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are microtrackers reliable @ 24/96..?
« on: July 25, 2007, 12:56:41 PM »
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Re: are microtrackers reliable @ 24/96..?
« Reply #1 on: July 25, 2007, 01:14:26 PM »
you are going to get a lot of different answers on this.  i've never ever had any issues with my unit.  actually, its worked flawlessly since i got it and the only time i missed some music was user error. 

i've recorded at 16/44.1, 24/44.1, 24/48, and 24/96 and all have worked just fine for me.  YMMV.
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Re: are microtrackers reliable @ 24/96..?
« Reply #2 on: July 26, 2007, 11:01:46 AM »
I ran mine S/PDIF-in at 24/48 and 24/96 all the time. no issues. It's for sale right now in Yard Sale, 4gb CF card, external battery, SP-dongle.

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Re: are microtrackers reliable @ 24/96..?
« Reply #3 on: July 26, 2007, 12:00:20 PM »
The MT is pretty reliable.  The one issue you'll face recording at 24/48 or 24/96 is the 2GB file split.  It's not a seamless split.  You'll have to manually stop and restart during a break between songs or risk losing a few seconds in the middle of a song if you let the MT do the automatic split.  That split will happen an hour into recording at 24/96.  About 2 hours at 24/48.   The 2GB file split issue is one of the reasons I sold my MT and upgraded to a Korg MR-1 which does seamless splits.
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Re: are microtrackers reliable @ 24/96..?
« Reply #4 on: July 26, 2007, 12:12:19 PM »
I have always found the unit to surpass my expectations. I generally use it in 2 applicatons these days, to patch (s/pdif) or to stealth (see my signature below). It does both very well. ;D
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Re: are microtrackers reliable @ 24/96..?
« Reply #5 on: July 26, 2007, 12:28:22 PM »
I've run mine once at 24/96 w/o issues... I got lucky in that the show ended after 52 minutes, so no file split bs.

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Re: are microtrackers reliable @ 24/96..?
« Reply #6 on: July 26, 2007, 01:00:55 PM »
The MT is pretty reliable.  The one issue you'll face recording at 24/48 or 24/96 is the 2GB file split.  It's not a seamless split.  You'll have to manually stop and restart during a break between songs or risk losing a few seconds in the middle of a song if you let the MT do the automatic split.  That split will happen an hour into recording at 24/96.  About 2 hours at 24/48.   The 2GB file split issue is one of the reasons I sold my MT and upgraded to a Korg MR-1 which does seamless splits.


oh, you are kidding! that is unacceptable for my purposes... is there a firmware update that will fix this, or is this the way it is..?


thanks for all the input - +T's all 'round.
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Re: are microtrackers reliable @ 24/96..?
« Reply #7 on: July 26, 2007, 01:09:54 PM »
The MT is pretty reliable.  The one issue you'll face recording at 24/48 or 24/96 is the 2GB file split.  It's not a seamless split.  You'll have to manually stop and restart during a break between songs or risk losing a few seconds in the middle of a song if you let the MT do the automatic split.  That split will happen an hour into recording at 24/96.  About 2 hours at 24/48.   The 2GB file split issue is one of the reasons I sold my MT and upgraded to a Korg MR-1 which does seamless splits.


oh, you are kidding! that is unacceptable for my purposes... is there a firmware update that will fix this, or is this the way it is..?


thanks for all the input - +T's all 'round.


sorry, that's the way it is. Biggest problem with the MT IMHO.


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Re: are microtrackers reliable @ 24/96..?
« Reply #8 on: July 26, 2007, 01:20:53 PM »
ok.

time to explore other options.

thanks again.

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Re: are microtrackers reliable @ 24/96..?
« Reply #9 on: July 26, 2007, 02:20:07 PM »
i love my MT
the seemless split does suck but is pretty easy to work around

what 8gb or higher cards are people using?
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Re: are microtrackers reliable @ 24/96..?
« Reply #10 on: July 26, 2007, 02:24:35 PM »
I'm curious to see what's up with Ver. 2, although there's no info on it yet that I know of.
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Re: are microtrackers reliable @ 24/96..?
« Reply #11 on: July 26, 2007, 02:38:45 PM »
The "Split" is 6 seconds and can be done with a double push of a button... come on... you can find a 6 second hole in a show. This is no dealbreaker. And they are dirt cheap. other than the pres I've never had problems with mine that I didn't cause. Great  bitbucket behind a decent pre - a/d.    My .02
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Re: are microtrackers reliable @ 24/96..?
« Reply #12 on: July 26, 2007, 02:47:54 PM »
The "Split" is 6 seconds and can be done with a double push of a button... come on... you can find a 6 second hole in a show. This is no dealbreaker. And they are dirt cheap. other than the pres I've never had problems with mine that I didn't cause. Great  bitbucket behind a decent pre - a/d.    My .02
it's not a dealbreaker if it's your primary unit, but if you want to use it as a backup for say sbd recordings so you can do a matrix it would be a deal breaker because you are focusing on your main "rig" and trying to remember to hightail it back over to the board at 55 mins isn't exactly an ideal situation.
That's my take on it at least.
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Re: are microtrackers reliable @ 24/96..?
« Reply #13 on: July 26, 2007, 03:00:02 PM »
but if you want to use it as a backup for say sbd recordings so you can do a matrix it would be a deal breaker because you are focusing on your main "rig" and trying to remember to hightail it back over to the board at 55 mins isn't exactly an ideal situation.

I thought one of the firmware updates added an auto-split feature?  Not seamless, but as a secondary source mixing into a primary source, the 6-sec auto-split might not be a huge deal to some.
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Re: are microtrackers reliable @ 24/96..?
« Reply #14 on: July 26, 2007, 03:45:55 PM »
The "Split" is 6 seconds and can be done with a double push of a button... come on... you can find a 6 second hole in a show. This is no dealbreaker. And they are dirt cheap. other than the pres I've never had problems with mine that I didn't cause. Great  bitbucket behind a decent pre - a/d.    My .02
it's not a dealbreaker if it's your primary unit, but if you want to use it as a backup for say sbd recordings so you can do a matrix it would be a deal breaker because you are focusing on your main "rig" and trying to remember to hightail it back over to the board at 55 mins isn't exactly an ideal situation.
That's my take on it at least.


ding!  this is exactly what iwanted the thing for...

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