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The Marantz sets track marks when the dB level falls
below a certain point for more than 3 seconds.

Setting this up is especially difficult when you're
transcribing LPs, because they are relatively noisy.

I doubt it. IIRC the cut off point is -40 dB.

There's two sides to this story, and that is only one.
If you set your machine to drop in track marks at -40
dB, you run the risk of putting track
marks in fade-outs long before they are totally faded
out.

Not ideal, granted. IIRC, you can also manually
set the tracks.

Takes mucho hand-and-eye coordination.

Why?

This one you'll have to learn for yourself Jenn.

RC (the last time I used the device was about 3
years ago) you just punch in the track markers before
finalization.

That's not how the CD recorders I've used work. You
have to punch in the track markers as you are
recording. How else would the poor dumb machine know
where to put them?

That could well be the case; as I wrote, it has been a
few years since I used one. But anyway, why would that
require "mucho hand-eye coordination"?

If I read the review correctly, there's a recording mode
that adds a track number every minute, so one can use
approximate timing as a guide to adding the real track
numbers before finalizing.

Maybe the buttons are hard to see or something.

Stephen

There is a button (clear to see and use) on the remote
where you simply punch in a track marking where you want
one....seems easy.

Wait till you try to do it with good accuracy.

Hey, if getting your tracks within a minute is good enough for you, then
you
won't have any problems! ;-)

I'm not trying to be obstinate, but how hard can it be? A track ends on
the LP and you push the button on the remote. Am I missing something?

Yes, you are missing something. You have to be there, paying attention, for
this to work. IOW, it consumes your time right along with the playing time
of the recording. I didn't like this feature, so I used software that would
make an unattended recording.

One of my friends had a record changer, and he put a stack of LPs on the
player and recorded the entire set onto his hard drive. Turned the stack
over and did the other side. He could be doing something entirely different
during the process.

Norm Strong