Topic: Is it possible/practical to 'overdub' on the Sound Devices 788T?

[R. S. Field]

Is it possible/practical to 'overdub' on the Sound Devices 788T? Thanks.

[notlance]

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.

[R. S. Field]

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...

[Gutbucket]

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.