Comments on: Pro Digital Recorders with SMPTE Sync for Video Production http://createdigitalmusic.com/2005/08/02/pro-digital-recorders-with-smpte-sync-for-video-production/ The latest gear, software, and techniques for electronic music production and performance Wed, 03 Dec 2008 05:54:16 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 By: tim http://createdigitalmusic.com/2005/08/02/pro-digital-recorders-with-smpte-sync-for-video-production/#comment-1304 tim Tue, 02 Aug 2005 21:26:27 +0000 http://createdigitalmusic.com/2005/08/02/pro-digital-recorders-with-smpte-sync-for-video-production/#comment-1304 I've had a Fostex FR2 for 8 months or so now & it is a fantastic replacement for DAT - very clean quiet mic preamps & pre-record is handy for those moments that would otherwise be lost.. And recording 24 bit is a major step up in fidelity... higher sample rates are less an issue for me.... In New Zealand the most common hard disk recorders are the Fostex PD6 (DVD-RAM), HHB Portadrive or the new Sound Devices 722 and 744, the advantage with them being they have timecode, firewire & an internal hard drive but all fo these machines are in a different price range than the FR2... I know plenty of people using HD recorders with timecode options that still sync manually in an Avid off the clapper board - if you are shooting film its more a question of cost: to sync during telecine of rushes is expensive whereas someone sitting on a baby Avid syncing is cheap! I use my FR2 for recording ambiences & sound effects & its great, but only after I got a proper battery set up for it.. what were Fostex thinking putting penlight batterys in a pro bit of gear??? I’ve had a Fostex FR2 for 8 months or so now & it is a fantastic replacement for DAT - very clean quiet mic preamps & pre-record is handy for those moments that would otherwise be lost.. And recording 24 bit is a major step up in fidelity… higher sample rates are less an issue for me….
In New Zealand the most common hard disk recorders are the Fostex PD6 (DVD-RAM), HHB Portadrive or the new Sound Devices 722 and 744, the advantage with them being they have timecode, firewire & an internal hard drive but all fo these machines are in a different price range than the FR2…
I know plenty of people using HD recorders with timecode options that still sync manually in an Avid off the clapper board - if you are shooting film its more a question of cost: to sync during telecine of rushes is expensive whereas someone sitting on a baby Avid syncing is cheap!

I use my FR2 for recording ambiences & sound effects & its great, but only after I got a proper battery set up for it.. what were Fostex thinking putting penlight batterys in a pro bit of gear???

]]> By: jbv http://createdigitalmusic.com/2005/08/02/pro-digital-recorders-with-smpte-sync-for-video-production/#comment-1303 jbv Tue, 02 Aug 2005 16:09:25 +0000 http://createdigitalmusic.com/2005/08/02/pro-digital-recorders-with-smpte-sync-for-video-production/#comment-1303 and I think most of us, unless we are doing very involved multitrack films, can get away with it. really want to see a review of the MicroTrack! and I think most of us, unless we are doing very involved multitrack films, can get away with it. really want to see a review of the MicroTrack!

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