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Title: R4 question: start new recording (like FF button on NJB3)???
Post by: poorlyconditioned on September 06, 2006, 12:49:24 PM

I've been using the R4 for a bit now.  The interface is great, but I have to questions:

1. I would like to do is break a file and keep recording.  Like the FF (>>) button on the NJB3.  Why?  Well, I'd like to "commit" the data to disk (eg., so I don't lose file if battery fails), or to mark a reasonable break point in the show.  This should be seemless (or nearly) like the NJB3.  Right now I just stop and record again, but this leaves a fair gap.

2. Is there a way to set the R4 to periodically save to disk?  I've lost one recording so far when the battery died and it did not save.

Thanks,
  Richard

Title: Re: R4 question: start new recording (like FF button on NJB3)???
Post by: BayTaynt3d on September 08, 2007, 01:35:26 AM

I just had this same f*cking thing happen. The file was there with 0 kb after battery died? Any chance of salvaging it? I knew I had no batteries cause I didn't recharge before the gig. Then, I forgot to do a start/stop, doh! What an idiot...

Anyway, I wonder if it might be a seemless split if you start then start with the pre-record option set. Theoretically, you should be able to restart it before the pre-record fills up, but not sure, and especially not sure for 4 channel 24/96. I get 9 seconds of pre-record at 2xStereox24/44.1. We should test it. Also, I think there is a split function, but not sure, I'll take a look...