Audio Broad Posted July 15, 2014 Report Share Posted July 15, 2014 M'aide!!!!!! A good friend is having a major problem with the 744 not responding on set now 11:15 7/15/14. If you know the machine super well and have time now for a phone consult please text me Mary Jo (310) 570-3641 and I we'll give you her #. Thanks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
studiomprd Posted July 15, 2014 Report Share Posted July 15, 2014 CALL SD!!! toll free: 800.505.0625 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Audio Broad Posted July 15, 2014 Author Report Share Posted July 15, 2014 Thanks All responders. That goes on your permanent record. Replacement machine working, they'll let the crew calm down and go from there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marc Wielage Posted July 16, 2014 Report Share Posted July 16, 2014 In the couple of years I owned a 744, I had it lock up twice. The solution was to disconnect the power, remove all batteries and let it sit for a couple of minutes. (I may have also taken a paper bag with a dead chicken in it and swung it over my head.) Batteries back in, power reconnected, then reboot... and it was fine. Never happened during record, but I once had it happen right before I was going into record. I suspect it was just a fluke. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Philip Perkins Posted July 16, 2014 Report Share Posted July 16, 2014 I've had way weirder 744 incidents than that, incl ones wher the whole front panel turned into a random full-brightness lightshow, which gradually calmed completely down to normal as new firmware was loaded. 744s are so cheap now that it's not hard to have a 2nd one as a backup along. philp Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marc Wielage Posted July 16, 2014 Report Share Posted July 16, 2014 Oh, yeah -- I've seen the "Christmas Tree Light" syndrome. I think I had that happen when I hooked up the 744 through its firewire connection to a computer, copied the files off, ejected it... but the 744 didn't want to "let go." Got it back through the same routine of disconnecting all the batteries. The 744 is still a good, usable machine for certain things. Has the price come down on them? I was kind of hoping that, with the emergence of the 633, the 744 would suddenly drop to $1500 or something... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rick Reineke Posted July 16, 2014 Report Share Posted July 16, 2014 The 'dead chicken in bag' method would be my initial repair procedure. ..and those of us who own 744s hope the price goes back up Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Philip Perkins Posted July 17, 2014 Report Share Posted July 17, 2014 Oh, yeah -- I've seen the "Christmas Tree Light" syndrome. I think I had that happen when I hooked up the 744 through its firewire connection to a computer, copied the files off, ejected it... but the 744 didn't want to "let go." Got it back through the same routine of disconnecting all the batteries. The 744 is still a good, usable machine for certain things. Has the price come down on them? I was kind of hoping that, with the emergence of the 633, the 744 would suddenly drop to $1500 or something... My lightshow had nothing to do with FW, just some kind of firmware freakout, or cosmic ray activity etc etc. Who knows? Yes, sacrifice a chicken, burn some black candles, throw some oatmeal at the moon with your devil hat on…. philp Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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