oryoki2000 wrote:
> Zaxcom will show new hard-disc audio recorders
> at the NAB show in early April. They compete with
> the HHB Portadrive for on-location multi-channel
> audio recording. The new machines are expected to
> ship this summer.
>
> More relevant to nature recordists, Deva has informally
> announced that a smaller, less expensive 2 channel
> version of these new machines with fewer mixer features
> will be developed, with delivery in 8 or 9 months.
All three of the ones they announced use over 12 watts power, over three
times that of the Portadisc. And the internal is a NP1 battery pac, not
AA's. One can hope that they understand that part of developing a field
recorder for nature recording is to get that power consumption down.
Walt
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