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Re: 722 Sound Devices

Subject: Re: 722 Sound Devices
From: Walter Knapp <>
Date: Sat, 19 Mar 2005 14:25:27 -0500
From: "Rich Peet" <>

>
>
> I had the opportunity to play with the new 722 last night that is
> owned by another member of this list.
>
> It is a wow.
> If you think that a small hard drive recorder must be a fragile
> machine you will be changed the first time you hold it.  I did not
> measure the case exact but the main impact panels have to be at least
> 1/4" plate aluminum.  It really looks like it could survive being
> thrown up against a wall and looks very rain resistant.

Did you take it out in the rain or toss it against a wall while it was
recording? Looks can be deceiving. Real life experience will find out
the truth.

I somehow doubt 1/4" plate aluminum. Way overkill and too much weight. I
happen to have some 6061 plate aluminum here in that thickness. No way
I'd want a recorder's case built out of it. Though it might be nice if
they used that alloy as it's more corrosion proof than others.

> Although you have over 60 menu options to customize with, to record
> with the unit from out of the box to a stereo track is under 10
> seconds knowing nothing about the machine at all.
>
> There really is not a another recorder that will do what this one will
> and the capability is amazing.
>
> The only function I saw not functional that I would ever want was
> addressed in the manual as a future software upgrade revision. That is
> to be able to direct firewire copy and/or mirror to an external
> firewire hard drive. Currently, it can mirror to flash chip but for
> transfer outside the machine to an external drive it does take another
> computer with a firewire port.

For the price it's actually not all that exciting. Were it priced so
poor folks could afford one it might be interesting.

This is especially true as commitment to something capable of recording
that well also means a commitment to high quality microphones. And we
have already had the discussion where high quality mics were dismissed
as too expensive for poor folks.

Remember when a person was told that if they wanted to get into quality
nature recording the buy in was a Nagra? It seems that's where we are
headed.

Yes I do think it's a ok recorder. But it's hardly a miracle or unique.
It would be a miracle if it was priced appropriately.

Walt




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