Topic: seamless recording

[dallman]

I believe that the 1st gen MT2496 is not seemless....

Mako

TRUE
it has about a 6 sec gap between the 1st and 2nd file

...and about 2 seconds shorter if you press record 2x, but still not seamless. It seems though that some of that extra saved time may be related to the size of the file at the time record is pressed 2x. A smaller file saves a bit faster.

[Ozpeter]

Going back briefly to gapless DAW recording - Reaper does file splitting at user-configurable points, and you can record direct to wavpack format too, so that doubles the amount of audio for any given filesize anyway.  And it's very easy to use live.  And you can evaluate it for a month with full functionality.

[cybergaloot]

Going back briefly to gapless DAW recording - Reaper does file splitting at user-configurable points, and you can record direct to wavpack format too, so that doubles the amount of audio for any given filesize anyway.  And it's very easy to use live.  And you can evaluate it for a month with full functionality.

Is this the product you are talking about?
http://www.cockos.com/reaper/

[Ozpeter]

Yup.  3Mb download, installs in seconds, can run from a USB key even.

[cybergaloot]

Thanks! I got it downloaded and it looks interesting. It seems like it can run in unrestricted demo mode forever, or if I like it and can do the right thing and pay the guy $50 for a license. Cool!

[Humbug]

No mention of the Nomad JB3..this can be set up easily to start new recordings at the three hour mark, and it's seamless.

In the past I have recorded 24 hours of radio when a festival is being broadcast, to edit it down later.

[dactylus]

Thanks everyone for their input. 

Can anyone confirm that the Microtrack 2496
automatically starts a new file after 2GB,
but that it is not a seamless operation!!

Flintstone

Correct - the Microtrack 2496 automatically starts a new file after 2GB,
but it is not a seamless operation!!

[Emile]

I recorded a show with my H2, using mic in

It was over 2 gig (so it auto made a new file), and there was no audio lost.. go figure

[cybergaloot]

I recorded a show with my H2, using mic in

It was over 2 gig (so it auto made a new file), and there was no audio lost.. go figure

Were you using the pre-record function? I think that's what they call it. Basically it stores a bit of the sound in a buffer before dumping it off to the SDHC card. I seem to remember it was only about 2 seconds worth of sound which I didn't think was enough. But if that is enough to keep things seamless then I need to turn it on for some shows.