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Re: Edirol R-1 advice requested

Subject: Re: Edirol R-1 advice requested
From: Michael Brezin <>
Date: Sat, 02 Jul 2005 16:26:09 -0400
thanks for your observations Klas and Mike

Klas Strandberg wrote:

>At 21:26 2005-07-02, you 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).
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>>>I appreciate any evaluative comments.  Thanks, Mike Brezin
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>>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.
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>The mic inputs are low sensitivity (10 db less than average) but works fine 
>with both plug in power mics and others.
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>Klas.
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>>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.
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>>I was so disappointed that I ordered an SD 722 -- still waiting.
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>>-- Mike
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>>"Microphones are not ears,
>>Loudspeakers are not birds,
>>A listening room is not nature."
>>Klas Strandberg
>>Yahoo! Groups Links
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>Telinga Microphones, Botarbo,
>S-748 96 Tobo, Sweden.
>Phone & fax int + 295 310 01
>email: 
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>"Microphones are not ears,
>Loudspeakers are not birds,
>A listening room is not nature."
>Klas Strandberg 
>Yahoo! Groups Links
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