At 21:26 2005-07-02, you wrote:
>Michael Brezin wrote:
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> > Hello,
> > Has anyone been using the Edirol R-1 recorder in field settings? If so,
> > what are your impressions? Can you suggest a better alternative in the
> > price range (400-500).
> >
> > I appreciate any evaluative comments. Thanks, Mike Brezin
>
>The built-in mics overload easily and are kind of noisy.
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>If you got an external preamp or hot mic that will drive
>line-in, then the sound is pretty good. I haven't evaluated
>the built-in mic preamp with good mics yet.
The mic inputs are low sensitivity (10 db less than average) but works fine
with both plug in power mics and others.
Klas.
>The level meter (singular) sucks, there's no on-the-fly
>track splitting, and the user interface is awful.
>The higher sample rates and bitdepth are a joke unless
>you feeding it a very good line-in signal (it has no
>digital in, just digital out), but 16/44.1 is OK and
>you get more recording time.
>
>I was so disappointed that I ordered an SD 722 -- still waiting.
>
>-- Mike
>
>
>"Microphones are not ears,
>Loudspeakers are not birds,
>A listening room is not nature."
>Klas Strandberg
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