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Gear / Technical Help => Recording Gear => Topic started by: raindv on February 10, 2006, 02:16:37 AM
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I am so so sad. I am so so angry.
Please help me understand what the hell happened here before I call m-audio and go ballistic.
Went to a show tonight - the Eames Era.
I plugged straight into the board - 1/4inch mono signal into my left 1/4inch TRS input. Selected 1/4inch input, WAV, 24/48. Set it on Line In. Hit Record. Put it on hold. Set it behind the SBD.
Wandered off to videotape.
Came back almost 50 minutes later after the show was over. Microtrack was still recording - but showed to be at minute 36 of recording.
WTF, I thought.
I stopped it, plugged in headphones - hit play, fast forward 7 minutes. Im not even sure how to describe what happened. I have drop outs, I have bits that were recorded in fast forward. I have a completely jacked unrecoverable recording of a show that I've been waiting a month and a half to see.
Heres one song. I have not messed with it other then to make the mono and a stereo signal, resample to 44/16 and convert to mp3.
http://lullabyes.net/mp3/ihatemymicrotrack.mp3
This is my 4th recording with the MT. I've had it for 2 1/2 months. 3 Soundboards, 1 MIC recording. This has not happened before.
Bottom line - I tape a lot of shows (winters kinda slow). I cant afford to be worrying that its going to fail randomly in such a spectacular fashion.
I am firmware version 1.1.5
I am using a Hitatchi 4gig Microdrive
Please - any ideas on what the hell happened?
On a side note - the battery absolutely blows too. I taped on Saturday night - came home and charged it all night. Full battery next morning. Unplugged, turned off, put the hold on, and put it away. Came back this morning - 1/4 battery charge left.
This particular flaw screwed me at an earlier show where I didnt realize that charging up til the minute I left would be necessary, and managed to only get 1/2 of the show.
Ill be honest - im ready to go after m-audios throat here. Its late, and im seriously unhappy camper.
Thoughts? Suggestions?
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Please upgrade firmware.
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Couple of possible scenarios...
#1 - Upgrade the firmware as noted above. Not sure what could've caused these issues in the previous firmware, but it's always good to have the latest drivers installed.
#2 - Possible vibrations/movement associated with running a Microdrive @ 24/96. I'm willing to bet this was the culprit.
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On a side note - the battery absolutely blows too. I taped on Saturday night - came home and charged it all night. Full battery next morning. Unplugged, turned off, put the hold on, and put it away. Came back this morning - 1/4 battery charge left.
This particular flaw screwed me at an earlier show where I didnt realize that charging up til the minute I left would be necessary, and managed to only get 1/2 of the show.
The internal battery is not the best, but there are a number of threads in the Remote Power section that will help you find external battery power.
I've been using the device mentioned in post one of this thread with great success:
http://taperssection.com/index.php?topic=49161.0
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http://taperssection.com/index.php?topic=51864.0
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i've had one since the beginning and the only time i had that problem was doing 24/96 with a card that couldnt handle the write speed...
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Also, you should switch to a CF card instead of the Microdrive, the Microdrive is a mechanical part and draws considerably more power than a CF card.
-dvn
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yeah, what he said
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I had it record at high speed once, and have used it at about 30 shows so far. I believe I formatted it at 16bit and recorded at 24bit, but I'm not sure. The file read as a 24 bit file at 88.2 . I never have been able to duplicate it, but I never have used 16bit since.
I always run a back-up still, and I say I'm at 90%-95% success rate now.
Get a juice box. My MT wil go in excess of 10 hours, if I had another CF card.
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...its hard to trust a product that is still in beta firmware.
here's hoping maudio gets back in action on this.