Topic: Edirol R-09 release information

[Ruari]

After 30 years I can actually tape bagpipes and it have it sound pretty good, like the real thing.  I'm chuffed.

where's the torrent, y0   

Torrent???

[Ruari]

After 30 years I can actually tape bagpipes and it have it sound pretty good, like the real thing.  I'm chuffed.

MP3 or WAV?

So far, I've only tried CD quality WAV 16 bit, 44.1 Khz

[Ruari]

Richard the noise that you are hearing from the AT822, is unfirtunately my computers fan noise, as I have 3 fans in my case that was running at the time.
Also, unfortunately the mic was in a slightly differnt position for the recording using my Promix 3 mixer.  I realized afterward that the mic was slightly off center to  he right of the woofer.  This might be the reason for the slightly better less bassy recording.

vegas06, THANKS a lot for clearing that up. I was beginning to question my current pre-order for the R-09, and wondering if I should perhaps cancel it. Now I'm feeling a lot more confident about the purchase, and if nothing else, I want to try it out and see how I like it.

PHEW!  Me too, I had just ordered an AT822 for my R-09, glad to hear some of that noise was external.  But I do like the Promix 3 sound.
Also, do I hear you typing on your keyboard in the first R-09 sound sample? 

[vegas06]

vegas06, THANKS a lot for clearing that up. I was beginning to question my current pre-order for the R-09, and wondering if I should perhaps cancel it. Now I'm feeling a lot more confident about the purchase, and if nothing else, I want to try it out and see how I like it.

Also, do I hear you typing on your keyboard in the first R-09 sound sample? 

He he, yep I realized that as well  .  Actually if you listen real close, I am typing in the first two samples (AT822 and Internal mic).
I believe that my typing was picked up more in the internal mic test.

[Ruari]

FYI- I bought an ordinary plain old SanDisk 2 Gb card for my R-09, and it works well.  You don't need a high-speed card such as those required for photography (eg. Ultra II).

[Studiodawg]

I spoke with Roland and they told me the high speed cards write in "bursts" and that is why they are bad for audio. Audio needs steady stream of data...like the "slower" cards employ. I received my R-09 Thursday and have been carrying it with me. I have recorded ~20 miscellaneous things and when I went to transfer to PC, the poop hit the fan...the PC recognized the R-09, but didn't see any files...I reformatted the SD assuming that it would lose all those recordings, but when it was done formatting...much to my surprise... the recordings were available and recognized by the PC...and the played fine, so this is a heads up to other R-09 users that you too could run into the "Initial Data Transfer Bug"...
Studiodawg

[joekar]

It came today.....Here are a few pics....I had a Marware ipod case laying around...fits good.....The R-09 is very NICE.....easy to use.....sounds great......I'm burning some bits (TV) right now to check it out....So far, so good......

[sleepypedro]

i did an audience master with it for the first time last night -- beautiful.  i'll likely track it and archive.org it shortly.  will post link when ready...

(for clarity, i've run it a few times already, just always patched out of the r4.  last night, it flew solo...)

[vegas06]

i did an audience master with it for the first time last night -- beautiful.  i'll likely track it and archive.org it shortly.  will post link when ready...

(for clarity, i've run it a few times already, just always patched out of the r4.  last night, it flew solo...)

Did you use the built in or external mic?

[Jofa]

i did an audience master with it for the first time last night -- beautiful.  i'll likely track it and archive.org it shortly.  will post link when ready...

(for clarity, i've run it a few times already, just always patched out of the r4.  last night, it flew solo...)

Looking forward to hear your recording as I've just ordered the R09 myself yesterday  :-)

/ R.

[sleepypedro]

i did an audience master with it for the first time last night -- beautiful.  i'll likely track it and archive.org it shortly.  will post link when ready...

(for clarity, i've run it a few times already, just always patched out of the r4.  last night, it flew solo...)

Did you use the built in or external mic?

schoeps mk4v > vms02ib > edirol r09

[coloartist]

I have been trying to catch up on the R-09, but this thread is way to long.

What I have figured out, I think. Please correct me if I'm wrong.

Can only have a 2 gb card. (Don't have to worry about the 2gb limit, you have to switch out the whole card)

No digital in ?

Can only record at 24/48- analog only

Is this right?

If so how can this be better then a Microtrack as a bit bucket?

[Brian Skalinder]

Can only have a 2 gb card. (Don't have to worry about the 2gb limit, you have to switch out the whole card)

I believe some are having success formatting a 4GB card on another device and using it in the R9.  I don't think this is supported officially at the moment, though.

No digital in ?

Correct.

Can only record at 24/48- analog only

Correct.

If so how can this be better then a Microtrack as a bit bucket?

It isn't.  It's better as an analog-in recorder.

[coloartist]

Thank you.

Saved me 6 of 12 pages.

+T

Seems like a step backwards.

[Brian Skalinder]

Seems like a step backwards.

If all you're looking for is a bit bucket, it's obviously not a good fit.  But for those in the market for an analog-in recorder, it seems (so far, brand new after all) it's a big step forward over the R1 and other options.