So many things get better with age -- cheese, wine, George Clooney -- but did that Ibanez Blazer Bass really attain some magical quality once it hit the two-decade mark? Crosstalk discusses the liberal use of the "vintage" tag and its implications.
Marantz releases the PMD580, the latest addition to their PMD line. Its a solid state recorder that boasts one huge new function -- networking ability. In an online, networking, MySpace obsessed world, this ability is now almost integral for survival.
Marantz has announced the PMD620, a compact field recorder with many capabilities intent on toppling some of its SD competitors like the ever popular Zoom H4 and the Edirol R09. Sizing in at a new minimum for Marantz,...
Offsite Link: Visit Marantz's official website here.
From the floor of the 122nd AES Convention in Vienna, Austria John McCubbery shows us the Korg MR-1 and MR-1000. Both of these recorders run in stereo and use DSD 1-bit recording.
The Edirol R-09 is getting a facelift. Well, at least the popular portable field recorder will come in some new colors. Also, a new line of accesories will be available for the R-09. A custom carrying sleeve and headphone...
Today I was contemplating my ancient Tascam 4-track cassette recorder, wondering what the hell I was still doing with it taking up space in the closet. On a whim I did a keyword search on the phrase cassette multitrack, and...
M-Audio's Microtrack gets an up close look in our demo video. This pocket-sized beauty is built for a variety of applications, including scratch recording, sampling or sample transfers, even doing musician interviews or recording...
The Sound Devices 744t portable hard
disk recorder has a new 2.0 firmware update that lets it record to an
external firewire hard drive or DVD RAM. The new firmware also lets you use an
external keyboard with the recorder....
Fostex
gives an advance look at the FR2LE, a digital field recorder which can work as a live sound recorder
from a sound board out, a scratch recorder for a rehearsal (it has two built-in mics) or a
wild sound recorder...
Offsite Link: Check out the official Fostex website for more information on the FR2LE and other Fostex technologies
Edirol's Michael Barrett offers yet more proof that the bad old days of DAT are gone forever. Check out the impressive feature list of this iPod-sized device in Gearwire's very own Edirol R-09 video from Winter NAMM 2006. ...
Offsite Link: Check out the Edirol R-09 page to get more info on the R-09.
Sony takes portable digital to the extreme, offering 96k, 24-bit recording in the field. The Sony PCM D1 looks like something out of a Star Trek episode, with titanium features, a built-in preamp, a high-pass filter, plus...
Offsite Link: To pick up more information on the PCM D1, check out Sony's official website for the PCM D1.
Sony's redesign of the MZ-M100 minidisc field recorder features a more ergnomic design (with a bigger record button), plus the ability to record at both High MD and regular minidisc formats. The file uploading speed is faster...
119th AES 2005: TASCAM gives Gearwire the story on the TASCAM HD-P2 Portable High-Definition Stereo Audio Recorder. The HD-P2 is about the size of your average hardback novel and can run on 5 AA batteries for maximum portability...
119th AES 2005: TASCAM gives Gearwire viewers the lowdown on the V-RA1000 High-Resolution Audio/DSD Master Recorder. The DV-RA1000 can be used to record normal quality CDs, but it really shines when used to record at...
By all indications, PreSonus hit one out of the park with their new ADL 600 dual-channel tube microphone preamp. Designed in collaboration with Anthony DeMaria, the unit offers gobs of headroom and a whopping 72dB of gain....
Offsite Link: Check out the ADL-600 page at the official PreSonus website.
Looks like Gearwire isn't the only one excited about the trend toward compact digital field reocorders--as represented by Edirol's R-09 and M-Audio's MicroTrack....
