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

[John Kelly]

In that case, is the 722 a consumer device?  It has Firewire, SPDIF, CF, and MP3s (WAV too)...

I'd call something a consumer device based on who makes it and how it's marketed.  This thing is definitely marketed to the professional crowd and it's made by a professional company.


But whatever.  The point is that it's made specifically for people who will be using it like we will, much like the 722 is.  Whereas something like the JB3 was just a fluke and was never meant for people like us to use...

[silentmark]

Hell I am looking just to continue recording at 16/44.1/48 as I do not have a 24bit setup anyway...

Hopefully these will be in our hands next week and we can start working the thing ...

[wbrisette]

In that case, is the 722 a consumer device?  It has Firewire, SPDIF, CF, and MP3s (WAV too)...

FireWire vs. USB
AES & SPDIF vs. SPDIF
Hard Drive & CF vs. CF Only
BWF & MP3 vs. Wav & MP3

I think the difference is more than just minor. However, you're right, we're simply trying to classify something that blurs the lines between consumer and professional. That said, who the hell cares what we call it, as long as it works and works well. I might even pick one up as a backup device... one of the issues I have now is I end up with 4-8 channels of audio at the end of a show and then still have to mix it. If I use one of these I can do a mix of the channels down to two tracks and supply that out the AES out and onto one of these babies... That would be sweet and convinient.

Wayne

[silentmark]

who the hell cares what we call it, as long as it works and works well.

Exactly +T

[WiFiJeff]

 Classical or acoustic is another story, but I don't see much of that going on around here (except for our crazy classical man...mfrench).

Wayne

Still a number of us hanging out here, though maybe quietly.  Anyway, I'm another crazy classical man.

Jeff

[TenoRichards]

 Classical or acoustic is another story, but I don't see much of that going on around here (except for our crazy classical man...mfrench).

WiFi:

That makes 3 of us. Got a GREAT tape of Renee Flemming and Ramon Vargas last week in an outdoor concert. Kinda sux that there's no way to trade tapes like these like the rockers do (or am I missing something?). Oh well.....I have listened to that concert again 10-15 times and am LOVIN' the quality I got.

BTW, Moke, for the first time I used the High Boost grids on the dpa's and they REALLy bring out the strings sound (albeit, non-acoustically, as this was a amp'd outdoor concert). I did absolutely NO eq'ing when I went to burn to CD. Farkin' amazing!!

[WiFiJeff]

That makes 3 of us. Got a GREAT tape of Renee Flemming and Ramon Vargas last week in an outdoor concert. Kinda sux that there's no way to trade tapes like these like the rockers do. Oh well.....I have listened to that concert again 10-15 times and am LOVIN' the quality I got.

BTW, Moke, for the first time I used the High Boost grids on the dpa's and they REALLy bring out the strings sound (albeit, non-acoustically, as this was a amp'd outdoor concert). I did absolutely NO eq'ing when I went to burn to CD. Farkin' amazing!!

Try the yahoogroup OPERA-SELL for vocal stuff, it's pretty active with welll over1000 members worldwide, though most just record from FM radio or internet broadcasts.  There is also a group called ClassiTrade for general classical music, but it is pretty dead.  Otherwise there are a few personal "networks" of guys doing good work (some are here on the list).  PM me if interested.

I'll have to try the dpa high boost grids some time with my 4060s, for the moment I'm getting great string sound by sitting up against the violin

Jeff

[jhirte]

I put down a deposite on one yesterday !

I'm probably going the route of the CF card vs MD, mainly because of the MD's moving parts... I dont know how well this would hold up against getting jarred/bumped as often happens in a stealth environment. CF's seem to be more resilient from what I've read re "shock factor".

I plan on doing 24/48 myself - 4 gig card should give me quite a bit of time (what, 3 hours??)..

Hopefully it'll be here next week and I can test it out (and of course keep you posted, as I'm sure others who have them coming will as well!)

New toys!!!! WOOHOO!!

[WiFiJeff]

I plan on doing 24/48 myself - 4 gig card should give me quite a bit of time (what, 3 hours??)..

Closer to 4 hours.

Jeff

[madman]

I think we're all anticipating this thing to be better than sliced bread.  But--what if it sounds like total garbage?  That's a lot to risk on pre-ordering something that may not turn out to be that great.  Certainly I hope it is, as I'm either going to get MicroTracker or a PMD660.  I await the reviews of the brave who will be getting one of the first units!

[Tenn Man]

The User Guide is up on M-Audio's Website now.

http://m-audio.com/index.php?do=support.manuals&PID=196cc4c35a380d800a80448f139bcfe7&language=en&x=36&y=9

[The Kilted Taper]

The Use Guide is up on M-Audio's Website now.

Thanks.

[Simp-Dawg]

I think we're all anticipating this thing to be better than sliced bread. But--what if it sounds like total garbage? That's a lot to risk on pre-ordering something that may not turn out to be that great. Certainly I hope it is, as I'm either going to get MicroTracker or a PMD660. I await the reviews of the brave who will be getting one of the first units!

the only way it could sound like garbage is through the analog inputs, which i will not be using.  i plan to pass it a digital signal from my v3.  now, if it completely botches the signal and drops out, introduces static, etc...then it's a piece of shit and not ready for use by anyone.  i highly doubt that will be the case but i guess anything is possible.  if it doesn't work, i'm pretty sure that i will be able to return it to cascade media as i'm sure everyone else will, and it will tarnish m-audio's reputation for releasing a non-working piece of junk...but like i said, i have some faith it will work as advertised, and if it does, we should have no problem feeding it a digi signal and recording without any degradation of quality.

[rdvdijk]

I plan on doing 24/48 myself - 4 gig card should give me quite a bit of time (what, 3 hours??)..

Closer to 4 hours.

Jeff

Just read the manual, it states 4 hours, 8 minutes and 33 seconds for 4GB at 24/48.

Pretty weird that they do not list 24/96 in the Recording Time vs Media Chart in the appendix..

Roel

[The Kilted Taper]

L/M/H mystery solved...

L = Line in
M = Mic in
H = High Gain when using the TRS inputs.