Topic: Connecting V3 to dr07? also, need a rec on small recorder

[Kevin Straker]

I had intended to borrow a deck for the Derek Trucks show tonight. Problem is the Dr07 does not have a digital input.( just looking at the pics). Looks like I would need some kind of xlr to 1/8 inch to link the two. I sold my 722 a while back. What kind of small recorder, similar to the dr07, can I get for a digital bit bucket?

[tedyun]

MicroTrack II is the smallest and cheapest recorder that can take a SPDIF signal (and one just came up for sale: http://taperssection.com/index.php?topic=147310.0).

Next is the Marantz PMD-661, which is a bit larger and more expensive. In the same size and price range is the Sony PCM-D50, but it will only take a toslink input from an opti-modded V3.

After that, you're into the larger and more expensive recorders.

I recommend the 661. I have both a MTII and 661. Size wise, the MTII is nice, but you need an external battery pack and others have reported reliability problems (I haven't had any issues). The 661 just updated their firmware, and with the new firmware, it is a solid recorder.

I had intended to borrow a deck for the Derek Trucks show tonight. Problem is the Dr07 does not have a digital input.( just looking at the pics). Looks like I would need some kind of xlr to 1/8 inch to link the two. I sold my 722 a while back. What kind of small recorder, similar to the dr07, can I get for a digital bit bucket?

[gkatz]

the iriver H120 has an optical input, don't know if that would work with the v3, it's 16 bit

don't know if this is gone or not, in the YS http://taperssection.com/index.php?topic=147074.0

[tgakidis]

Sony D-50 has an optical input and the Marantz PMD661 has a Coax Digital input.  Not cheap but solid recorders that i use with my V3 digital output (I have an optimod V3).

[Kevin Straker]

I've had an HDp2, 671, 722. The p2 was a good deck, but won't take a high capacity flash card. The marantz had a shitty headphone amp you can barely hear. I might consider that new tascam 680. I was just wondering if there was a small, cheap alternative. I've used an mt2 with decent results. If you don't mess with it while it's running it goes fine.

[sunjan]

the iriver H120 has an optical input, don't know if that would work with the v3, it's 16 bit

...so does the venerable JB3, if you' don't have anything else at hand.

[Breeze]

I was in the same position as the OP but I was on a limited budget and I got myself a Microtrack II on eBay for $99. The screen is a little dark and I thought it was flaky but ultimately it turns out it's just very picky about the CF card you use. Symptoms included jumping out of record, missing segments in the recording, and random noise bursts or clicks.   I ended up getting the 16 gig Transcend 133X card that someone recommended on these forums (in the memory card roundup, which I can never @#$@%!$!! find, BTW!) and since then it's worked fine. I increased the contrast on the screen to max, making it usable. So YMMV, but it currently is the cheapest bit bucket that does 24-bit 96kHz. I'd have bought from someone here, had there been one available at the time.

For future reference, it looks likely that we'll be able to eventually use Apple iOS 4G+ devices like the iPhone or the iPod as bit buckets, but they may be limited to 48kHz 16bit. We'll know more over the next few months.

[sunjan]

For future reference, it looks likely that we'll be able to eventually use Apple iOS 4G+ devices like the iPhone or the iPod as bit buckets, but they may be limited to 48kHz 16bit. We'll know more over the next few months.

Is there any info about this posted online, or are you one of the devs? Either way, it would require a dock port adapter with a digital I/O jack, right? I was wondering if it a DIY project or a company behind these plans...

[Breeze]

Is there any info about this posted online, or are you one of the devs? Either way, it would require a dock port adapter with a digital I/O jack, right? I was wondering if it a DIY project or a company behind these plans...

Since the autumn of 2010 there's been talk about enabling technology that would allow USB class-compliant audio to connect to iOS devices. With the iPhone 4G and the iPod Touch 4G they removed the analog line-ins and only allowed USB-based class-compliant audio for stereo input, but no products existed or were announced for these since that time. Over the last year, the only iOS devices that allowed this are the iPad 1 and 2, and that required the Camera Connection Kit (CCK), a 30-pin to USB connector. Many class-compliant USB interfaces work on the iPad this way.

iOS 5 is around the corner and is supposed to allow all 4th generation and later iPhones and iPods compatibility to the CCK and implement and allow class-compliant audio and MIDI on all iOS devices by this autumn. In principle that means any self-powered USB class-compliant audio interface should work. Since there are SPDIF to class-compliant USB converters, and at least one audio device has come out that connects directly to the iPhone 4G and iPod Touch 4G without the CCK, it's not a long jump to a bit-bucket status. Like I said, we'll see, but the outlook is positive.

More info in this Taperssection thread...