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

[neutrino]

Not sure if this has been posted yet - you can download a small video where a M-Audio representative explains the features of the MicroTrack on the actual device. No new info whatsoever but I found it nice to watch.

http://sonicstate.com/news/shownews.cfm?newsid=2287#

Humurous to watch the video and see that when he goes to show the quarter-inch mic inputs, you can see right through the unit and out the rca jacks on the other side. Demo unit with no guts inside? Probably so...
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[greenone]

I just want to know how you get the title "chief boffin".

[John Kelly]

Humurous to watch the video and see that when he goes to show the quarter-inch mic inputs, you can see right through the unit and out the rca jacks on the other side. Demo unit with no guts inside? Probably so...
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Uh, no.  Look again, you can't see through the unit.  All you can see is a reflection of light from a piece of metal at the back of the 1/4" jack.  That's why you don't see through it when he turns it around to show the RCA jacks.

Plus it has a working LCD.  Somehow I doubt they'd load a dummy unit with a working LCD...

[Brendan]

so if you use this thing you wouldnt need to use a Ps-2??

[udovdh]

Does anyone know about that 5V feed at the 1/8"jack?
Can the 5V be switched independently from the actual audio source?
Or is the 5V always present?
(if the 1/8"mic in is unusable with consumer line levels, I could at least use the 5V power source...)

[WiFiJeff]

do y'all have a preferred compact flash card reader ?

My laptop has USB 1.1 and the small firewire (ILink) port with no power, with USB 1.1 the transfers went pretty slow for GB sizes either with USB or with a PCMCIA card adapter, but the only firewire reader I could find needed the full size 1394 connector.  I recently got the Addonics Mini Digidrive, which comes with a breakout cable that takes 1394 to an ILink and USB termination, the USB powers the card reader and the mini-firewire gives great transfer speeds.  Since I don't leave it in place on the computer for long (and I have several unused USB ports on it in any case), this was a good solution for me.

Jeff

[thegreatgumbino]

The new product page for the MicroTrack on M-Audio's website now has screenshots of the menus.

http://www.m-audio.com/products/en_us/MicroTrack2496-main.html

Looks like the recordings are saved as "file001.wav".  One thing I'll miss about the JB3...the recording name standard where it saves as the date.

[John Kelly]

Looks like the recordings are saved as "file001.wav".  One thing I'll miss about the JB3...the recording name standard where it saves as the date.

More than likely it'll have a creation date on it, though.

[MattD]

More than likely it'll have a creation date on it, though.

I think you're right, since there's a "Setup Time & Date" option in the menu. No reason to do that if it's not stamping the files.

[mmedley.]

Oh man that is soo cool. I think I'm gonna bite. Accepts microdrives and Hitachi now has 6gig ones for around $250. Pick up and couple of those and an external battery and be good to go for 2496.

[John R]

shipping today

[The Kilted Taper]

shipping today

EXCUSE ME, WHAT?

[John R]

shipping today

EXCUSE ME, WHAT?

not.      i knew that would get a rise pretty quick.  so much chatter about this thing, i'm hoping everytime is see a 'new' post indicator, it's actually frank sayiing he received his shipment

[BJ]

shipping today

EXCUSE ME, WHAT?

not.      i knew that would get a rise pretty quick.  so much chatter about this thing, i'm hoping everytime is see a 'new' post indicator, it's actually frank sayiing he received his shipment

that is a very evil trick....but comical indeed...+t!  got my hopes up for sure!

[greenone]

Hilarious...took four minutes for someone to jump on that.