Hi everyone!
It exists:
http://homepage.mac.com/jengo/PhotoAlbum3.htmlI got that little nice thing from a small shop here in Zurich, because they had *one*.
First charge took around 6hrs, playing around then... First impression: It's pretty much the toy I've always dreamed of, yet it's a real-life product, and so it's only around 84% perfect compared to what I imagined when I read about Microtrack for all the last weeks :-)
Gear: Microtrack 24/96 firmware 1.02, Sandisk CF 512 MB Ultra II, included Stereo-Mic
Some points of interest:
- Battery time: Today I ran a test recording a MP3 file at 192kbps, and the unit recorded for 4 hours 30 minutes before it went off. (backlite off, input monitor on, headphones at low level and the included mic 1/8" plugged in)
- The L/M/H knob is the other way round as well.
- The Ph PWR Knob seems to be in the right position (checked with a V-Meter on the 1/4" plugs, so probably no power drain from here when OFF)
- Seems to have no input monitor while recording from SPDIF
- I've had one freeze so far after deleting a large file. Turning the device off and on and it was ok again.
- Boot time was 16 sec with my 512 CF Card.
- The device can be turned ON (push DEL) when it's charging :-) and then again OFF (Menu > System > Connect to PC)
Now, as I am not a sound professional in any way, please don't ask me too much about recording quality. However, so much:
Mic recordings: I did some recordings with different settings, and at least for my ears, files with MP3s with 224kbps or better and WAV 44.1khz at 16bit sounded quite alright. There is some preamp noise in all settings, but I can't comment on how much it is compared to other gear, which I don't have...
Recordings from Line and SPDIF seem to be quite good as far as I can tell.
Hope that helps and you will get yours *very* soon too... :-)
Laters, jboyz