Is it possible/practical to 'overdub' on the Sound Devices 788T? Thanks.
No, not with one unit since the 7xx boxes will not record and play back at the same time. I have "overdubbed" using two 7xx boxes; one for recording and the other for playback. After tracking I had to sync the tracks in a DAW but that is no big deal. Of course I did not have to use another 7xx for playback; I could have played back the WAV file on a computer and that would have been good enough I suppose.
Over on the SD forum people have been requesting overdubbing capability, (on the 788T in particular) but the hardware will not support it.
Thank you so much for the detailed reply. I'll bet it sounds great. That's pretty much what I thought as to its 'limitations' re: multi-track recording. I guess it is asking a lot to want a RADAR the size of a Nagra tape recorder (or smaller) with the high converter quality ha ha. But if only...
Quote from: R. S. Field on January 05, 2012, 11:01:36 AM
I guess it is asking a lot to want a RADAR the size of a Nagra tape recorder (or smaller) with the high converter quality ha ha. But if only...
Not asking too much when a sub $200 Tascam handheld can do it. But an architecture limitation may rule out retrofitting the capability here. No question they could easily build a new model with that capability in the same size package.