"Date: Sun, 11 Jan 2004 15:51:30 -0000
From: "Rich Peet" <>
Subject: Re: Hi-MD recorders
>I don't think so. It (HHB portadrive) was due out more than 1 year ago.
Another product still stuck in the vapor I guess.
The Portadrive has just shipped I have had a used a demo unit 8ch 24/96
comprhensive monitoring/mixing etc. It is excellent however I am waiting to=
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test Zaxcoms offering before making a decision.
>It would be overpriced now anyway if they released it at the last
suggested price of a year and a half ago.
At =A38500 approx it can only be justified if being used in professional
applications as well as for hobby purposes.
Interestingly multitrack location recorders afford the possibility of reco=
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rding B
format in the field with the Soundfield ST250. Zaxcom have just anounced an=
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Ambisonic monitoring plug-in for headphone monitoring of surround
recordings (will HHB follow suit? Paul...?). To make matters even more
delightful Soundfield have just announced a plug-in for nuendo that does al=
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l
the B format proccessing (deriving anything from mono-7.1 discrete channels=
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amoungst lots of other cool stuff) that you needed large hardware boxes fo=
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r.
So with a laptop a multitrack recorder and a single microphone it is now
possible to monitor, record and edit surround sound recordings in the field=
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(of
course you can just take the microphone and recorder, record B format and
post produce at home).
Surround Sound is finally mobile!!!
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