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Gear / Technical Help => Recording Gear => Topic started by: brewcrew87 on April 02, 2011, 02:29:43 PM
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dont understand, they all appear very similar
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This might help: www.sounddevices.com
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dont understand, they all appear very similar
thats because they generally are. nuances include:
- how many media do you want to record to simultaniously
- how many channels do you want
- do you want timecode
Thats pretty much it when you're trying to decide which one to buy. The 788 has a different topology for it's preamps, but I don't think that's reason enough to differentiate it from his older brothers.
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I believe the 702 has a 2gb limitation? Someone please check on that. It has been a while since I read itl
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I believe the 702 has a 2gb limitation? Someone please check on that. It has been a while since I read itl
I'd honestly be shocked if so and I highly doubt it.
As I understood it:
The 722 has a harddrive but no timecode
The 702T has timecode but no harddrive.
The 702 has no harddive nor timecode.
Otherwise they are all the same box.
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I believe the 702 has a 2gb limitation? Someone please check on that. It has been a while since I read itl
The 7xx recorders use the FAT32 file system and so each file can "only" be a maximum of 4 GB. That works out to be about 4 hours per file recording 2 channels of 24bit/48kHz. If you exceed 4 GB, the recorder will automatically start a new file without losing any samples. The 7xx boxes will accept any size CF card; I've used 32 GB cards in a 702, 722, and 788T without a problem. I've never shelled out the coin for a 64 GB or larger size card.
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I stand corrected. I just looked up the manual for the SD 702 and it will create a new file after hitting the designated gb limit (4gb being the largest file).
I think I had some old information.
So this is good news for someone wanting a 702.
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The 72x are all two channel recorders with different ways to record with/out timecode?
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The 72x are all two channel recorders with different ways to record with/out timecode?
correct, final of three digits (so far) translates to the number of channels.
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Yes but someone please tell me where the 704 is! I dont need a hard drive, I can install on myself, and I dont need timecode, but four channels would be nice!
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Currently, to do that you need two 702s linked together....
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Yes but someone please tell me where the 704 is! I dont need a hard drive, I can install on myself, and I dont need timecode, but four channels would be nice!
Once you get to that level, the number of users who are looking for a hard driveless solution and aren't willing to pay the difference gets really slim. Knocking the drive and timecode off might save you $600. Off of a machine that's $4100 or so, that's not really a stopping point so there isn't a need to differentiate on the product.
Currently, to do that you need two 702s linked together....
Correct, and that's about what it would cost too. On the used market, 2 702s is slightly cheaper then 1 744. Brand new, it's comparable. The advantage of having two separate boxes is when you want to run two recordings in different locations (e.g. impact zone FOB and a sbd patch, or on stage and room sound), the disadvantage is requiring twice the space in your bag and twice the (minimum) power.
If you want the SD sound and aren't doing stuff that is mission critical (in otherwords, you don't need the redundant power supply or media), then grab usbpre2s and a D50, some optical cables and a spdif cable. That's the cheapest way to do it (about $2k for the entire setup).
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A 744t new retails for $4100. 2 new 702s retail for $3750.
While 2 702s requires twice the space, you get 2 full sets of preamps whereas the 744t would require an external pre to run four channels, so there really isn't much space saved.
I agree that there wouldn't be much of a market for a 704.
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Note that there is no circuits inside the 702 to support an internal hard disc.
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taylor c runs a 744t and schoeps mk4v and n222- that has to be close to $15,000...maybe in the furture but thats too rich for my blood now
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Note that there is no circuits inside the 702 to support an internal hard disc.
A piece of SD trivia: When the boxes were first released, they did offer a version called 722RAW which had no HDD. It was for people who specifically wanted to install their own. I put an 80G in mine. I think they took only 10 orders before they quit offering that option. When I call for support, no one even remembers what that was.