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Location recorders and FireWire


graham

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I wasn't able to find info via searching and I am hoping some manufacturers could answer( or anyone else for that matter). Why don't location recorders( cantar, deva, 788, etc) pass audio via FireWire to a computer?  I mean this in terms of recording and sending audio on fw at same time

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Imho, the main function of a professional recorder is to record, which they all do. They are not meant to be an audio interface like an mbox or an m-audio box. One should not forget that with these boxes, the main work is actually happening inside the computer and the associated software.

-vin

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" Why don't location recorders( cantar, deva, 788, etc) pass audio via FireWire to a computer? "

well, firewire is a data path not an "audio path" (which would make it analog!!)

so actually, then, they are passing the audio, as data if they have firewire connections for drives. as the recorders are, by intentional design, not full fledged, general purpose computers (like Windows, Linux or Mac-OS PC's), they usually have firewire connectivity capabilities, limited by design, to appear (mount) to these computers as drives for file reading and writing purposes only.

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