Kevin J. Colver wrote:
>Dan and others,
>What are the good multi-track portable recorders now available that can
>be recommended for nature recording? Any that record direct to hard
>disk?
This is a new product category, and I'm sure in a year the prices
will come way down. Right now we have bleeding edge gear and promises
of more coming soon. All made for the film/TV industry, the only
people with money interested in field multitrack.
See "Up the Sharp End" in the April 2003 Resolution magazine, p. 52.
They mention:
Zaxcom Deva 3,4, and 5: 6,8 and 10 tracks respectively to hard disk.
$8400 to $13,000. What a stereo Nagra used to cost.
Fostex PD6: 6 mic inputs, 6 tracks to 8cm DVD-RAM.
Aaton Cantar: Out-Nagras Nagra. 5 mic inputs, beaucoup line and AES
inputs, 8 tracks to hard drive, FireWire, BlueTooth, weatherproof,
anything you might want, it has it.
(promised) HHB Portadrive: 6 mic inputs, 8 tracks to hard disk and DVD-RAM.
(promised, not in article) Sound Devices 744T, 2 mic inputs, 2 line
inputs, 4 tracks to hard disk and flash memory card, timecode, $4000?
-Dan Dugan
(note: I am a dealer for Zaxcom and Sound Devices)
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