Re: Roland R-26 handheld recorder is announced

["Jeremiah Moore" jeremiahmoore99]

It appears the new Roland can record six simultaneous channels, but that
only two of those are via external inputs, the other four are the on-board
mics.

Can anyone confirm?

-j


On Mon, Sep 12, 2011 at 12:58 PM, Flawn Williams <> wrote:

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> On Sep 12, 2011, at 2:36 PM, David Brinicombe wrote:
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> > I'm saving up for a 4-track Tascam DR-680 which has four inputs
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> David,
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> The Tascam DR-680 has six mike inputs, not just four. The only difference
> for 5+6 vis the first four is the connector type: just TRS quarter inch
> rather than combi XLR jacks. If you're willing to live with adapter cable=
s,
> the 5+6 have switchable phantom, equivalent gain, and everything else tha=
t
> 1-4 have. Just be cautious about plugging or unplugging TRS cables with
> phantom power on for those channels.
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> --Flawn Williams
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