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problems with Marantz PMD-670
I'm using a Sennheiser ME-66 micophone (together with K-6) and I'm
having problems. Sounds clip eventhough I'm far below 0 db. I tried the mic on different recorders, sounds great. so I figure it has to do with pre-amps or something. tried also with line-in, no problems. tried with mic atten -20 db, then it seems to be gone. but I want to record environments at 0 db mic atten. with occasional peaks. they clip, even when the record level is set low (-6 db for maximum peaks). Anyone any ideas?? One more problem, when recording in mp3 format on my Sandisk 512 mb compact flash card, recording stops unexpectedly after 40 to 50 seconds (recording in mp2 of wav format with the sandisk card works fine). When using the 64 mb card that came with the pmd670 recording in mp3 format seems to work ok. Are more people experiencing this with larger size compact flash cards?? |
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roderick wrote:
I'm using a Sennheiser ME-66 micophone (together with K-6) and I'm having problems. Sounds clip eventhough I'm far below 0 db. I tried the mic on different recorders, sounds great. so I figure it has to do with pre-amps or something. tried also with line-in, no problems. tried with mic atten -20 db, then it seems to be gone. but I want to record environments at 0 db mic atten. with occasional peaks. they clip, even when the record level is set low (-6 db for maximum peaks). Anyone any ideas?? Use the pad, or use a mike preamp with more headroom. --scott -- "C'est un Nagra. C'est suisse, et tres, tres precis." |
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roderick wrote:
I'm using a Sennheiser ME-66 micophone (together with K-6) and I'm having problems. Sounds clip eventhough I'm far below 0 db. I tried the mic on different recorders, sounds great. so I figure it has to do with pre-amps or something. tried also with line-in, no problems. tried with mic atten -20 db, then it seems to be gone. but I want to record environments at 0 db mic atten. with occasional peaks. they clip, even when the record level is set low (-6 db for maximum peaks). Anyone any ideas?? One more problem, when recording in mp3 format on my Sandisk 512 mb compact flash card, recording stops unexpectedly after 40 to 50 seconds (recording in mp2 of wav format with the sandisk card works fine). When using the 64 mb card that came with the pmd670 recording in mp3 format seems to work ok. Are more people experiencing this with larger size compact flash cards?? Just did 22 hours of conference with a Sandisk 512MB cf card no problems. Used mp2, 192/48 mono. Chip Gallo |
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roderick wrote: I'm using a Sennheiser ME-66 micophone (together with K-6) and I'm having problems. Sounds clip eventhough I'm far below 0 db. I tried the mic on different recorders, sounds great. so I figure it has to do with pre-amps or something. tried also with line-in, no problems. tried with mic atten -20 db, then it seems to be gone. but I want to record environments at 0 db mic atten. with occasional peaks. they clip, even when the record level is set low (-6 db for maximum peaks). Anyone any ideas?? Mic pre-amp overload. Use the 20 dB pad. -- Len Moskowitz PDAudio, Binaural Mics, Cables, DPA, M-Audio Core Sound http://www.stealthmicrophones.com Teaneck, New Jersey USA http://www.core-sound.com Tel: 201-801-0812, FAX: 201-801-0912 |
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Chip gallo wrote:
Just did 22 hours of conference with a Sandisk 512MB cf card no problems. Used mp2, 192/48 mono. Chip Gallo MP2 works fine with me too, it's mp3 where things go wrong. roderick |
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Can't help you with your flash card problem.
I've had problems with Compact Flash cards that have been formated on Windows XP. Sometimes the Marantz does not know how much space is on the card. Sometimes it just stops in the middle of the recording. I formated the card on the Marantz and it worked just fine. |
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roderick wrote:
wrote in message om... Can't help you with your flash card problem. I've had problems with Compact Flash cards that have been formated on Windows XP. Sometimes the Marantz does not know how much space is on the card. Sometimes it just stops in the middle of the recording. I formated the card on the Marantz and it worked just fine. I Tried formatting the card with both the marantz as well as windows xp...problem remains. Problem is that the files become corrupt during recording. I did a test by recording on mp2 non-stop for 8 hours, which went ok until i tried to upload to my pc. the windows said file was corrupt. A similar problem happens to me, but only with one certain XP machine and not with several Win2K boxes. When I attempt to transfer it either hangs or says that the file is in use. If I pull the CF card out of the recorder and plug it into a Xs drive (stand alone file store), it transfers the file OK. I always reformat the card in the Marantz to clean this up. This has only happened with one of two Sandisk 512 cards that we bought. It is scary that the files can appear corrupted, and points out a distinct advantage to physical tape. A footnote -- I contacted tech support and they thought it might be a bad CF card. And why did they put a USB 1.1 port on a device released in July 2003? Chip Gallo |
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Is there anyone that needs to use an external mic attenuator to
prevent clipping?? (I mean with internal mic atten set to 0 db, since -20 db is way too much). Because is seems to me there is no other way you will get clear recordings when intern mic attenuator is set to 0 dB. Unless your in the middle of a forest. please help!! |
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Problem is that the files become corrupt during recording. I did a
test by recording on mp2 non-stop for 8 hours, which went ok until i tried to upload to my pc. the windows said file was corrupt. How has it been for uncompressed PCM recording? Scott Fraser |
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