Topic: M-Audio MicroTracker details **PART II**

[The Kilted Taper]

Just pointing out the $350 price is somewhat misleading...

I thought some folks were finding it various places for that price??

[John Kelly]

He means the total cost wont be $350 after you add in CF cards.

[The Kilted Taper]

Gotcha.

That's why I had seperate entries for the CF cards.   

[wboswell]

Seems like there is alot of blind faith if everyone believes that the hold up on the shipments is simply incidental to production...  if everything was working as it should, wouldn't you think they'd be in everyone's grubby hands by now?  C'mon, think about it.  They aren't hoarding the product...  there's a hold up for a reason.

Does anyone remember how long it took the jb3 to get reliable at 16/44?  Now consider what m-audio is hoping to get done and especially at the incredibly low price point - which is cheaper than ANY DAT machine to ever be produced. 

God bless m-audio for making a consumer level product that is so affordable, but heaven help them (and especially the vendors) when someone looses a recording b/c a unit locks up (which is a certainty). 

[silentmark]

Hater 

[wboswell]

Hater 

I'm hating it alright - hating it for Frank!

But seriously, I think its great.  I can't wait to have more high-res recordings available.  That's just about all I listen to these days at home...  I just hope that people will circulate the 24/96 stuff and not just circulate dithered sources like I've noticed others do.

[The Kilted Taper]

Personally, I'm glad it's been held up. If there are problems, as folks on other boards have suggested, I'd rather they work it out and ship out units that are working out of the box and ready to go. None of this getting the unit, have it not work up to par, wait for updates, etc for months. Let them keep it till it's ready to go. I'm still holding on to 1 of my 3 JB3's, so I can still tape!

[Brian Skalinder]

God bless m-audio for making a consumer level product that is so affordable, but heaven help them (and especially the vendors) when someone looses a recording b/c a unit locks up (which is a certainty).

Ah, yes - the inevitable lockup.  The "DAT misload" of HD/CF recording.  Regardless of device manufacturer, they all do it eventually, it seems.

[Ed.]

cf prices are dropping all the time, you can a 1gb card for less than $50 now.  sure, thats not enuf for us, but they'll continue to drop, even the 4gb and 8gb ones.  and no, the microtracker might not work perfectly out of the box, but it'll come around, and when it does, it'll be a nice little machine for those not wanting to drop the $$$ on a 722.

we just have to be optimistic and patient.

[Simp-Dawg]

being that this things sole purpose in existence is recording 24/96 digitally (with not much emphasis on the pre/ad section), i have a bit more faith in it than other similar products touting to be a true all-in-one box with many applications.  this is pretty much the stripped down solid state recorder we've been wanting for 24/96 since the jb3 came out, and this is even better since it is smaller and uses solid state instead of spinning platters.

[1st set only]

anyone have an idea what cables or adapters to use with this?

would this be a good one for making your own?

[The Kilted Taper]

My concern with something like that is they may be too fat. Who's our man that's had one of these in his hands??

[Ray76]

My concern with something like that is they may be too fat. Who's our man that's had one of these in his hands??

bos.

[Tenn Man]

being that this things sole purpose in existence is recording 24/96 digitally (with not much emphasis on the pre/ad section),

Why do you say that is the sole purpose? I want to use it for analog recording too.

[nic]

anyone have an idea what cables or adapters to use with this?

would this be a good one for making your own?

that cable would work for line-in, but its not balanced, so you couldnt use that if you want to use the phantom power on the M-Audio