Topic: SOUND DEVICES 7-SERIES RECORDER UPDATE

[Ed.]

is it really going to be worth it to spend the extra 2000 dollars for the time and the 4 channel feature?  whats the time thing do?  i'm confused.

[jpschust]

the clocking of the 744 is gonna be pretty important if you want to use it with other studio gear to keep all the clocks synched.  its a really good move on their part- that way you can connect it to a big ben or something like it to have all your clocks running off a master clock

[Ed.]

i gotcha.  well, for me its not worth it to spend the extra 2 grand on it then.

[JasonSobel]

the clocking of the 744 is gonna be pretty important if you want to use it with other studio gear to keep all the clocks synched.  its a really good move on their part- that way you can connect it to a big ben or something like it to have all your clocks running off a master clock

the V3 also has has a wordclock out.  I haven't looked at the features of the 744 in depth yet, but this could be real nice to make some matrix mixes after the fact.  I'm sure more of us already own V3's and not a "big ben" or other studio clocking equipment.

[jpschust]

yah, i dont think the latency from a v3 to the hd recorder is gonna be a huge issue, but who knows- i wasnt even thinking v3 when i made that response

[Flarnet]

the clocking of the 744 is gonna be pretty important if you want to use it with other studio gear to keep all the clocks synched.  its a really good move on their part- that way you can connect it to a big ben or something like it to have all your clocks running off a master clock

Both versions do this. This is what the "Word clock" connector is for. It is a standard that allows all the (word clock enabled) digital devices in a studio to sync to one single centralized clock. Very handy for large studios so that you do not have to figure out which device is slaving to what when you have 15+ digital devices (they are all slaves to the central clock).

What the 744 gives you (apart from the two extra channels - either via line inputs or via digital) is "Time code" functionality. Time code is for people who do sound-for-picture.

[wboswell]

new picture...  I am starting to have some more faith.  That CAD rendering wasn't doing anything for me!  The one dimensional shot didn't do much either.



edit:
I watched the video last week but didn't pick up on the 2.1 gig hd comment.  I guess they were trying to be funny.  

The other thing I just noticed is that ext. powering is 10-18v as opposed to the 5-18v which I thought was in the original plan.  Not a terrible thing, but I was hoping to not have to deal with 12v lead

[Simp-Dawg]

more flashy lights = better quality
don't you know that??

[wboswell]

Already finding something to complain about

[Tim]

the mp2 has a dimmer switch, I bet this one will too...

what are you worried about anyway, afraid they'll clash with the V3 lights?

[cpclark]

more flashy lights = better quality
don't you know that??

this is true, cant ever have too many lights/level meters, plus that is the 4 channel version and the 2 channel will only have two level meters on the right, didnt you know that damon!

[dmonterisi]

what are you guys talking about?

[wboswell]

what are you guys talking about?

That thing has too many lights.


ps-I am gay

[Tim]

nice catch william...

[plucks]

I cant wait!
My 7pin cable is starting to cause problems, so im starting to look for something that may be more stable (than DAT & computer)....only time will tell.
And it looks like there wont be any paint to worry about getting scratched off