DR-100 playback weirdness

[Mark A. Beal]

I recently took my newly purchased DR-100 out for its maiden voyage and I have a perplexing issue. Listening through the headphones (Sony 7506s), the audio sounds very weird: it sounds slightly slow and has a strong echo. I changed the batteries thinking maybe it was a power problem, but it persisted. When I played the files back, same thing: slow and echo-ey. When I imported them into FCP, however, they sounded fine and I was able edit them in no problem. I've gone through the menus to see if there's something I could have set wrong, but didn't find anything. Then again, I'm new to these particular machines.

 

[gpforet]

That is wierd but it's the second time I've heard someone report this. I have been operating a DR-100 for about 9 months and have not experienced this at all.

Since playback in FCP is fine then we know the recording is o.k.

It sounds like you may have the input settings/monitor set to ON. When this is set to ON, the unit is always sending the mic inputs to the headphone jack, even when playing back a recording. You may be hearing both your recording, and the live mics.

I set this setting to OFF, and then put the recorder into record/stby to monitor what the mic(s) are doing to set levels. When the STOP button is pressed, you don't hear the mics.

Check this setting and see if that helps.

 

[Mark A. Beal]

That occurred to me, so I tried it both with the monitor on and the monitor off. Same thing. Any time sound is coming out the headphone jack, it's messed up.

 

[gpforet]

Wow, and like I said, you're the second person who has mentioned this symptom. I am not experiencing this with my DR-100. And I've used it the way it came from the factory, as well as after flashing it to support 96k.

Is the speaker turned on?

That occurred to me, so I tried it both with the monitor on and the monitor off. Same thing. Any time sound is coming out the headphone jack, it's messed up.

 

[Mark A. Beal]

Problem solved. The unit has a variable speed function ("PB Control" button top right) which I had inadvertently activated. Solution is to go into the playback menu and set it at "0" so that if I accidentally press that button again -- which I can now attest is very easy to do -- it won't actually change the speed.

 

[gpforet]

Good tip. Thanks for sharing!

Problem solved. The unit has a variable speed function ("PB Control" button top right) which I had inadvertently activated. Solution is to go into the playback menu and set it at "0" so that if I accidentally press that button again -- which I can now attest is very easy to do -- it won't actually change the speed.