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Re: Re: Tascam HD-P2

Subject: Re: Re: Tascam HD-P2
From: Henry Howard <>
Date: Thu, 29 Dec 2005 10:51:59 -0500
This is a major design flaw that Tascam is working on.
If you record a short blank file, say 30 secondsm, it should work.
It is only with a blank card.  See the Phonography group for a full
explanation.


At 02:50 PM 12/29/05 +0000, you wrote:
>The new TASCAM HD-P2 (Firmware v. 1.03) seems to have a problem with
>the Pre-Record mode. I always get a "Buffer Over-Run. Media might be
>too slow" error message once the Pre-Record mode is activated. This
>effect is independent of the selected sample rate and bit depth. It
>appears even at the lowest possible data rate (44.1kHz, 16 bit, mono).
>However, when I disable the Pre-Record mode, the recorder works fine
>at up to 192kHz/24bit/stereo with the same CF cards (I tried various
>Toshiba, Kodak and Hitachi cards). The integrated "Media Speed Check"
>also reports an "OK" for all combinations of sample rates and bit
>depths. So, I guess that the pre-record problem is a firmware bug that
>will be fixed soon (I already reported it to TASCAM).
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>I could also imagine that TASCAM would be able to add a MS decoding
>option to the "Headset Monitoring" menu in a future firmware update.
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>Raimund
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>"Microphones are not ears,
>Loudspeakers are not birds,
>A listening room is not nature."
>Klas Strandberg
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