Now onto the tricky part.
I hope the pictures illustrate my point.
Its my first question directly to RichF, and don't let it get you down.
There are a lot more menu items to delve into, and I'm sure they're relatively well-thought out for the recording composer.
(things like including a tuner)
but it will take me a while to read and experiment with all of them.
The MR1 was a really simple recorder. It looked great on the face, had the only buttons you needed, and a good hold switch.
The MR2 will have a lot more uses, the main one being the internal mikes.
I know that everyone on this board says they'll never use them, but I am always, ALWAYS somewhere where the interview takes place without all my gear.
Either I've already torn down and the band is having drinks at the bar and I get pulled aside and I get a million questions I would love to record, or my daughter just decides its time to sing Christmas Songs in May, and I need something quick & dirty that's stereo (ie: not a phone) and that's where the built-ins come in.
I have a PMD620 for this now, and hope the MR2 will eliminate that from the bag.
So here comes my built in mic question:
There is a grid along the top, with the mics encased within, that allows them to rotate 180° so that they can (I imagine) point towards the front of the recorder, or rotate all the way to the back of the recorder. I imagine so that it fits in a breast pocket, with the faceplate facing either way.
The first 2 images are the internal mic dial as far as it will go in one direction. The mics sit on a small slab within the cage and it corresponds to the picture of the mic on the dial.
All the way forward lines them pointing straight up.
The 3rd image is where the questionable content begins.
After turning as far as I can go clockwise and getting straight up, the only other option is counter-clockwise, where I can now point the internal mikes down into the gear of the MR2.
Not very useful.
I can then continue to the 4th image to point the mics in this useless position.
So while I CAN rotate them, I can't really utilize the 180° path I should have.
Do I have a manufacturing flaw, or are they all this way?
Can I open it up and fix it myself-- it can't be all that difficult-- or do I have to spend further money sending it back and all that?
Finally, what exactly is the mic that is place in here, and what kind of power is it getting?
The last picture is the mics pointing at you through the screen.
Thanks!