Topic: Edirol R-09HR - Part THREE

[travelinbeat]

I use gaffer's tape to cover the buttons on the back - electrical tape will leave a sticky residue.  Everyone needs gaffer's tape at some point in time.

   

One of the best inventions ever...

qft

[69mako]

I'm thinking about picking up a couple of the following cards

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820208293

Any opinions?

Thanks,
Mako

[dactylus]

I did have trouble finding that HOLD button in the back once.  I'm going to put gaffer's tape on it now because it is really hard to find it in the dark. Good idea!

I use gaffer's tape to cover all of the buttons EXCEPT the HOLD button.  That makes the HOLD button a breeze to find...

 

[gmm6797]

I'm thinking about picking up a couple of the following cards
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820208293

I have used other Transcend with no issue, as well as A-Data and Sandisk, all class 4 or 6 cards

[69mako]

I'm thinking about picking up a couple of the following cards
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820208293

I have used other Transcend with no issue, as well as A-Data and Sandisk, all class 4 or 6 cards

Thanks for the reply.  I ordered it yesterday.  I'll hopefully have it be the weekend....

Mako

[JB29]

I just opended the box, and there doesn't appear to be anything missing, but the square cavity in the foam packaging insert was empty, which seemed strange. Is anything suppose to be in the square cavity?

Thanks.

[digifish_music]

I just opended the box, and there doesn't appear to be anything missing, but the square cavity in the foam packaging insert was empty, which seemed strange. Is anything suppose to be in the square cavity?

Thanks.

Did you get the

1. Remote control
2. Stand (plastic s shaped thing)
3. R09HR

digifish

[JB29]

Yes.

[andol123]

I just got a mail from a shop in Norway that Edirol will increase the suggested price of Edirol R-09hr starting
January 1st 2009 from todays 3390NOK (~482USD, ~€344) to 3628NOK (~515USD, ~€368). I wonder
if they'll do that all over Europe or just Norway.

[guysonic]

FYI posted a 39 minute ~55 meg recording sample of David Lindley during a recent benefit concert in Sonoma California.

Done with R-09HR MOD-4 (24bit/44.1K>VBR MP3) with (recently refurbished 16+ year old!) DSM headworn mic plugged directly into the HR's mic input set on LOW sensitivity. 

Excellent PA'd sound and solo performance by guitar wizard Lindley, but chatty crowd motivating the recordist to walk much closer to the stage during the first set recording in true stxxlth mode fashion.

For hearing what a simple MIC+R-09HR (MOD-4) two piece rig sounds like at an open-air concert download this file:
74.208.10.48/mp3/092808- David Lindley- Sonoma Plaza.mp3

TS thread discussing the HR MOD-4 at: http://taperssection.com/index.php/topic,109703.0/all.html

[Falconidave]

Tried the v1.05 firmware update last night.  Everything seemed okay until I tried a 30+ minute record test at 24/96.  When I hit the stop button it locked up like fort knox.  Had to yank a battery to get it turned off.  Immediately went back to v1.04 until Edirol get's the bugs worked out.  No way I want to risk losing anything in the field.  C'mon Roland get things together!  Has anyone reported this to them and gotten any response?

[dactylus]

Tried the v1.05 firmware update last night.  Everything seemed okay until I tried a 30+ minute record test at 24/96.  When I hit the stop button it locked up like fort knox.  Had to yank a battery to get it turned off.  Immediately went back to v1.04 until Edirol get's the bugs worked out.  No way I want to risk losing anything in the field.  C'mon Roland get things together!  Has anyone reported this to them and gotten any response?

I'm definitely NOT making the move to v1.05 firmware until it is fixed.  I'm sure that there have been numerous submissions to Roland about the problems, but have any of you actually received a response from them?

[dave570]

Something weird happened to me today.  I went to record something on the radio and the 9HR froze up solid in record mode. Had to take out a battery to unlock it. When I powered it back on, I noticed it said "No card"  and also "Loading....".  After 10 mins of this news, I gave up and patched in my D8. Glad I never sold it. Then, I put another card into 9HR and all was fine. So I deleted the contents of that bad card via PC reader and then formatted the empty SD card on the deck. All is well now with the 9HR and same card.

I've learned a valuable lesson here (and yes, I'm on 1.04).  From now on, I will always travel with an extra card when taping a show. I sometimes don't do that, esp in stealth mode.  The card was used many times and formatted many times from Sept til now. Somehow it crapped out and if this had happened at a show, I would be stuck without a good card to record to.

[Dede2002]

Tried the v1.05 firmware update last night.  Everything seemed okay until I tried a 30+ minute record test at 24/96.  When I hit the stop button it locked up like fort knox.  Had to yank a battery to get it turned off.  Immediately went back to v1.04 until Edirol get's the bugs worked out.  No way I want to risk losing anything in the field.  C'mon Roland get things together!  Has anyone reported this to them and gotten any response?

I have. No response so far.

[guysonic]

Tried the v1.05 firmware update last night.  Everything seemed okay until I tried a 30+ minute record test at 24/96.  When I hit the stop button it locked up like fort knox.  Had to yank a battery to get it turned off.  Immediately went back to v1.04 until Edirol get's the bugs worked out.  No way I want to risk losing anything in the field.  C'mon Roland get things together!  Has anyone reported this to them and gotten any response?

I have. No response so far.

Sometimes problems like this have more to do with the make/model/production series of the flash card being used than the deck/firmware version (as far as the manufacturer is concerned). 

As some of us have learned the hard way, even card models reported to work without issues can get (often controller IC) changes in later production runs affecting a deck's ability to function reliably, or at certain (usually higher) recording sampling rates.

Make sure batteries were not low, note firmware version, also telling recording mode and which flash card/serial number or when purchased was used when reporting this kind of problem.