Fred Salles Posted October 3, 2019 Report Share Posted October 3, 2019 Hi, It seems as of this week the Sound devices CL-12 is discontinued... Why is that so? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter Mega Posted October 3, 2019 Report Share Posted October 3, 2019 Probably because there’s a new CL coming for the Scorpio and 833 that is possibly backwards compatible with 6 series (and maybe even 7 series) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IronFilm Posted October 4, 2019 Report Share Posted October 4, 2019 2 hours ago, Peter Mega said: that is possibly backwards compatible with 6 series (and maybe even 7 series) In my personal opinion there is next to no chance of that happening. CL12 will remain the best choice for the 6 Series Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
afewmoreyears Posted October 6, 2019 Report Share Posted October 6, 2019 Well that's not good news.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mirror Posted October 7, 2019 Report Share Posted October 7, 2019 Talked to the SD guys at Trewapalooza this weekend and asked them about the discontinuation of the CL-12. They said that they had to drop something to concentrate on the new scorpio control surface. They said they will still service the CL-12 just not make them anymore. I asked if the new control panel would be backwards compatable with the 6 series. The said likely not. I think its a bad idea for them to drop this product. Makes me wish I had never bought a SD 688 last year. Maybe I'll look into Cantar. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Constantin Posted October 7, 2019 Report Share Posted October 7, 2019 I can understand why they need to drop the CL-12 production, and I can also understand why it’s annoying to users. But since they‘ll still support it, there’s no problem, unless you have a 6-series recorder and don’t have a CL-12, but want to get one. Once the new controller gets released, though, I‘m sure there‘ll be lots of used CL-12 being sold. I for one am very happy they decided to build a controller for the Scorpio and hope they’ll get it right. If not I‘ll also joing the Cantar crowd, as their controller is brilliant Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BAB414 Posted October 7, 2019 Report Share Posted October 7, 2019 The fact that the CL-12 will work with 833/Scorpio is a big selling point for me for those recorders. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drpro Posted October 8, 2019 Report Share Posted October 8, 2019 Cantar +1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IronFilm Posted October 8, 2019 Report Share Posted October 8, 2019 5 hours ago, Mirror said: Makes me wish I had never bought a SD 688 last year. Maybe I'll look into Cantar. Had Scorpio been announced yet? Then you already knew the 688 has previous generation tech. Not Sound Devices' fault at all. If however you purchased your 688 just before Scorpio was announced, then that was very unlucky timing!! But that is life, it happens. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Westgate Posted October 8, 2019 Report Share Posted October 8, 2019 On 10/4/2019 at 1:50 PM, IronFilm said: In my personal opinion there is next to no chance of that happening. CL12 will remain the best choice for the 6 Series Maybe not !!!??? mike Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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