At 12:48 PM 2010-03-18, [log in to unmask] wrote:
>The SD card does not slide in real smoothly, but that is minor IMO.
It depends on how you operate--at the church we're swapping SD cards
all the time 'cause I process and store the stuff here rather than
duplicating the setup at the church.
>Another thing - altho the LS-10 is said to support cards up to 16GB,
>my experience has been to not exceed 8GB, which is still alot. I had
>the latest firmware update. It does 24/96, but the file size limit
>is 2GB at 24/96 (about an hour?) (not with MP3, WMA - I rarely use
>these formats. Mostly I do 16/44.1). So when the file hits 1.99GB
>it's over. That is so Windows 98.
This is a mess, really. The H2 does support 16 GB cards, but I don't
like the gaps left at the 2 GB file size transition (the Sound
Devices units make new files without missing a sample or corrupting a
sample). The corruption is minor (especially with two recorders
running somewhat staggered by say ten seconds) at the switch between
file 1 and file 2, but it's there.
If you are recording more than two hours at 48 ks/s or one hour at 96
ks/s, you need to make sure that the changeover to the next file is seamless.
>I am not familiar with the LS-20.
My turn for a typo, the new one is an LS-11.
>Really small units, short pocket size, don't have room. Larger ones
>may have XLR, I think a Marantz model does/did?
I think the Fostex FR2LE? has XLRs and the Zoom H4n has XLRs/TRS, but
I hear (Transom's review possibly?) that the XLR mic inputs don't
have as good noise performance as the built-in mic inputs. Presumably
the phantom power inverter somehow leaks into the audio.
>It is good to DL a manual before buying, if available.
Indeed AND check the online reviews.
Cheers,
Richard
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