Zoom F8N for recording live album

[bluegrass_brad]

You could also pick up a pair of the older F8's cheaper, connect them through the BNC for time-clock synch and run 16 channels.

[Thelonious]

^ This is a very interesting option I will investigate. Thank you!

[Gutbucket]

For hot-swapping Talentcells, I use a Y cable into the recorder. That way the two Talentcell simply run in parallel for a bit until the 1st one is disconnected.

That way, even if the internal batts are drained, the recorder remains powered during the swap. I then disconnect the spent battery to keep it from drawing current from the fresh one due to the voltage differential between the two.

But if I know I'll be recording all day long I sometimes run two fresh Tallent cells in parallel the entire time, effectively doubling the runtime of a single one alone and avoiding the need to make the swap at all,  That only works effectively if they both start out with the same state of charge.

Generally I use larger capacity Talentcells to avoid the need for swapping or paralleling in most cases,  but also because I figure if I drain them less fully each time they're likely to have longer effective lifespans.