Oryoki
Doug Oade had sent an e-mail to Lang and then Lang posted it to the group, =
I
believe Lang was interested in buying one at the time but the information
put him off.
One criticism I have of the R-4 is the screen, on sunny days it's a little
hard to read but for the price who could complain for a 4 channel recorder!
Martyn
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Martyn Stewart
Bird and Animal Sounds Digitally Recorded at:
http://www.naturesound.org
Redmond. Washington. USA
N47.65543 W121.98428
e-mail:
Tel: 425-898-0462
Make every Garden a wildlife Habitat!
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-----Original Message-----
From:
On Behalf Of oryoki2000
Sent: Saturday, March 04, 2006 10:43 PM
To:
Subject: [Nature Recordists] Re: Edirol R-4 and performance
The cheapest price I could find today is $1400 from samash.com That's
a great price for a four channel 24/96 recorder. The R-4 has a 40GB
hard disc, so you don't need to purchase Compactflash cards. The R-4
does have a Compactflash slot, but it's only for file transfers, not
for recording.
The R-4's four input jacks can accept either XLR or 1/4" phone plugs.
Each channel has its own preamp gain setting. You can set the R-4 to
record two stereo pairs with different preamp gain from one pair of mics.
The R-4 is pretty simple to operate, especially when compared to the
Sound Devices 722.=20
I couldn't find any negative comments about the R-4 from Doug Oade on
the Oade.com forums. Whatever his earlier opinion might have been, I
did find the following from Doug, dated 12/15/05:
"...I want one for myself to do surround nature recordings..."
--oryoki
"Microphones are not ears,
Loudspeakers are not birds,
A listening room is not nature."
Klas Strandberg
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