and it recorded about 5hours 24mins straight through fine in 2x 2GB files (2hr 4m each) and the remainder in a third file (1.23GB=1hr 16m).
What I said about using the rec level buttons may not be right -
as I've just tried that to see if I could lock up the VR-10, and it seems fine on Rec level adjustment -
I pressed the |<< and >>| buttons multiple times, including holding them so that the level was scrolled -
and I could not get the VR-10 to lock.
I'd like to take advantage of your experience of the VR-10 - of the good points,
and if possible avoiding or mitigating its weak points.
Ooops, sorry - Edit to Add -
my other recorder is the Tascam DR-07MkII as well - figured it was the recorder to eventually aim for -
but it came up used at a very advantageous price - so had to make a decision and bought it, even though I only just bought the VR-10 .....
Thanks