Topic: Marantz PMD 671 announced (on Oade)

[esteyes]

greetings all. taped the Virginia Coalition and Edwin McCain last nite at the Belly Up in Solana Beach, CA. my home taping venue that i know so well. ran the standard senn k3u/me40 (supercard) + akg 460/ck61 combo > shure fp33 > 671.  used line out on the shure and the rca line in on the 671. ran the limiter on the shure but forgot to run the limiter on the 671 and got bit hard. i had 0db peaks here and there and generally ran the show at -3db as recorded by the peak hold, but still have crackles where dynamics crushed the input of the 671 (or so i believe). ran my M1 as a backup off the tape out of the shure and had -2db levels on it all night - sounds fine, just wish i had started it on time and not let the batteries die near the end of edwin's set.

loading the show into cooledit pro to look at the waveforms... my gut feeling is that the 671 does not report as accurately/quickly as is ness to trust it for absolute accuracy on the meters. the shure has a very wide dynamic range before clipping and the unit was never run that hard last nite to account for the crackles that seem to follow snare hits and the like - did have to run one of my old backup mic bodies, but am pretty sure that was not the cause. i will be sending all bodies to dwight over at sennheiser shortly as one body did quit just prior to dickey betts. anyway, having owned these mics for more than a few years i feel that 671 owners better run the internal limiter unil they get a real feel for the metering, i am going to write D&M and express some opinions and see what comes back. i'll post it. i also ran a 4G scandisk CF card as i have sworn off microdrives for the moment, altho i think i my be going thru some rechargeable hell with the X1 batteries am testing out - i think the NoMemPro's seem to be the absolute most reliable batch to batch - i have 40 of the X1's and can't yet get consistant run times - best has been 9hrs in the bag, worst has been 2.5 in the bag.

neil out

[caymanreview]

well. took my name off the list for 722's and am purchasing one of these instead...

where did everyone buy thiers? what kinda prices you get? i see some 799$'s on froogle and such but Frank at cascade tells me that is below dealer cost...

il prolly just get it from frank at 969$

[Govt Mule]

well. took my name off the list for 722's and am purchasing one of these instead...

where did everyone buy thiers? what kinda prices you get? i see some 799$'s on froogle and such but Frank at cascade tells me that is below dealer cost...

il prolly just get it from frank at 969$

I paid 799

[ts]

I'm looking at one for about the same, 790ish. Only thing holding me back is size. I got tired of carrying my ProII a long time ago. I'm sure it's not as heavy as a ProII, but it's just as big. My setup is so small right now, even with the V3.

[Govt Mule]

I'm looking at one for about the same, 790ish. Only thing holding me back is size. I got tired of carrying my ProII a long time ago. I'm sure it's not as heavy as a ProII, but it's just as big. My setup is so small right now, even with the V3.

This thing is very light, but too big for a Noav 4 bag with a v3 and 1 eco charge., (just barely fit, no room for shock mounts)

 I am still having issue bringing  24 bit files over. What programs have been used succesfully.

[F.O.Bean]

I'm looking at one for about the same, 790ish. Only thing holding me back is size. I got tired of carrying my ProII a long time ago. I'm sure it's not as heavy as a ProII, but it's just as big. My setup is so small right now, even with the V3.

This thing is very light, but too big for a Noav 4 bag with a v3 and 1 eco charge., (just barely fit, no room for shock mounts)

 I am still having issue bringing 24 bit files over. What programs have been used succesfully.

whats the dealie bud it doewsnt wanna transfer the files from pmd-671>comp

[Govt Mule]

If I do it via a coax not problem, but it is in real time.

 I want to be able to pull the card and put the files in my laptop for multiple day runs, but i have not been able to make it work.

[JasonSobel]

If I do it via a coax not problem, but it is in real time.

 I want to be able to pull the card and put the files in my laptop for multiple day runs, but i have not been able to make it work.

is it that you cannot copy the files from the CF card?  or just that a Wave editing program won't open the files?

If it's the latter, you can open the files in CD Wave, then save as "alternate 24-bit format"  after that, you will be able to open the files in any program.

check out these links for reference:
http://www.oade.com/Tapers_Section/Forum/dcboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=100&topic_id=2800&mesg_id=2800&page=
or
http://taperssection.com/index.php?topic=42786.45 (page 4)

[F.O.Bean]

so you havent been able to copy the files successfully from the pmd-671 flash card>lappy/pc

im not down w/ real-time transfers since i ideally want to burn thru (2) 4GB flash cards and then hook up one of those OTG(On-The-Go) hard drives and ideally transfer pmd-671>OTG drive so that i can then format the flash cards each nite for the next day at festies

[F.O.Bean]

http://taperssection.com/index.php?topic=44535.new#new

[WiFiJeff]

If I do it via a coax not problem, but it is in real time.

 I want to be able to pull the card and put the files in my laptop for multiple day runs, but i have not been able to make it work.

I'm still waiting for Marantz tech support to get back to me, no word on a fix for this.  The problem is that it uses a newer Microsoft definition on files formats, the older (i.e. practically all) editing programs don't recognize 24/96 files in this format.  You can use CD Wave, as someone suggested a few weeks back on another 671 thread.  You can open the file and then save it choosing "No conversion" and "alternate 24 bit format," and that new file will open in Wavelab etc.  This works.  The Marantz suggestion of taking the digital out from the 671 real time is a non-starter for me.

Jeff

[esteyes]

well hello all. taped a few shows recently and am finally getting the levels correct and no hissing or distortion. rig is akg or senn mics > Shure FP33 >analog >line in on the 671(24/48k) via rca.  so far i have found that using the limiter helps but one can still get digi-figits if the peaks are too heavy. i taped edwin mccain and ran the shure as i would for the M1 and ruined that tape. then i went and did JGB/Merle Saunders at the same venue from the same spot and backed down the individual channel levels and got an absolutely killer tape. so, finally i think it is styarting to get to the point where i have a little confidence in the recording process.

i will not use MicroDrives - proved that at dickey betts and then with the in-the-bag test at home later. too much current demand and more importantly, inconsistent HD data transfer/storage.

i have gone back to the NoMemPro NiMH 2300/2400 mAH batteries. they give consistently good results of ~8hrs before shutting down. and i have been getting almost the same recording/playback time with the alkalines as well. nice to not have to lug an SLA around and the 40 nimhs for $40 from fry's was a mistake despite their being labelled 2400mah.

i have tix for phil at the rocks and fillmore, but not sure if i will be able to make it, will have to bag another 4G CF card to go as i don't owna lappy.

neil in san marcos

i have had no problems moving music files from the 671 over to my P4 3G Win2K computer. can't do any editing yet, waiting for a bud to send me a disc with a helpful program on it. wink wink. but i get MPGLANG1 folder with .wav files inside. i use the USB cable provided w/ no prob's...

[Chuck]

Any updates on the PMD 671?

I know that Doug Oade is modding them now.
I'm just wondering how those that bought them feel about them now?
I'm seriously considering the ACM PMD 671 from Oade.
I figure to use it with my  DAT via the SPIDIF out until the CF cards come down more.

Also, what is the best powering option?

[eric.B]

nice bump   

[Kindguy]

well. took my name off the list for 722's and am purchasing one of these instead...

where did everyone buy thiers? what kinda prices you get? i see some 799$'s on froogle and such but Frank at cascade tells me that is below dealer cost...

il prolly just get it from frank at 969$

I paid 799

Who did you buy this from? & DId it work out OK?