Ran the 671 last night for the first time and love it. Great great stuff. Nice and easy.
So, first part of the show is fine, but then this happens and it just gets worse as the show goes on. Did I run too hot or what?
It's not peaking according to wavelab...
http://www.mediafire.com/?850yn52whbjedit: switched mics last night and it still happened in the same left channel. so it's either the cables or something with the box.
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Ok, so I recorded one more show in my trip and finally got around to messing with the waveforms in Steinberg Wavelab.
So I ran:
Audix m1290 Cardiods > Mini-quad star 20' mini XLR to standard XLR > ACM Marantz 671 @ 24/48 (on 8 NEW energizer rechargedable 2500 batts in an internal sled)
I had the 671 split automatically every hour since I tried recording at 24/48, just to be safe. For a show that was around 2.5 hours, it was 3 files, the waveforms of which can be seen below. I also did not touch the levels after the first song of the show.
AUDIO SAMPLE: First song of the show -
http://www.mediafire.com/?8jnkyizhxnb (decent balance, sounds pretty good IMO)
The first waveform clearly shows that the left channel drops in volume just shy of the 1 hour mark during the show.
AUDIO SAMPLE: Level drop in left channel -
http://www.mediafire.com/?bv9lkvay2z1Not only that, but then the right channel then appears to sound "overloaded". It's weird.
AUDIO SAMPLE: Right channel overload -
http://www.mediafire.com/?ci5jlxm2qdlBut, the weirdest thing is that by the end of the show, the left channel appears to have the problem.
AUDIO SAMPLE: Left channel overload -
http://www.mediafire.com/?fcg0c15xzocI'm so confused and have no clue what in the chain seems to be having the problems.
Doug Oade suggested switching mics, switching cables, running the RCA ins and the Digi in as well, but I haven't had the time yet. When I do, I plan on trying a few different things.
Anybody got any ideas what the problem could be?
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UPDATE 10/17/2007
So, I got a new battery holder from marantz and it seemed to solve the problem. The only real problem I am having now is with it shutting down. I think some of the contacts are not working all the way.
Any 671 users have this problem before?
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UPDATE 02/13/2008
No problems with shutting down, everything seems to be working fine now.