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Re: TASCAM DR-680 Recorder 6 Mic Inputs

Subject: Re: TASCAM DR-680 Recorder 6 Mic Inputs
From: "Mike Rooke" picnet2
Date: Mon Mar 22, 2010 4:28 pm ((PDT))
Looks promising, 

http://www.thomann.de/gb/tascam_dr_680.htm

list price there is 955 euro, 868 GBP.  

Early April they arrive. 

"With this unit, the maximum recording file size is 2 GB. If the file size 
reaches 2 GB while recording, the unit automatically continues recording in a 
new take and stops recording the current take."

I didn't spot anything in the manual about mid/side monitoring which could be 
an issue.

-M






--- In  Rob Danielson <> wrote:
>
> Hi--
> The TASCAM DR-680 looks like something recordists who have been 
> wanting to get into surround work might want to look into. Manual: 
> http://www.tascam.com/i-3902-232-128-0-1EC728EF.pdf
> 
> Key, of course, will be mic input noise and I don't see much in the 
> manual specs. They do state "60dB" of gain which is a good start and 
> it looks like a comparable build to their other better recorders that 
> do sport low noise pres,..
> 
> A 6-8 track recorder for $500 more than a good, 4 channel mic pre 
> does sound too good to be,.. Fingers crossing anyone?
> 
> I haven't looked into how it handles media for long duration 
> recording when reaching file size limits. Rob D.
> 
> 
> 
> --
>








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