Topic: Marantz 671 in the field... Part 2

[Nick's Picks]

or make some by just "jumping" off of the male XLR ends w/a new set of wire that comes out to a seperate pair of XLRs.
I"ll build some "comp cables" to spread around to folks who can use them.

[esteyes]

raoulduke wrote:

oh yea, is anyone running apple/hitachi microdrives in their 671?  I have two 6 gig ones that I'd like to use for 24/48 recordings if possible.  I asked before but noone chimed in.

we (the list) did talk about microdrives in one of the previous versions of "671 in the field". i tried a 4G and had no problems at home on the table, but when i went to a show the thing went to crap... short battery life and consequent loss of a recording as well as other issues...ymmv

neil in san marcos

[macdaddy]

can this thing do a live matrix (like the ua-5, which can run both line-in and mic-in simultaneously)..?

i think i will be joining the team soon

[Nick's Picks]

i dont believe so.

[Genghis Cougar Mellen Khan]

can this thing do a live matrix (like the ua-5, which can run both line-in and mic-in simultaneously)..?

i think i will be joining the team soon

Nope.

Only one input at a time.

[sygdwm]

what they said.

[F.O.Bean]

yea, i'm kind of surprised there has been no V3 comp yet.  for that matter, nobody stammering overthemselves to rave about how wonderful the box sounds....

well said Nick, i was wondering the same thing myself.  i do know i've been digging on some of leehookem's recent 481/483 > acm pmd671 recordings...very nice.  the Topaz show below is doing it for me now.  i'll have to d/l Chuck's show now as well.  +

http://www.archive.org/audio/etree-details-db.php?id=35359

wow, that does sound nice

is it easy to overload this thing going line/mic in? what i mean is: is it as forgiving as the v3 when hitting 0db and overloading?

[F.O.Bean]

heavily in limbo w/ the hdp2 vs. 671 decision, but fater hearing a few ACM 671 tapes w/ the 480's, i may be sold

[sygdwm]

it handles overs, as well, if not better than the v3. trust me, i've tried.

[F.O.Bean]

it handles overs, as well, if not better than the v3. trust me, i've tried.

sweet

just need a splitter off the xlr's and run a 16-bit backup w/ the modsbm1>jb3 setup

i could outright sell the v3 and buy the acm 671+CF card

damn, why did i have to hear that topaz recording lee did, it sounds on par w/ the v3 to me great match w/ the 480's

[sygdwm]

why run 16 bit backup? just curious.

[F.O.Bean]

why run 16 bit backup? just curious.

good point, didnt think taht one thru, i LOVE the soujnhd of the 480>v3>modsbm1, and without the v3, the modsbm1 wouldnt get used, however, keeping the modsbm1 around couldnt be a bad thing, i could always run 480>stewart phantom supplies>modsbm1>jb3/ACM if i felt like it as well, and for the few shows that do get stealthed in p-burgh, the modsbm1 would always be there

[Genghis Cougar Mellen Khan]

why run 16 bit backup? just curious.

good point, didnt think taht one thru, i LOVE the soujnhd of the 480>v3>modsbm1, and without the v3, the modsbm1 wouldnt get used, however, keeping the modsbm1 around couldnt be a bad thing, i could always run 480>stewart phantom supplies>modsbm1>jb3/ACM if i felt like it as well, and for the few shows that do get stealthed in p-burgh, the modsbm1 would always be there

Or... snag an extra set of 460 or 480 bodies and run multiple rigs.  You got the caps brAh.

I've had my 2nd rig smoke what I thought would work best a few times...

[F.O.Bean]

why run 16 bit backup? just curious.

good point, didnt think taht one thru, i LOVE the soujnhd of the 480>v3>modsbm1, and without the v3, the modsbm1 wouldnt get used, however, keeping the modsbm1 around couldnt be a bad thing, i could always run 480>stewart phantom supplies>modsbm1>jb3/ACM if i felt like it as well, and for the few shows that do get stealthed in p-burgh, the modsbm1 would always be there

Or... snag an extra set of 460 or 480 bodies and run multiple rigs.  You got the caps brAh.

I've had my 2nd rig smoke what I thought would work best a few times...

good point, but after taping for quite a few years now, i wanna lighten the load a bit, not make it more complicated setting up 2 rigs

i will prolly keep the v3>modsbm1 around for ahile and buy the acm  671 at some point, and until i put them both thru the test, i will see which i like best running splitters, i know the test is most likely gonna be at diff bit/sample rates, but i am not worried about that, just wanna check out some diff sounds

this topaz leehookem did really is great, its still streaming and blowing my mind, 480>ACM 671 sounds like a great match

[F.O.Bean]

oh and is the 1300 list price doug has for the ACM 671 strict? or can it be had cheaper?