The channel swapping is as likely and spdif format issue according to Doug. He thinks the format has always had some ideosyncrasies that may never be fully addressed.
Rick
Damn, I wish they would have fixed the channel flipping. I don't get why it should be flipping on SPDIF in, look at how many other devices can take a 24 bit SPDIF in without channel flipping. Yes, I know it is not a huge deal and that you can either reverse the mic>pre connections or flip in post, but for some reason this issue bugs me.
This issue is far worse for me than the 2G limit. I've made 3 or 4 recordings at 24bit that would have gone beyond the 2G limit. So far I haven't had a problem starting a new file. No music lost, not even any inter-song talking lost, just a little bit of the crowd. So not really a big deal thus far.
But the channel-swapping. Argh! Not consistent at all, sometime it swaps, others it doesn't. So I can't just swap my cables. Swapping in post isn't a huge deal, but knowing when to is. Each set I've got to remember to snap fingers in front of one mic to double-check the swapping, and then at the end of each set I need to do the same thing (since I might need to start a new file mid set due to the 2g thing). Then I need to remember to look for those early recording and late recording snaps to double check the channel status (and do this before I use Cooledit to trim off the early and late excess). Total PITA. Really, if it just consistently swapped, it wouldn't be an issue.