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Re: M-Audio MicroTrack 24/96 update

Subject: Re: M-Audio MicroTrack 24/96 update
From: Lou Judson <>
Date: Tue, 20 Sep 2005 20:09:00 -0700
I use 2, 2G CFs - stop, shutdown, change cards and restart. Then I load 
the card's contents to the Mac and make it ready to continue. This is 
with SD 744T, but same thing effectively.

<L>
On Sep 20, 2005, at 6:38 PM, Jonathan Abrams wrote:

> As I type this, Pro Tools will not work with a file larger than 2GB.
> Plus, if you are recording two (2) channels (MicroTrack max?) at 48kHz
> sampling, 16 bits deep, then a 2GB CF is the equivalent of a 124 
> minute DAT.
>
> I think that at some point you have to consider a second CF card.  For
> me, that point is if I need more than 2GB.  Having only worked with
> these CF recorders starting 2 months ago (PMD-660), I need to know that
> the recorder, the CF, and the interaction between both is reliable
> before I would consider sinking all of my remote eggs in a single CF.  
> I
> think it is analogous (pun intended) to using a longer tape, with the
> trade-off that the tape is thinner.
>
> -Jonathan



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