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one failing of my RC09 I feel is the LCD in bright light ( read daylight ) i don't know is it my unit?

so this a totally different kettle of (digi)fish to the rc09 - which has (kindly put) average pre-amps?

I am feeling gear lust when I look at it.....

how u feel it is for film production sound?

looking forward to your post!

martina

nice! im drooling digifish!
i had the pleasure of using the r-4 last week, and was pretty impressed with it.
i noticed though that the new r-44 does not have the same selector for line-level or mic-level switch, located just below the analog input terminals, as the r-4.
i was planning on interfacing a sound devices 442 mixer on the r-44 to hopefully further improve the quality and versatility. is this advisable, or is it good enough as direct connection?

thanks!

mark

sagmaw
nice! im drooling digifish!
i had the pleasure of using the r-4 last week, and was pretty impressed with it.
i noticed though that the new r-44 does not have the same selector for line-level or mic-level switch, located just below the analog input terminals, as the r-4.
i was planning on interfacing a sound devices 442 mixer on the r-44 to hopefully further improve the quality and versatility. is this advisable, or is it good enough as direct connection?

thanks!

mark

Hi Mark,

the R44 has a variable (9 step?) sensitivity adjustment from Line to Mic levels (outer ring on the front 4 knobs) and then a trim for each level (inner ring). Whether or not the internal mic-pres are good enough will depend on the mic and sound you are recording. I am really not sure at the moment how the internal mic-pres compare to a Sound Devices MixPre that I have been using. I have been experimenting (one evening only so far) and think the main differences come at the upper end of the gain, MixPre is quieter. But I plan do do some objective comparisons soon...stay tuned...

digifish

I paid $CAN 1850 for my (Version 1) R4 and have never regretted it. The preamps are a little weak, but still totally useable. (They're a little noisy with moderate gain) I typically use only 2 channels for environment sounds, but I have done a few 4 track nature recordings.

I may go and have a look at the R44, my R4 is getting a little old. Pretty cool you can chain them together. Even though SD has no moving parts, I do enjoy the R4 harddrive because I ocassionally do all evening musical projects on it. Handy to not have to worry about media swap.

Also love the trim situation that digi describes. Thats a wicked addition.

Has anyone run this on batteries yet? How long do they last?

lonemonk

Has anyone run this on batteries yet? How long do they last?

...reported on http://taperssection.com/index.php/topic,97214.345.html ...

Worst case scenario -

2 hours 57 mins

Ni-MH batteries
recording 4 mono tracks at 16/44.1
four phantoms on
display on,
buttons on dim,
illumination off.

digifish

Digifish

Thank you for providing us with all this info. I'm curious though as to what it sounds like?

thanks

ambrose

ambrose1
Digifish

Thank you for providing us with all this info. I'm curious though as to what it sounds like?

thanks

ambrose

This file comes from "Ozpeter" at --> http://taperssection.com/index.php/topic,103270.30.html

He notes

"The original was 44.1kHz, 16 bits, preamp level -38dB, input level 0dB (12 o'clock position of the fader knob).

The music was recorded on location, and the following 'silence' in a recording studio, same mics, same levels."

file...

http://www.digifishmusic.com/public/sounds/R-44_dynamc_range.mp3

very happy with the R-44...

this is my setup during a low budget full-length:

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3173/3085502841_40345aec13.jpg

during a commercial shoot:

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3138/3085531213_9750a17a14_b.jpg
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3070/3086367494_4759c928c7.jpg

sagmaw
very happy with the R-44...

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3173/3085502841_40345aec13.jpg

Nice Sound Devices rig there too...how are you using them together?

digifish

digifishmusic

Nice Sound Devices rig there too...how are you using them together?

digifish

thanks sir! for the 722, i use the main out from the 442. for the edirol, i use the direct individual outs from the 442. its like the 722 becomes my backup at times, hahaha