BAB414 Posted December 14, 2019 Report Share Posted December 14, 2019 15 hours ago, Fauzan said: Today in late 2019 I am using my 744T as a backup AES recorder to compliment my 664. It's fantastic. Set it to Ext-Auto Rec, set the 664 to Free Run Auto Mute and it starts and stop to the 664's command. Lovely backup headphone preamp with analog dial that will never go wrong! Fauzan, if the 664 is your master but it's set to Auto Mute, how do you jam your slates in the morning? Do you switch to Auto Mute after the initial jam? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fauzan Posted December 14, 2019 Report Share Posted December 14, 2019 48 minutes ago, BAB414 said: Fauzan, if the 664 is your master but it's set to Auto Mute, how do you jam your slates in the morning? Do you switch to Auto Mute after the initial jam? Hi BAB414, yes I do! I jam my 664 from an Ambient Lockit. We don't use smart slates but I employ the Nano Lockit on the cameras. Every few hours I would rejam the 664 to avoid any drift but in my experience the 664 will hold the timecode well for at least the first meal break (roughly 6 hours) Also anyone that's going to try this: Make sure you set the 744T Timecode Hold Off to at least 2 seconds. This is to ensure the 744T got the right timecode in before stamping the metadata on the file. I experimented with 0 second to get an instant record-stop trigger but I found the timecode to be wrong (the 744T needs time for the inbuilt-clock to chase timecode up-to-speed) and 2 seconds (default) is a good setting Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BAB414 Posted December 14, 2019 Report Share Posted December 14, 2019 3 minutes ago, Fauzan said: Hi BAB414, yes I do! I jam my 664 from an Ambient Lockit. We don't use smart slates but I employ the Nano Lockit on the cameras. Every few hours I would rejam the 664 to avoid any drift but in my experience the 664 will hold the timecode well for at least the first meal break (roughly 6 hours) Also anyone that's going to try this: Make sure you set the 744T Timecode Hold Off to at least 2 seconds. This is to ensure the 744T got the right timecode in before stamping the metadata on the file. I experimented with 0 second to get an instant record-stop trigger but I found the timecode to be wrong (the 744T needs time for the inbuilt-clock to chase timecode up-to-speed) and 2 seconds (default) is a good setting Thank you! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ramallo Posted December 14, 2019 Report Share Posted December 14, 2019 In 2019 is my recorder for ambisonic, have a B decoder inside, is tiny, great line inputs (have very extended lows) and expend no so much battery Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BAB414 Posted December 16, 2019 Report Share Posted December 16, 2019 On 12/14/2019 at 1:48 PM, Fauzan said: Hi BAB414, yes I do! I jam my 664 from an Ambient Lockit. We don't use smart slates but I employ the Nano Lockit on the cameras. Every few hours I would rejam the 664 to avoid any drift but in my experience the 664 will hold the timecode well for at least the first meal break (roughly 6 hours) Also anyone that's going to try this: Make sure you set the 744T Timecode Hold Off to at least 2 seconds. This is to ensure the 744T got the right timecode in before stamping the metadata on the file. I experimented with 0 second to get an instant record-stop trigger but I found the timecode to be wrong (the 744T needs time for the inbuilt-clock to chase timecode up-to-speed) and 2 seconds (default) is a good setting So I got it to work but for me to really enjoy using it, I need a way to be able to.jam TC devices in the morning and after lunch without having to change the timecode modes on both machines. Perhaps another device as the generator is the answer? Any other workarounds you can think of? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fauzan Posted December 16, 2019 Report Share Posted December 16, 2019 1 hour ago, BAB414 said: So I got it to work but for me to really enjoy using it, I need a way to be able to.jam TC devices in the morning and after lunch without having to change the timecode modes on both machines. Perhaps another device as the generator is the answer? Any other workarounds you can think of? Yes I use my Lockit to Jam the 664. You don't even need to change the Timecode mode on your 664 to do this. Just go to Timecode > Jam Menu and Jam from external device. It's only one cable swap away. You don't need to do anything on the 744T since it's chasing your 664. The 664 will stay in its Free Run Auto Mute all the time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BAB414 Posted December 16, 2019 Report Share Posted December 16, 2019 40 minutes ago, Fauzan said: Yes I use my Lockit to Jam the 664. You don't even need to change the Timecode mode on your 664 to do this. Just go to Timecode > Jam Menu and Jam from external device. It's only one cable swap away. You don't need to do anything on the 744T since it's chasing your 664. The 664 will stay in its Free Run Auto Mute all the time. I get that but I need my TC master to be TOD. I might need another device I can set. I think that's the answer. Thanks for the idea. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fauzan Posted December 16, 2019 Report Share Posted December 16, 2019 No worries. My timecode is Time of Day. If you get the Ambient Lockit you can Jam from their built-in RTC (Real Time Clock). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BAB414 Posted December 16, 2019 Report Share Posted December 16, 2019 Thanks for the tip. Didn't know it could do that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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