« Reply #322 on: October 19, 2005, 10:59:30 AM »
Chuck and RDunn... On my unit it's INSTANTLY ready to record... and it's even got a Power-Up Pre-REC so that it starts recording a buffer the second you turn it on.
Then the normal Pre-REC works GREAT... it's just as if you had a time machine to go back a couple seconds (up to 5 seconds when recording 16/48).
RDunn... you gotta' check things out on your unit... I don't ever have to change any of my presets. It's always on Preset 3 and all my bit/sample rates are the same. On my unit it's always exactly like I left it and it's instantly ready to record from turn-on with NO other buttons pushed.
Chuck... the other thing that's nice about the 671 form-factor is the sliding red REC button instantly activates recording... you don't have to go into REC-PAUSE or anything like that... plus with the pre-rec function it's damn near impossible to miss something you want. This thing is Uber-userfriendly.
Since I'm not pushing my unit with detailed music recordings I can't comment on the pre "brick-walling" but I can tell you that everybody's been blown away hearing this thing... even running mic-in. The lower specs for mic-in just don't sound so low. I don't know if it matters but I'm running 480b with it. (ck63, 61, 69)
EDIT: Oh and I forgot... I actually like the plastic cover... it only conceals the buttons you're not likely to change once you set it up how you like it... and the bunch of buttons that it covers are part of the reason that the menu is so quick and clean. Much of the unit setup is determined by physical switches rather then software switches.
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Current mics: 480b/ck61/ck63/ck69, Rode NT1000, Oktava mk012 hyper/cardioid, MKE-2, D230, RE50.
Past mics: MKH-416, AT4073a, ME-66, NT2000, NTK, NT3, TR50, M-150, M58, ATR55, MS907.