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Title: Recent R-09 static issue
Post by: tapeworm48 on November 04, 2006, 07:53:42 PM
what the heck happened here????

attached is an mp3 clip.  the recording was done using the internal mic on the R-09 @ 24/44 using the 4GB transcend card.  it was working fine before it turned into static.  i've attached the mp3 (may or may not work) as well as a screenshot from CEP.

FWIW i taped a show on the same card the night before, and re-used the card without deleting the previous sets and thus also not reformatting the card.  the next set i taped this night came out fine, but the following set has the infamous "bad chunk riff data" problem where i'm gonna have to audiohack it.

Title: Re: Recent R-09 static issue
Post by: tapeworm48 on November 06, 2006, 09:20:28 AM
any chance you switched input sensitivities from low to high??

nope. the recorder was in my hand in the open, i only taped 1 song w/ it w/ the internal mic.
plus it just turns into static, not a brickwalled recording.
Title: Re: Recent R-09 static issue
Post by: SClassical on November 06, 2006, 02:30:46 PM
Same thing happened to me the other day when recording a concert....I was using my R-09 as the back up recorder and my MT as my master recorder. Both recorders were connected to my V3 (digital -> MT, analouge -> R-09)....Lucky my MT worked fine throughout the concert. Now my MT is more reliable than my R-09!!!!
Title: Re: Recent R-09 static issue
Post by: Zaphod on November 06, 2006, 02:33:11 PM
Same thing happened to me the other day when recording a concert....I was using my R-09 as the back up recorder and my MT as my master recorder. Both recorders were connected to my V3 (digital -> MT, analouge -> R-09)....Lucky my MT worked fine throughout the concert. Now my MT is more reliable than my R-09!!!!

Any chance you can post a pic of the wave? I've had a static issue in my rig and haven't been able to pin it down...
Title: Re: Recent R-09 static issue
Post by: SClassical on November 06, 2006, 02:46:22 PM
Same thing happened to me the other day when recording a concert....I was using my R-09 as the back up recorder and my MT as my master recorder. Both recorders were connected to my V3 (digital -> MT, analouge -> R-09)....Lucky my MT worked fine throughout the concert. Now my MT is more reliable than my R-09!!!!

Any chance you can post a pic of the wave? I've had a static issue in my rig and haven't been able to pin it down...

Sorry...too late it was a week ago and I deleted it from my SD card. My MT gave me a perfect wave so no point keeping something which was no good. It actually looked the same as the picture above from the other member.

Also sometimes when I have recorded many tracks in my R-09 and attempt to record more tracks my R-09 gives me an error message saying my SD card was the wrong speed...so didn't allow me to record. So strange I am having funny trouble with my R-09. My MT works great now (expect it does not do forward and rewind fast enough - which is annoying).
Title: Re: Recent R-09 static issue
Post by: sleepypedro on November 06, 2006, 03:20:00 PM


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Title: Re: Recent R-09 static issue
Post by: floete on November 06, 2006, 04:49:17 PM
oh lord, first my flat-line recording experience with the r-09, as detailed in a thread below, and now this.  i wonder what's going on, whether maybe roland released the recorder before really putting it through the paces.  it'd be a total bummer if these problems turned out to be systemic....
Title: Re: Recent R-09 static issue
Post by: tapeworm48 on November 08, 2006, 10:01:56 AM
Also sometimes when I have recorded many tracks in my R-09 and attempt to record more tracks my R-09 gives me an error message saying my SD card was the wrong speed...so didn't allow me to record. So strange I am having funny trouble with my R-09. My MT works great now (expect it does not do forward and rewind fast enough - which is annoying).

I had this same issue on the same night with the "SD card slow" error.  I was recording multiple sets on the same 4GB card.  I was able to record and not miss anything.  I dont think any of my recordings were incomplete in that sense, but i cant say for sure.

Taping tonight, 1 set on a clean formatted transcend card.  I dont expect to encounter any of the said issues.   :)
Title: Re: Recent R-09 static issue
Post by: Scuba Jeremy on January 21, 2007, 11:57:36 AM
This happened to me, not in the middle of a file, but on subsequent files. I took my R09 to Disney World and was recording several different sounds around the parks over a couple of days. I had about 22 tracks recorded at 24/44.1 with the internal mics. I was also using Lithium batteries, hoping to not have to change batteries over a couple of days. So after about 22 recordings, I started getting the "SD Card Slow" error, and most of the files I tried to recover with the header repair came out as solid static. There were a few that came back fine, but overall they were pretty wrecked. - I think it might be time to upgrade my firmware. I wasn't too excited to do so until now.

If anyone's curious, my ambient Disney World recordings can be found here: http://www.scubajeremy.net/WaltDisneyWorld2007-01MP3/
Title: Re: Recent R-09 static issue
Post by: floete on January 22, 2007, 12:24:06 PM
is it your understanding that upgrading the firmware will take care of the problem or is it more that you're hoping it will?  just curious!