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Old 31st July 2009   #9
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Originally Posted by Plush View Post
It is a good machine when it runs.

If you purchase a used machine, please make sure it has the latest firmware and software updates. Use only Sony DVD+RW discs. That is the recommendation of the manufacturer and I have found it to be a REQUIREMENT.

When using the machine as a cd recorder, the machine inserts a gap of silence whenever the "record" button is pushed to make a new id on disc.
This does not happen while using DVD+RW discs.

I have also found the machine to be unreliable and to stop recording and stop playing back on occasion. For this reason I do not use it for critical work.

My experiences have been verified with 3 other machines run by colleagues.
So would you say that a masterlink would be the way to go then?

I don't need one right away but I'm slowly moving away from the DAW, first got a console, now a multitrack recorder, I'll print my mixes to the daw but eventually it might be good to have a cd recorder to print my masters on.
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