Stereo Backup advice needed... - Page 2

sonare · 7th March 2009

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Originally Posted by Daniel Stark

not sure if this has been pointed out, but the m-audio apparently truncates incoming 24-bit s/pdif data to 16 bit. tough to find reliable info on this point as m-audio is understandably vague on it.

No joke-- and WHERE did you read this? If you have not looked at the bit scope yourself and only seen 16 bits illuminated then you should not put such "info" on the web. I can tell you from experience that incoming 24-bit SPDIF data produces a proper-size 24 bit WAV file.

Rich

David Spearritt · 7th March 2009

Quote:

Originally Posted by sonare

If you have not looked at the bit scope yourself and only seen 16 bits illuminated ...Rich

I would be checking the last 8 bits of data as well to make sure they are not just padded with zeros.

desotoslo · 7th March 2009

Cool, Ben... yes, the Microtrack is the only thing south of half a grand that will allow digital backup.

Otherwise we're into $700-1000+ territory... as far as I know.

We need to get our facts straight on this one! thumbsup

sonare · 8th March 2009

Quote:

Originally Posted by desotoslo

This is making me look at outputting from my SPDIF on my firewire device into something like the Microtrack.

Any thoughts on that?

It is how I do backup on small gigs when simply stereo input is acceptable, and doing a live 2-mix keeps me interested in the proceedings.

Rich

desotoslo · 9th March 2009

Hey, it's worth mentioning that I found another contender for digital backup.

The Sony PCM-D50 has optical in/out and is built like a tank. It really seems worth the xtra dough over the Microtrack. Also, on 4 AA batteries, the record time is huge... over 20 hours. Also comes w/ adapter. Seems like a no-brainer, if you can spare the coin.

Street price is $450 new (lowest I've seen).

desotoslo · 9th March 2009

It seems like the computer/recorder/harddisk is at greatest risk of failure. Especially a frozen laptop. But yeah, anything can happen.

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desotoslo Lives for gear Joined: May 2008 Location: AZ Posts: 1,138	Hey, it's worth mentioning that I found another contender for digital backup. The Sony PCM-D50 has optical in/out and is built like a tank. It really seems worth the xtra dough over the Microtrack. Also, on 4 AA batteries, the record time is huge... over 20 hours. Also comes w/ adapter. Seems like a no-brainer, if you can spare the coin. Street price is $450 new (lowest I've seen).