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Title: Neuros HD 20 GB
Post by: Sharky on January 18, 2004, 12:28:47 AM
The search engine kept timing out, so dont flame me if this has already been posted.

Has anyone heard of this recorder. It seems to have a very dedicated team behind it. In their forums they even discuss the future implementation of Flac.

Here are a few quotes from their site:
"FLAC, an open-source lossless compression codec, was officially adopted in February, 2003, by Xiph.org (see Ogg entry above). As part of our relationship with Xiph, we will be exploring the possibilities of supporting FLAC playback and encoding on the Neuros."

"Yes. With Neuros firmware 1.34 and higher, you can now view recording levels in real time, as well as change gain settings to adjust for a wide variety of signal levels."

http://www.neurosaudio.com

Tell me what you think...

Also, here is a site that seems to like the Neuros. Scroll down a little bit and you will see a write-up on it.
http://www.sonicstudios.com/page38.html
Title: Re:Neuros HD 20 GB
Post by: Sean Gallemore on January 18, 2004, 12:55:34 AM
no digital interface save for the USB, which is 1.1

cool open source project, though
Title: Re:Neuros HD 20 GB
Post by: seethreepo on January 18, 2004, 07:36:08 PM
+ t's in spirit.

if anyone tests this please keep us informed..

anyone seen one at retail?
Title: Re:Neuros HD 20 GB
Post by: danmorgan on January 20, 2004, 06:39:19 PM
Where did you see the part regarding .flac?  All I see supported is mp3 recording?  Interesting if it supports .wav or .flac....
Title: Re:Neuros HD 20 GB
Post by: seethreepo on January 21, 2004, 01:17:06 AM
Where did you see the part regarding .flac?  All I see supported is mp3 recording?  Interesting if it supports .wav or .flac....

http://www.neurosaudio.com/support/NSM1-39_Release_Notes.asp
mentions ogg vorbis and wav&   wma
Title: Re:Neuros HD 20 GB
Post by: danmorgan on January 21, 2004, 08:00:56 AM
Where did you see the part regarding .flac?  All I see supported is mp3 recording?  Interesting if it supports .wav or .flac....

http://www.neurosaudio.com/support/NSM1-39_Release_Notes.asp
mentions ogg vorbis and wav&   wma

Thanks for the link....+T
Title: Re:Neuros HD 20 GB
Post by: Sharky on January 21, 2004, 06:58:39 PM

http://www.neurosaudio.com/support/GeneralFunctionsfaq.asp#a8
Scroll down a little bit and you will see this question...

Will Neuros support any lossless formats like Shorten or FLAC?

FLAC, an open-source lossless compression codec, was officially adopted in February, 2003, by Xiph.org (see Ogg entry above). As part of our relationship with Xiph, we will be exploring the possibilities of supporting FLAC playback and encoding on the Neuros.
Title: Re: Neuros HD 20 GB
Post by: khtbone on November 30, 2004, 02:26:04 PM
I have a neuros and record orchestra concerts and lessons at wav format.  Works pretty good with my new stereo rodes mic, but needs amplifying in editing.  I've had mine for a year and the battery is wearing out, which sucks cause that means I would have to replace the battery and the memory.  I've had problems also of it not playing mp3's well either.  I would love to be able to hear the quality if I could get a preamp, but it sounds good and has never had any glitches when recording.
Title: Re: Neuros HD 20 GB
Post by: JackoRoses on December 12, 2004, 09:53:16 AM
I wrote to neuros back in the middle of November asking them if they have any plans on adding
a optical or spdif line in. Their response was no.
I imagine you are stucking using the A/D of this unit with their line in option.
Here's the email I sent.
Needless to say I bought a jb3 instead...

Date: Thu, 18 Nov 2004 09:54:49 -0600
From: Neuros Customer Service <support@neurosaudio.com>
Subject: RE: Neuros II
Sender: Tom Sullivan <snip@neurosaudio.com>
To: Mike L <snip>
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Dear Sir:
No, there are no current plans to add digital support to the Neuros.

Neuros Support

-----Original Message-----
From: Mike L [mailto:snip]
Sent: Saturday, November 13, 2004 8:11 PM
To: Neuros Customer Service
Subject: Neuros II


   Hi,
I was wondering if any of the future generations will support
a digital in be it optical or spdif?
I really like the features of this product but
the digital in is something I would and I am sure a lot of others would
appreciate.
Title: Re: Neuros HD 20 GB
Post by: Q-W-Y on December 29, 2004, 09:15:50 AM
I use this one.
It is good for recording, and there is also firmware MOD with nice VU meters and peak indicators with memory.
I have built my own batterypack for it.

I can post there a sample of record if you are interested...
Title: Re: Neuros HD 20 GB
Post by: sullen on February 13, 2005, 02:43:22 PM
I use this one.
It is good for recording, and there is also firmware MOD with nice VU meters and peak indicators with memory.
I have built my own batterypack for it.

I can post there a sample of record if you are interested...

A sample would be real nice.

I've been reading about this recorder. Looks like it may be a little easier to get into gigs than the JB3, size is deffitly an issue.

Thanx!
Title: Re: Neuros HD 20 GB
Post by: bluehighway on February 20, 2005, 03:28:00 PM
Hello,

I've just recently purchased the Neuros unit and am going to try and record my first show this week.  I've got a small pre-amp with the basic "high" "low" gain.  I'm looking for some advice as to where to set the gain control.  This is going to be a "stealth" situation so I'm not going to be able to play with the settings too much.

Any advice is appreciated!

TIA

Title: Re: Neuros HD 20 GB
Post by: hexyjones on February 20, 2005, 07:04:44 PM
Oh please! - the JB3 is plenty small to stealth - not even as wide as a CD -

...how easy do you guys want it?

Sorry - old school rant...
Title: Re: Neuros HD 20 GB
Post by: CQBert on February 26, 2005, 11:01:30 AM
Just surfing a little...  this was up as of this morning...

FYI Y'all

FLAC support imminent: Sean Starkey, creator of Neuros Database Manager (NDBM), has undertaken the task of writing FLAC (free lossless audio codec) support to the current Neuros firmware. He has Neuros Audio's full support and has been caught claiming that he may have decoding and encoding written within a month.