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

[it-goes-to-eleven]

If anyone hasn't heard it, I recommend listening to my D100 v NJB3 blind comp.  I think it shows that to most ears, on most playback systems, the JB3 line-in / ADC does NOT suck. 

I haven't heard your comp but I agree..  Also, folks need to remember that not all JB3's are equal.  Some have noise problems with the drive or display, etc.  That seems true of many small recorders (my Archos is kinda noisey compared to some).  I did a 4061>jb3 chick corea show where I had to add *obscene* amounts of gain during post-processing and it still came out surprisingly good.

[dmonterisi]

well, the McTracker has probably become the most antincipated piece of gear this board has ever seen, surpassing the 722, it seems.  you can feel the electricity in the air!!!  you can cut the drama with a knife!!!!  UPS tracking website is going to see a 10% increase in traffic over the next few days...

[John Kelly]

Still waiting for that "now shipping" email.

[1st set only]

can you post some pics? id like to see some refrence pics.

danka

[rdvdijk]

can you post some pics? id like to see some refrence pics.

that would be cool, indeed.

could you also post a 24/96 WAV/FLAC recording without any mics plugged in? just wondering..

Roel

[dmonterisi]

could you also post a 24/96 WAV/FLAC recording without any mics plugged in? just wondering..

huh? 

[nickgregory]

high resolution silence...it is the newest thing!

[dmonterisi]

 

yeah, the silence is deafening!!!

[it-goes-to-eleven]

Yep, noise floor testing.  I like to check all my gear to make sure there isn't a problem, etc.. It is also handy in case you notice a noise later on and wonder whether it has always been present. I like to do it while wiggling and flexing cables, twisting knobs, turning 48v on/off, etc.  All of those things tend to impact the noise floor.

[dmonterisi]

ok cool, that makes some sense, i guess...it just seemed like such a bizarre request.

[Ed.]

Yep, noise floor testing. I like to check all my gear to make sure there isn't a problem, etc.. It is also handy in case you notice a noise later on and wonder whether it has always been present. I like to do it while wiggling and flexing cables, twisting knobs, turning 48v on/off, etc. All of those things tend to impact the noise floor.

i should try that sometime.  perhaps when my mics finally arrive i will.

[zowie]

If anyone hasn't heard it, I recommend listening to my D100 v NJB3 blind comp.  I think it shows that to most ears, on most playback systems, the JB3 line-in / ADC does NOT suck. 

Concur.  I use it when I'm at work to tape FM broadcasts (off a good yamaha).

[scoper]

I did a 4061>jb3 chick corea show where I had to add *obscene* amounts of gain during post-processing and it still came out surprisingly good.

Ditto on a Springsteen solo show - TONS of added gain during post production and it sounded fine.

But I picked up an AD-20 anyway Still, I wouldn't hesitate to go preamp > jb3 directly if the situation required ultrastealth.

I still hate the meters, though, and got an SVU-1 to solve that. Oddly, it needed NO calibration at all - the levels at the bottom of the danger zone on the jb3 meters came very close to 0db on the SVU.

Scott
 

[Kevin Straker]

Still waiting for that "now shipping" email.

Just got one from the Oades. Shipping to Doug, not to me yet. I think I'll wait and see how this thing shapes up.

[The Kilted Taper]

And still nothing from Frank and Cascade. I was positive he was going to be one of the first to get them. A tad dissapointed, but these are the things you deal with I guess.