myke2241 Posted June 21, 2012 Report Share Posted June 21, 2012 i am looking for a new deck and I want to revisit the Aeta Systems 4MINX which had a vapor release a couple of years ago. I am interested to know if there is anyone on JW has battle tested the 4minx indoors or outdoors . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VM Posted June 21, 2012 Report Share Posted June 21, 2012 A French colleague has bought one. He wrote a review: http://afsi.eu/technique/test-de-l-enregistreur-4minx-de-aeta Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
myke2241 Posted June 21, 2012 Author Report Share Posted June 21, 2012 A French colleague has bought one. He wrote a review: http://afsi.eu/techn...r-4minx-de-aeta Thanks. Not a bad write up. i wish the company would no respond to my E-Mails. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MatthewFreedAudio Posted June 21, 2012 Report Share Posted June 21, 2012 Thanks. Not a bad write up. i wish the company would no respond to my E-Mails. Probably not a good sign. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
myke2241 Posted June 21, 2012 Author Report Share Posted June 21, 2012 Probably not a good sign. You are right on the mark there Matt. But i would still like to see what they got and get a bead on their mystery pricing / availability. The deck does look good feature wise. I started a thread " Whats SD doing these days " to point out the huge cost / feature gap the 788 vs 702 -744 has. Sadly people did not get the point and i am not so sure Jon cared all to much either. and although i really liked my 744 i think the 4minx mite suit may needs a little more. I like to explore all my options. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ramallo Posted June 21, 2012 Report Share Posted June 21, 2012 This device was one of my first choices, finally, I chosen the Nomad due the ultra expensive options of the AETA. The prices in Europe are (+ VAT in my country 18%): -4 tracks= 3400€ -6 tracks= 3600€ -8 tracks= 3800€ -Timecode= 500€ -Soundfield option= 495€ -AC Adapter= 90€ -Bag= 275€ -Battery= 90€ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
myke2241 Posted June 21, 2012 Author Report Share Posted June 21, 2012 This device was one of my first choices, finally, I chosen the Nomad due the ultra expensive options of the AETA. The prices in Europe are (+ VAT in my country 18%): -4 tracks= 3400€ -6 tracks= 3600€ -8 tracks= 3800€ -Timecode= 500€ -Soundfield option= 495€ -AC Adapter= 90€ -Bag= 275€ -Battery= 90€ Very pricy! how old is this pricing? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ramallo Posted June 22, 2012 Report Share Posted June 22, 2012 Very pricy! how old is this pricing? Five months Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
myke2241 Posted June 23, 2012 Author Report Share Posted June 23, 2012 So i have received a updated price list. ramallo is correct you are better off buying a Nomad with beta prices these high. I hope this helps others! 4minxpricelist2012.pdf Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neil Mc Posted June 27, 2012 Report Share Posted June 27, 2012 I like the look of this machine - but the fact that it only records to one SD card makes me a bit nervous! Am I just being paranoid or is that valid.... I realise you can plug in a USB stick or EXT drive but for over the shoulder work that still doesn't seem ideal. Anyone actually using these? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Olle Sjostrom Posted June 27, 2012 Report Share Posted June 27, 2012 Anyone actually using these? Yes, both indoors and outdoors (Sarcastic, I'm not using one, it's just that selling line is so funny...) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neil Mc Posted June 27, 2012 Report Share Posted June 27, 2012 hahaa yes I saw that. The wonders of google translate gone wrong I think. Hard for this 4Minx to compete with the Nomad I suppose based on the pricing (amongst other differences) but I like to investigate new machines! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VASI Posted June 27, 2012 Report Share Posted June 27, 2012 4MINX TC 6 : Mixer + 6-Track Recording + Ambient TC = $7,025 Sorry Aeta. But... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mskill Posted July 21, 2012 Report Share Posted July 21, 2012 Hi chaps, I had one on loan a few weeks ago and have written a 'review' of it www.reviews.audioskill.co.uk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LuckyNat Posted October 4, 2018 Report Share Posted October 4, 2018 On 6/21/2012 at 12:02 PM, VM said: A French colleague has bought one. He wrote a review: http://afsi.eu/technique/test-de-l-enregistreur-4minx-de-aeta I'm looking at secondhand recorders and would like to find more opinions on the 4Minx. Alas - reflecting the future of so much modern culture and writing - your friend's review has not been kept on the internet 6 years later. Do you know if they have it hosted elsewhere or if they have it saved anywhere? Or could even upload it to jwsoundgroup as an attachment? Thanks in advance.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
