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And second, check with a 16GB card. Two or three of
these are almost cheaper than on OTG drive for storage.
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No way.
Three of them add up to $330 for 48 GB of storage. I bought a Hyperdrive and put in a 160GB drive in it for $300.
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True, but I'd trust the storage space of the CF Cards 100x more than I would any ole HD. Those hyperdrives are nice and all, I was going to buy one awhile back actually, but the added safety and no moving parts of the cf cards, not to mention how much smaller cf cards are taking up space compared to a hyperdrive or a similar OTG drive, has them as the clear winner in my book. I mean, how much space do we really need storage space-wise
I would imagine (2) 16GB CF Cards or (4) 8 GB CF Cards for the non-7xx users would be PLENTY for almost w hole 3-day festival(RUNNING 24/48 tho), that is unless you're archiving the festival professionally, or you plan on archiving for yourself and record EVER band, and then you'd prolly only need another 8GB card, that would get youn up to 40GB, because I caqnt see ANYONE recording more than 40GB, unless youre doing 24/96, which I think is useless recording PA systems IMO. Since the 7xx units now record in FLAC Format, I see(personally) NO NEED to have more than (2) 8GB CF Cards. Thats just about 32GB of storage. I ONLY record in 24/48 anyway, so this is PLENTY for me. I would occasionally record in 24/96 for unamped stuff or bluegreass or similar music, because recording in 24/96 for loud PA music is pointless IMO and not worth DOUBLE the space in the end
Just my opinion of course! That should take care of just about ANY festival I can handle. Thats almost PLENTY for a 3-day festival like All Good or Moedown
If I need any more recording space, I can switch recording from the cf card to the INHDD
Another HUGE benefit of recording to cf cards is the battery power it saves as well. On a 6000mah 722 battery, while recording to the INHDD or BOTH the cf card+INHDD(while recording to the INHDD in any way/shape/form) I can get about 6 hrs if I'm pushing it, safely 5 hrs tho. However, if I switch to JUST writing to the cf card and shutting down the INHDD completely, I can get about 8hrs pushing it on that same 6000mah 722 battery, 7hrs safely tho. So saving a whole 2 hours just about on a single 6000mah battery is HUGE for me
So for someone who has a 7xx box, all I would need is (2) 8GB CF Cards which would equal out to around 32GB of storage space since the 7xx boxes now write to FLAC format in just one of the 3 recording drive options(CF Card/INHDD/EXHDD). Normally the 7xx units can write to ALL 3 recording platforms while writing WAVS. I usually write to BOTH the INHDD+CF Card for maximum redundancy and since I havents ent it back to SD for the Hardware 2.0 upgrade yet. But anyway, for festivals, the FLAC FORMAT recording option is a LIFESAVER
I can write to FLAC on the CF Card for festivals and save battery power writing to the CF Card (compared to writing to the INHDD) and save storage space while writing in FLAC. Thats a great combo IMO
Anyway, damnit, I get sidetracked SOOO EASILY and start talking about my own gear thoughts and shit like that and ALWAYS highjack the thread when I dont mean to. Anyway, about the MTII, this baby looks PROMISING. So how was the ADC in the MT I
Would it be a decent sounding rig if I ran a pair of my mics>Preamp>MT II ya think
Or is teh ADC crappy and Id be better off getting an R-9
I would LOVE to get a small 24-bit recorder along the lines of either the MT II or the R-9. I kind of trust the R-9 more right off the bat just because of the MT I's failures when it was initially released. I know from ts.com that most of the big bugs were wrinkled out over time and newer firmwares tho, and in the end, the MT I was running very smoothly except for the sealmess split thing
o that does lead me to believe the MT II should be just fine right out of the box unlike the MT I was when it was released. So, the MT II is DEFINITELY a contender, and I like it better simply because it records to CF Cards rather than what the R-9 records to(I forget what the R-9 records to at the moment. Something like SDHC cards or something like that, right?) Anyway, whats different with the MT II compared to the MT I
Any hardware differences? Like does the MT II still have TRS_1/4" combo Inputs? Does it still have a USB Powering jack and a Digi Coax Input? Are there ANY hardware changes? I know it is SUPPOSEDLY able to do SEAMLESS SPLITS on cards bigger than 2GB, so HOPEFULLY that works perfectly and that will be a DREAM come true for ALOT of tapers in this world
The R-9 is TINY tho, and the ADC of teh R-9 was preferred over the V3's in a blind test comp
So that has me leaning towards the R-9 simply because of its good ADC since I'll be using this just to plug out of SBD's when the opportunity arises. I will be getting another all-in-one to run with my second pair of mics so this is JUST for SBD patches and the VERY RARE times I patch from another taper(which happens about once every 5 years
I manily just did that on Phish tour to have 2 sources for ever show ).
Anyway, Id love to hear some of your opinions on the MT I's ADC and functionality after the newer firmwares have made it pretty damn stable
I bet alot of you wish you could just trade in your MT I's and pay like an extra $50 bucks and get an MT II, huh?
Damn, that link to that A-Data 16GB CF Card is DIRT CHEAP
I should get one of those for my 722 FO SURE. The 7xx units aren't picky AT ALL with what cf cards they like, so I'm almost 100% certain that card would work in my 722
Damn, I remember when a 4GB CF Card was like $400.00. When I was getting ready to move away from my JB3 and move to something more reliable and something that wrote to CF Cards back in February 2006, a decent Sandisk or RiData 4GB CF Card was a WHOPPING $400.00 dollars
Thats CRAZY how much theyve come down in price. Heck, I got a USED MINT condition 8GB RiData Pro 150x CF Card back in September 2006 and it was only $150.00/Shipped from the seller on ts.com, so they had already fallen THAT MUCH since the 6 months earlier when I was researching CF Card prices back in February 2006. I would imagine that even the Sandisk/RiData/Kingston 16GB Cards will be almost as that A-Data is before the end of the year. If not by the beginning of 2008, I bet by summer 2008 that even the more reputable card makers like Kingston/Sandisk/RiData will eb MUCHO CHEAPER than they are now. AS SOON as the 32GB Cards come out, its all over
The (4GB), (8GB), (16GB) Cards will be DIRT CHEAP by then. It will definitely be a tapers dream come true
I will wait until the 32GB cards come out so I can buy either another 8GB or my first 16GB cf card dirt cheap. 100 for 16gb of data on a cf card with no moving parts and saves me battery life, is a CLEAR winner in my book. Thanks for that link bro!