Maximumbass

Okay gotta ask. why?

Yep,,,the preamps on the 788 sound fine,,,I have recorded lots of bands and they sounded great on the tv when I heard them back..would I choose this 8 track recorder with these preamps if I had other options that most people use to record music… hell no.

If you have your heart set on a audio for film recorder the to track music,the cantar or 788 would be my pick…I would not characterize either as musical and would chose lots of other gear to record music before these…but if it all has to fit in a little suitcase you won’t be disappointed by the clean tracks you get.

No drugs? Buy some nice preamps. Sounds like you are not compromising for film…mics can be in the shot yes? If so the digital recording box does not matter much nowadays…most are pretty acceptable. langevin ,api,neve,urei preamps are pretty musical, you might want some dynamic mics (57,421) to close mic the electric guitars,,,maybe some ribbons ( old royers,rcas are great ) . As far as a musical recorder , studer a80 is nice,,,but not very portable.

If you had a tentaclesync on your dslr camera,,,It would have 1 track of in sync Timecode and one track of scratch camera audio, wireless if you take the bother to set the camera correctly.

Location sound + laptop and usb interface = crash & burn

There is a reason you did not find much when you dug around on google Pro tools ? Midi ? LTC timecode?... my 80s music studio called,,,they want their russian dragon back. With most of the multi-camera gigs I have been on ,the under 1k soultion for a hardwire sync on cameras is usually some bnc cables...if the cameras are too crappy to have real connectors ,then camera mic and plural eyes or whatever the kids are using nowadays is kinda normal. Scrape up the 1K and by some tentacles,they got bluetooth now,,kinda sexy.

You have to buy their server 40-120ms delay,,,same as bluetooth,,,meh

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I have sold to european buyers alot of higher block stuff....but no hurry for 600mhz in canada,,,,you probably have a couple of years before rogers totally slams it...The government still has alot of flow charts and paperwork to do..http://www.ic.gc.ca/eic/site/smt-gst.nsf/eng/sf11344.html

High stakes or not,when your simultaneous multi-card recording machine fails during a take,sometimes the protection is an marketing illusion. If you don't have a second recorder running...you might have squat. Cheers Sean

Seven years old...its toast even if you do not use it much. Best to ditch it,,When they get that hot bad things happen. Cheers Sean

John is correct. While the red can record some wonderful video,it seems that audio was an afterthought,,,or just badly designed......You must not be a soundman. Sooner or later it will burn you if you are a sound guy. While most of the time it works fine,,,The red cannot reliably record audio "just enough to sync with plural eyes".... it will pretend it is recording audio and record NOTHING usable,or nothing at all. that is why we treat it like a film camera..... slate... remember,,,,its a red.

Rocking the heavy bag for a reality construction gig...who needs the gym when you have a brick like this.. Nice farmers tan too.

Great site,lots of pertinent info from real professionals,,and then some of that other entertaining stuff. About time I kicked in some bucks. Cheers Sean

They are both good,,if I had to choose out of the two 24 would be my pick. Cheers Sean

i went through a couple sets of the HD 25s.I liked them because I could monitor at a lower volume than the sonys and save my ears a bit.Both had the connector issue.Ended up with the ultrasone hfi700. They dont kill my ears like the sonys and They still sound great after four years of getting beaten. Dont think they still make them,but they show up on ebay sometimes,would be worth checking out.

i would go for this one,,,but my car is unreliable,,,not so good at post audio either. Shooting a non for profit short film at a local dining establishment in Pickering, Ontario. The production team is very small, and won't exceed more than 10 people for the production. The entire production will be shot on the days of March 15th and 16th and entirely indoors at a local dining establishment in Pickering, Ontario. My team and I are looking for an experienced individual who can both perform as a boom operator AND a sound designer. Since our film is non for profit, it would really help us a lot if you are able to use your own equipment. If you don't have your own, we will rent one for you (once we have discussed what will be needed). Further details about the project will be discussed, as well as a script will be provided upon formal meeting. This entire position is unpaid. You MUST also have reliable transportation to and from set on the shooting days. If interested, please email us with your resume