But once you put a microdrive in, it's not solid state, ne?
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> Subject: Re: [Nature Recordists] More on MKH and a little story abt. Nagras
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> Although we can't promise to be as unbreakable as the old Nagra's the
> Marantz solid state recorders do record uncompressed, and if you are using
> the Microdrives or similar, they are up to 2 gig storage capacity. Our
> next machine will take the 5 gig drives. This isn't a commercial posting
> even though I do work for Marantz, I am genuinely interested in
> bioacoustic recording ..
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> Wild Sanctuary <>
> 2002-07-02 19:33
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> Subject: Re: [Nature Recordists] More on MKH and a little story abt.
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> There may be an answer on the horizon with solid state recording,
> especially if Marantz (or folks like them) can figure out how to
> store information on their recent 690 unit w/o compression and with
> large data storage capacity. No disks. No tape. How (seemingly)
> wonderful!
>
> Bernie
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>> Wild Sanctuary wrote:
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>>> More recently, I dropped a Sony D-10 Pro II DAT recorder a couple of
>>> feet into a shallow pool. I quickly retrieved it and dried it out. It
>>> never worked again.
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>> Rotating drum recorders not only have the electronics that are
>> vulnerable, but the drum assembly is a very high precision device, with
>> delicate parts. I'd think at minimum even if the electronics survived,
>> that you'd probably be into a full drum replacement. Definitely so if it
>> was running when it went in.
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>> And to top it off, modern switches are membrane devices, which are often
>> not water protected.
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>> The minidisc mechanism is a bit less vulnerable, but I don't count on it
>> working if it gets submerged.
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>>> So, the moral is...
>>>
>>> Have a nicer day in the field with equipment that you know will
>>> work for you.
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>> I doubt, however, that many will go back to the older tape units. A lot
>> of their durability was what made them heavy and also they were
>> relatively simple designs. And the audio specs have problems keeping up
>> with digital. It is possible to build light and weatherproof recorders.
>> I have sony sports walkman cassette recorders that are very waterproof.
>> The same can be done with minidisc as well. Sony has brought out a
>> highly water resistant minidisc recorder...Though it's not designed
>> properly for our work. No mic input and it's designed for the NetMD copy
>> protection system. At minimum you'd need a separate mic pre to use it.
>> Sure would be nice if they would bring out a regular MD recorder like
> that.
>> http://www.minidisco.com/minispecs/sony_mz-s1.html
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>> Meanwhile, I'm in the early stages of fiddling up a design for a full
>> weatherproof enclosure for the Portadisc, something that you can toss it
>> straight into the swamp and not only will it float, but will run fine,
>> you could record with it floating around. I'm looking at basing it on a
>> Pelican 1420 case right now to save time in building. Then I'd only have
>> to put a view window and waterproof links through the lid. All this to
>> be able to take it safely out in my kayak in the swamp and use it there.
>>
>> I've still not worked out what to do about the mics. I'm not worried
>> about rolling the kayak, but splash or dropping them. It's easy to
>> transport them weatherproof, using them is a different story.
>>
>> It would be possible to tear down a piece of modern equipment and
>> encapsulate many of the components. There are coatings now for this sort
>> of thing. Of course that still does not help the mechanics. And it
>> really makes repairing a problem.
>>
>> Walt
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