>Lang Elliott wrote:
>
> >have you seen any affordable 4-channel
> >recorders at NAB 2003?
>
>I think the new Sound Devices 744T
>*is* a four channel recorder -- take
>a look at this photo, which shows
>two standard size XLR and two mini
>XLR analog connectors, labeled input
>1-2-3-4.
>
>http://www.sounddevices.com/7/744t-in.jpg
>
>Four channels at 24 bits resolution and
>48,000 samples per second would generate
>a data stream of a little more than 2 GB
>per hour. The Toshiba 1.8" hard disc,
>used in devices like the Apple iPod, is
>available today in sizes up to 20GB,
>with a 40GB unit due for release this
>summer. That's enough capacity for
>many hours of four channel recording.
>
>The CompactFlash slot shown in this
>photo looks like a Type 2 slot. (The
>type 1 slot is 3.3mm high, type 2 is 5mm,
>so there's very little penalty to use
>type 2.) If so, the 744T can also accept
>both flash memory cards and the IBM/Hitachi
>MicroDrive cards. But since the 744T
>has a Firewire port for rapid data transfer
>from internal hard disc to a computer,
>the removable memory may not be needed.
>Perhaps, as in the new DEVA equipment,
>the extra storage is meant to record
>simultaneously for security.
>
>Dan Dugan, did the Sound Devices staff
>give any indication of the price or
>availability for this new gadget?
I believe the 4-track version will be approx US$4k. A 2-track
version (no time-code) will be approx US$2k. Available approx
September.
John
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