Ditital Audio Recorders

[Michael T]

I have been looking at the Tascam HD-P2 and the Sound Designs 722t and was wondering if any of you have used either of these two recorders and what your opinions are. They both are good machines and have similar features but the SD722 is over twice as much money but it has a 40 gig hard drive built in. They both can use compact
flash and both can read time code. The SD722 can output timecode as well. I have talked to Greg at Oade.com who puts an upgrade kit into the HD-P2 and he says for stereo recordings its better and better for ambient sounds. He says that the SD is better for Dialogue recording. I am interested if any of you have experience with the two of these units.

Also Korg is just releasing the MR-1000 which is a true 1bit recorder for field work and is $1149. It looks pretty good but doesn't have timecode but does have phantom power and a 40gig hard drive and the front end looks easy to use. 1 bit recording is certianly they way to go for quality and I like the look of this unit so I might end up getting this one. Anyone looked at it?

I have talked to a couple of people that seem to think that with digital recorders timecode is not as needed as it once was because they don't drift like recorders use to.
I was wondering if its really still a must to have and since the HVR200 doesn't input or output timecode if its that much of a issue. Or how would one use timecode with the HVX200 to lock it up?:happy:

 

[Oleg 2]

if you want work fast - you need tc , it doesnt matter the 200 doesnt output tc - it matter that it can run free run
so except few claps each day you dont have to slate every take .


the tascam is a cripple device which need ext tc generator, not to mention if you will work with normal camera which pulls tc outside and the production would work in rec run ,the sd can go into rec , the tascam dont.
the tascam from the box i checked doesnt sound as good as sd for music recording , for dialog , i dont think any one will see allot of difference .
the 702 t doesnt have internal hard drive , but you can hook external one true the fire wire connection.
the 722 doesnt have tc but has internal hard drive(waist of money for film business if you ask me)
this issue was chewed 100 time on this board , do some search, you will probably find the answers .
by the way if you are shooting with hvx you can go straight to the camera with good mixer /preamp in front , save money in post and it really doesnt matter to much for dialog recording .