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Re: Sony HiMD, line input, track increments

Subject: Re: Sony HiMD, line input, track increments
From: Rob Danielson <>
Date: Wed, 23 Mar 2005 19:45:53 -0600
At 4:05 PM -0500 3/23/05, Don Kroodsma wrote:
>Hi all:
>          With a little bit of buzz about using HiMD and line inputs, I
>thought I'd add what I learned from Sony (3 e-mail exchanges, one 15-minut=
e
>phone call). When using the line input (no matter whether analog or
>digital, no matter whether TIME MARK is ON or OFF, no matter whether SYNC
>REC is on or off), you'll get an automatic track number added if there's
>more than 2 seconds of "silence," as defined in mV and dB on page 93 of th=
e
>manual.
>          That's a very annoying feature that cannot be overridden.
>Grrrrrrr. . . . .
>best regards . . . Don K
>Don Kroodsma
>36 Kettle Pond Rd
>Amherst MA 01002
>phone: 413-253-5519
>
>

I haven't had this happen yet. Perhaps my record levels have been too
high. It might create a track number if the  record gain is set very
low for a loud sound and then allowed to run into the relative
silence afterwards.  Are you concerned about your notes correlating
properly?  Rob D.




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