13324 Posted October 4, 2018 Report Share Posted October 4, 2018 (edited) On 10/4/2018 at 10:22 AM, LuckyNat said: Do you know if they have it hosted elsewhere or if they have it saved anywhere? Or could even upload it to jwsoundgroup as an attachment? Here’s a saved copy of the page from the Internet Archive. Edited October 15, 2018 by Daniel Ignacio Fixed link. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ramallo Posted October 8, 2018 Report Share Posted October 8, 2018 I don't recommend the Aeta 4Minx in any way, I had one and I'm very lucky for sold it. IMMO have a awful metadata, no serious surface faders, sluggiest interface I seen (Is not capable of show the TC frames), a slow mirroring (Slower than the Maxx) the ambisonic converter won't work properly, have a horrible low level tone at 1490Hz (Easily audible when work at low level). His favor point, the best preamplifiers I heard in a battery operated device Best Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Immoral Mr Teas Posted October 9, 2018 Report Share Posted October 9, 2018 4 hours ago, ramallo said: ... have a horrible low level tone at 1490Hz (Easily audible when work at low level). His favor point, the best preamplifiers I heard in a battery operated device By low level you mean 'quiet' I take it? I work quiet all the time (atmos fx etc) and had heard of the good preamps. A sine wave (?) at 1490Hz over quiet atmos would be awful. First I'd heard of it. Hardware or software problem I wonder? Cheers, Jez Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ramallo Posted October 9, 2018 Report Share Posted October 9, 2018 6 hours ago, The Immoral Mr Teas said: By low level you mean 'quiet' I take it? I work quiet all the time (atmos fx etc) and had heard of the good preamps. A sine wave (?) at 1490Hz over quiet atmos would be awful. First I'd heard of it. Hardware or software problem I wonder? Cheers, Jez I tried two units, and both have the same noise. I heard this tone when I recorded music. At the finish of a song, when the sound of the instrument disappear the tone is noticeable. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Immoral Mr Teas Posted October 11, 2018 Report Share Posted October 11, 2018 What's the graph, Ramallo? An ambient recording? It looks strangely like a good old fashioned 6dB/octave LF magnetic curve but expect it isn't. And there's two almost as disturbing peaks (or actually much worse, excepting their musical position) at c. 70 and 20k Hz? What are they?? Cheers, J Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ilari Sivil Posted October 12, 2018 Report Share Posted October 12, 2018 If I had to guess, the peak at around 20kHz is actually the anti-aliasing filter at 24kHz. I've seen other gear do that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ramallo Posted October 14, 2018 Report Share Posted October 14, 2018 On 10/12/2018 at 1:45 AM, The Immoral Mr Teas said: What's the graph, Ramallo? An ambient recording? It looks strangely like a good old fashioned 6dB/octave LF magnetic curve but expect it isn't. And there's two almost as disturbing peaks (or actually much worse, excepting their musical position) at c. 70 and 20k Hz? What are they?? Cheers, J Is a fft from my Soundfield SPS200, taken from the file that I uploaded to Soundcloud. The high frequency peak is due the combination of the four channels (The fft is a 4 channel combined), and the low frequency peak from the ambience, the problem is the peak in the middle, is easilly distingable (The file was normalized for make it more notorious). The problem is hughe at low gain (0dB), with more gain is hardly to hear. The microphone is ok, no noise in other recorders, and with the AETA I had the tone with all microphones that I tried The 6dB oct curve is due the Nuendo (more lineal than logarithmic)(flat with white noise) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Benjamin Posted October 15, 2018 Report Share Posted October 15, 2018 On 10/8/2018 at 12:28 PM, ramallo said: I don't recommend the Aeta 4Minx in any way, I had one and I'm very lucky for sold it. IMMO have a awful metadata, no serious surface faders, sluggiest interface I seen (Is not capable of show the TC frames), a slow mirroring (Slower than the Maxx) the ambisonic converter won't work properly, have a horrible low level tone at 1490Hz (Easily audible when work at low level). His favor point, the best preamplifiers I heard in a battery operated device Best Wow that peak is truly awful. It would drive me nuts. I've heard that the preamps are primo, but who cares if that peak is "built in"? Surely this is the result of some bad batch? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IronFilm Posted October 15, 2018 Report Share Posted October 15, 2018 On 10/5/2018 at 8:37 AM, Daniel Ignacio said: Here’s a saved copy of the page from the Internet Archive. https://web.archive.org/web/20120826161005/http://www.afsi.eu/technique/test-de-l-enregistreur-4minx-de-aeta It is in French however Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ramallo Posted October 15, 2018 Report Share Posted October 15, 2018 6 hours ago, Benjamin said: Wow that peak is truly awful. It would drive me nuts. I've heard that the preamps are primo, but who cares if that peak is "built in"? Surely this is the result of some bad batch? The preamps are stellar (For me the best), but this tone is very annoying (Very low level but easy to hear) (I noticed this when I record music or low sonority ambiances), I tried in two 4Minx (My unit and another newer), and both exhibit the same problem. I sent my machine to Aeta, according to Aeta was ok (IMMO maybe is a unresolved spray problem from digital side to analog) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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