Topic: Sonosax HD recorder

[MattD]

I'm guessing that digital input is on some kind of custom breakout cable. I'm thinking there's no way you can fit 8 AES circuits onto a box this size and still have room for an analog section.

[greenone]

Wow...that's really damn small. The biggest iPod is 4.1" x 2.4" x .75", this is 4.75” x 3.15” x 1.1”. Criminy.

[John Kelly]

Wow...that's really damn small. The biggest iPod is 4.1" x 2.4" x .75", this is 4.75” x 3.15” x 1.1”. Criminy.

Yeah it's the same size as my iBook battery, just about 8mm thicker.  This thing is going to be tiny.

[MattD]

Also for the 8 digital ins, I wonder if they're via the new 24/192 input receiver that Cirrus Logic introduced recently (CS8416).

[EA]

Haha! I thought the SAME thing! I think it's a George W. word. "We need to configurate this country back to the moralistics of god" 

and is "configurate" a word?

[wbrisette]

I bet this thing is going to be expensive! No mention of doing 16bit.

Stealther's Dream? Maybe

Anytime you have timecode options and AES digital, you're talking bucks. But then we're also talking about Sonosax, which is a pro company and you don't expect junk from them.

Thanks for finding out the scoop!

Wayne

[Rick]

I bet this thing is going to be expensive! No mention of doing 16bit.

Stealther's Dream? Maybe

Anytime you have timecode options and AES digital, you're talking bucks. But then we're also talking about Sonosax, which is a pro company and you don't expect junk from them.

Thanks for finding out the scoop!

Wayne

Well hopefully you can "configurate" one that is simpler and cheaper . i.e 2 channel with no time code.

[Rick]

Well I guess we can scratch this one off the list. From Sonosax....

At this stage we do not yet have a clear idea of its pricing but should be below CHF 10'000 ( so below US 8'000 )
availability will be early 2005


 

[JasonSobel]

hey, all they said is "below $8000." 

so far, this thing still falls within my requirements.  The 24-bit recorder that I will purchase in the (hopefully near) future will most definitely be "below $8000"

 

[gewwang]

Well I guess we can scratch this one off the list. From Sonosax....

At this stage we do not yet have a clear idea of its pricing but should be below CHF 10'000 ( so below US 8'000 )
availability will be early 2005


 

There's 3 new products - MINIR82( Miniature Recorder ), SX42R , and SX-ST8DR. Which one were they referring to?

Edit: Looking at the pricelist, it must be for the recorder alone. The SX42 starts at $4700 and the ST8D starts at $16,352.

[Ed.]

i want one.

[Rick]

Well I guess we can scratch this one off the list. From Sonosax....

At this stage we do not yet have a clear idea of its pricing but should be below CHF 10'000 ( so below US 8'000 )
availability will be early 2005


 

There's 3 new products - MINIR82( Miniature Recorder ), SX42R , and SX-ST8DR. Which one were they referring to?

Edit: Looking at the pricelist, it must be for the recorder alone. The SX42 starts at $4700 and the ST8D starts at $16,352.

That's specific for the recorder only. I e-mailed them for that bit of info.

[John Kelly]

Well I guess we can scratch this one off the list. From Sonosax....

At this stage we do not yet have a clear idea of its pricing but should be below CHF 10'000 ( so below US 8'000 )
availability will be early 2005


 

There's 3 new products - MINIR82( Miniature Recorder ), SX42R , and SX-ST8DR. Which one were they referring to?

Edit: Looking at the pricelist, it must be for the recorder alone. The SX42 starts at $4700 and the ST8D starts at $16,352.

That's specific for the recorder only. I e-mailed them for that bit of info.

Hopefully that's under $8k for the maxed out specs.  Take out timecode and a few AES inputs and maybe the price comes down...

That's still bad news tho.

[cascademedia]

I spoke with Sonosax today regarding this recorder, here is the scoop:



MINIR82            ( Miniature Recorder )

Configurable from 2 to 8 tracks, this miniature recorder ( it fits in the pocket of a vest ) responds to the différent situations commonly found in mobile recording :

-  Stereo, with 2 microphones : in this situation, the sound engineer needs to have an equipment as small as possible.

- Stereo 2 micros + 2 lignes : e.g. an ambiance sound with a stereo mic and a dialogue with 2 wireless receivers connected to the 2 Line Input at fixed level.

-  Recording up to 8 tracks: in this situation, the sound engineer usually needs a mixing console digitally connected to a recorder. As the functionalities commonly offered by the mixer are already covering the needs of this situation, the Recorder can be used for his primary function, that is "Recording".

 

Despite its reduced size -  only120 x 80 x 28 mm (4.75” x 3.15” x 1.1”) for a weight of approx. 450 gr (1/2 pound) with 4x AA batteries –  the MINIR82 achieves all these differents situations. The  MINIR82 includes two top quality microphone amplifiers with limiters and LF Cut,  2 Line inputs at fixed level and  8 AES/EBU Digital Inputs.

With Recording capabilities from 44,1kHz up to 192 kHz at 24bits, the storage is achieved on two separate medias: one 20 or 40GB hard disk and one CompactFlash card . The intuitive menu allows users to freely configurate tracks and media assignement. Of course, Time Code functionalities are availabe, all formats, including HDTV.

They are saying less than $8K and shipping early 2005.  I get the feeling that we will see a couple different versions of this, and hopefully the 2 track will be competitive with some of the other units out there......

- Frank

[wbrisette]

ST8D starts at $16,352.

This is Sonosax's answer to the Cantar and Deva V. All of these units are priced around the same price point.

Wayne