M-Audio MicroTracker details **PART IV**

[MattinSTL]

Wow... that's some amazing sh*t. Suddenly I'm not so excited about my 4 GB card.

I wish somebody would get so much performance packed into a freakin' battery! Storage and speed technology just keeps breakin' through the roof and yet batteries... which makes it all possible... move at about a 10th the rate of progress.

[silentmark]

But I hope it provides some motivation for people to think about running backup devices, if possible for a while. I hate losing good pulls.

Already planned to keep running a DAT copy till I am confident of the MT, makes sense to me  

[The Kilted Taper]

I think I'll always run a JB3 back-up in open situations. That's what I do know when taping with a lappie.

[Simp-Dawg]

yeah i'm definitely going to be running jb3 (and maybe even dat for the important shows) as backup until i'm comfortable with this thing.

[John Kelly]

As soon as I get the MicroTrack my JB3 will be gone.  I don't really have the option of running backup so I hope it works great out of the box.

[wbrisette]

yeah i'm definitely going to be running jb3 (and maybe even dat for the important shows) as backup until i'm comfortable with this thing.

It will be interesting to hear the difference between the two when doing this, since I don't think the MT allows the digital signal to be different than the device (if recording at 16-bit, 16-bit is the digital output, if recording at 24-bit, 24-bit is the digital output). If this is the case, then there might be quite a bit of difference between the two sources when recording at 24-bit.

Wayne

[MattinSTL]

As soon as I get the MicroTrack my JB3 will be gone.  I don't really have the option of running backup so I hope it works great out of the box.

I'm glad to hear that I'm not the only one throwing all my eggs into one basket.

All this talk about backup recorders and I'm thinking, "hmm... maybe I shouldn't have sold all my minidisc recorders two seconds after I saw this thing..."

[greenone]

All this talk about backup recorders and I'm thinking, "hmm... maybe I shouldn't have sold all my minidisc recorders two seconds after I saw this thing..."

No, that was a good move.

[mmedley.]

As soon as I get the MicroTrack my JB3 will be gone.  I don't really have the option of running backup so I hope it works great out of the box.

Yup! The laptop is going to be staying home. 

[ts]

What pre can run a 16bit signal to dat and a 24bit to MT, both in 48? I know my V3 won't do that. I'd like to run either a JB3 or dat backup all the time, not just in the begining.

[gewwang]

I'm going to use the R1 as a backup until I see how the a/d's compare - nothing like having 2 24-bit recorders roughly the size of 2 d100's

[nickgregory]

What pre can run a 16bit signal to dat and a 24bit to MT, both in 48? I know my V3 won't do that. I'd like to run either a JB3 or dat backup all the time, not just in the begining.

I believe the ad2k+ does

[John R]

What pre can run a 16bit signal to dat and a 24bit to MT, both in 48? I know my V3 won't do that. I'd like to run either a JB3 or dat backup all the time, not just in the begining.

ad2k?

[The Kilted Taper]

The UA-5 will allow for an analog signal to be taken out via RCA. It's not a digi signal, but at least you'll have a copy of the show at the end.

[sleepypedro]

What pre can run a 16bit signal to dat and a 24bit to MT, both in 48? I know my V3 won't do that. I'd like to run either a JB3 or dat backup all the time, not just in the begining.

all you'd have to do is split the signal coming out of the preamp.  in this testing scenario, the 24bit and 16bit a/d conversions would be handled by the microtracker and jb3, respectively... or a more desirable 24bit and 16bit a/d converter.  but you're right, no device can output both that i know of.