Roland R-07

I thought this little recorder might garner some interest but it hit a deadzone here. The one really interesting feature of this recorder is it has bluetooth ability to monitor audio. Not sure about latency but at least there is some opportunity to monitor the audio on a remote recorder.
 
My Tascam DR22WL has a similar feature.

I honestly feel they just simply don't have a role at all on film set. Other than a fun toy for causal things.

You want at a minimum a Zoom F4, or if you're a broke high school film student then a Tascam DR60Dmk2 instead
 
I have some pro level gear, so this would be for those impossible moments, maybe when interference is raising havoc with your wireless. I imagine this as a substitute for something like a Tascam 10 series.

Didn't know the DR22 would do that.

Grant
 
Problem is three fold: no belt hook. No locking lav cable. Bluetooth can only do one channel.
 
The R-07 uses Bluetooth aptX Low Latency which is only 40ms, and may be negligible if just monitoring. Fancy things like simultaneous control and meter monitoring of many R-07 devices from your smart device may be very useful in some situations, but I fail to see an obvious use case in film production.
It is a very nice product btw. I had one and I am thinking of getting one again (not for video purposes though).
 
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