Topic: Korg MR-1 and MR-1000 - News DSD Recorders announced at AES

[newblue]

I just got a reply from Jerry K. at Korg regarding the production/delivery schedule for the MR units...


Hi JC:

Production has started and things seem to be going fine.

Stock will arrive in the US to be on time for March in store, for sure.

regards,

Jerry



DSD for Spring Panic!

[newblue]

I would assume that you don't need the software to transfer the files only to edit and convert to other formats.

[SClassical]

In stock - now selling.
http://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&sl=ja&u=http://www.ishibashi.co.jp/webshop/recording-pa/korg/mr-1.htm&sa=X&oi=translate&resnum=1&ct=result&prev=/search%3Fq%3Dishibashi%2Bmr-1000%26hl%3Den%26lr%3D%26sa%3DG

approx $472.85 (ex S&H).

http://www.ishibashi-music.com/

Looks like they also ship worldwide!

[Nick's Picks]

that seems really cheap

[Nick's Picks]

interesting.
if anyone can figure out how to order....
lmk

[SClassical]

You can email them in English...that's what I just did.

[Nick's Picks]

report your findings back to the group, scout.

[SClassical]

Will report back how much S&H is when I get a reply from them.

You can purchase the big one on Jan 27th...That's when it is released in Japan. Don't know how much they charge for S&H, though.

http://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&sl=ja&u=http://www.ishibashi.co.jp/webshop/recording-pa/korg/mr-1000.htm&sa=X&oi=translate&resnum=1&ct=result&prev=/search%3Fq%3Dishibashi%2Bmr-1000%26hl%3Den%26lr%3D%26sa%3DG

The large one is approx $979.69 available later this month from Japan (retail for $1,200 - $1,300 in US in March)


The small one seems to be a good buy for approx $472.85 available NOW from Japan (retail for $800 in US in March) 

I've got a friend coming back from Tokyo on Monday...should have given her $500 so that she can pop into the Tokyo store for me (they have a branch in Tokyo).. 

[manamana]

from their specs page:

* Note:
Copy protection is introduced in the software of this product.
In order for you to use this product, the computer which equips the USB port is necessary.

Hmmmmmm. can anyone explain what the story is there?

If there's no difference between the japanese one and the american one (warranty?) I might just order one too. got a huge run of shows in march I was hoping to have this for.

[manamana]

Too bad the small unit has a built in battery.. Any news on the larger recorder's availability?

I still have a small shining hope that removing the HD will free up enough space for a row of AAs and a flash card. doesn't look likely, but fingers crossed.

[Nick's Picks]

Too bad the small unit has a built in battery.. Any news on the larger recorder's availability?

I still have a small shining hope that removing the HD will free up enough space for a row of AAs and a flash card. doesn't look likely, but fingers crossed.

what good is a flash card going to do when you are recording 4gb per hour?
well, other than 60min of recording time per 4gb chip

[JasonSobel]

what good is a flash card going to do when you are recording 4gb per hour?
well, other than 60min of recording time per 4gb chip

16 gig CF cards are already ~$550.  that'd give 4 hours of recording time, enough for a show.  in another year, I bet the price will have come down enough that many tapers will have a 16 gig CF card...

[Nick's Picks]

dont get me wrong...i'd love to see it.
but CF based DSD recorders dont exist yet.

[manamana]

what good is a flash card going to do when you are recording 4gb per hour?
well, other than 60min of recording time per 4gb chip

16 gig CF cards are already ~$550.  that'd give 4 hours of recording time, enough for a show.  in another year, I bet the price will have come down enough that many tapers will have a 16 gig CF card...

well, unless I have a math error, that's not quite right. According to the info posted earlier in the thread:

Record times on 4.7GB DVD+rw media from the Tascam DVRA1000 manual :

Record time    Bit-Rate

290 mins    44.1/24 PCM
267 mins    48/24 PCM
144 mins    88.2/24 PCM
133 mins    96/24 PCM
109 mins    2.8224MHz/1-bit DSD
72 mins      176.4/24 PCM
66 mins      192/24 PCM

that's a little over 23 mins per gig. an 8 gig card (pretty cheap already) would be over three hours of record time. even allowing for the whole 1000000000 B = 1GB thing (guessing that would put formatted capacity at ~7.5 GB, or 173 mins), it's still more than I'll ever need in a single evening. WDSD would be another story though.

[Nick's Picks]

ok..
still, it doesn't exist.  I'm banking on the hdd working.