A couple of weeks ago I took a trip to Europe, and while there visited Aaton’s headquarters in beautiful Grenoble, France to better get to know the company that makes the new Cantar audio recorder.
By Glen Trew
The Sound Devices 688 harnesses the best of Sound Devices’ successful 633, 664 and 788T in their most powerful mixer to date.
We’ve posted a new video review of Zoom’s H5 recorder. The H5 is the latest four-channel field recorder from Zoom, and it shares many of the same improved attributes of the H6: a removable capsule system, a greatly improved noise floor, and the same high-quality preamps.
Zaxcom’s Nomad FP8 is a small, lightweight expansion panel control surface that attaches directly to the Nomad mixer/recorder. Make the Nomad — an already great device — even better.
We received our first shipment of Orca bags today, and to say we’re excited would be an understatement.
We’ll be bringing you our full review and video soon, but here’s a quick taste:
Following their success with the Stingray for the 633, K-Tek has released a new bag, the Stingray 2, for the 664. Check out our video showing the ins and outs of K-Tek’s latest offering.
We stopped by the Sound Devices booth to chat with Pat McConnell about the new line of Pix Recorders.
Since the release of the Sound Devices 633, we’ve noticed a number of questions that customers are consistently asking. I’ve addressed the top 20 FAQs below. If you have any further questions, please contact a member of our sales staff or e-mail me directly.
Sound Devices has released a firmware update (v2.00) for their flagship field production mixer, the 664. Version 2.00 opens up the mixer’s connections to accommodate 6 additional inputs by reappropriating the TA3 direct output jacks.
As mentioned a couple of months ago in an August 21 article posted in Trew Audio Flow (see the article here), we discovered a problem having to do with noise being induced into the Canon 5D-MkII camera when – and only when – attached to the DR-60D. The amount of testing that could be done was limited by Tascam not being able to deliver more DR-60Ds at the time (they were between production runs). However, other customers responded to the report, saying they had the same problem with their DR-60D and 5D-MkII setup. So it may well be a consistent problem with earlier DR-60D recorders.
Due to manufacturer restrictions, we may not be able to ship some or all of these products outside of North America. At checkout, all shipping prices are calculated from the US. Orders to Canadian addresses may be shipped from our Toronto or Vancouver stores, with shipping costs adjusted (usually lower). For exact shipping cost to Canada please contact our Toronto or Vancouver offices.
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