bary555 Posted January 3, 2021 Report Share Posted January 3, 2021 Hi People! I'm would like to buy some new gear this year. Preferably a new field recorder. Do you think it's a good idea to buy something now or wait for some new releases? any rumours? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trey LaCroix Posted January 3, 2021 Report Share Posted January 3, 2021 SD and Zax options are still fairly early in their lifecycle so you may be waiting a while. What kind of work do you do? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rick Reineke Posted January 3, 2021 Report Share Posted January 3, 2021 New pro audio gear is 'typically' presented around the time of the AES and NAB conventions in October and April as I recall (at least on planet USA). There are exceptions though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
codyman Posted January 3, 2021 Report Share Posted January 3, 2021 Traditional like Rick said, it seems things show up in April-ish / October-ish. That being said, with COVID going on, who knows if things have been delayed or postponed. I personally ordered a piece of kit that was supposed to have been released last month but has been delayed due to supply chain issues. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IronFilm Posted January 4, 2021 Report Share Posted January 4, 2021 This thread inspired me to write a huuuuuuuuuge post in reply with my personal thoughts about what might come next from each brand, but it got to a point it was so long I just made it into a blog post:http://ironfilm.co.nz/audio-field-recorders-in-2021-my-predictions-wild-guesses/ In very brief summary, I’m not expecting many major field recorder announcements in 2021, aside from “a Zoom F10” (might even be so bold as to call this “likely“) plus maaaaaaybe a MixPre and quite possible some kind of left field announcement none of us are even expecting (could even be from one of those brands I wrote off as AWOL, that’s exactly why it would be an unexpected surprise! ha). Perhaps 2021 might be a relatively quiet year for us? Especially with the impacts felt from the AKM Factory fire causing shortages, and COVID19 in general causing economic stresses which would be dampening demand for equipment upgrades.What we may see from the big pro brands, is a focus this year in 2021 to be bringing out more accessories to support and develop their existing range of recorders, rather than releasing brand new recorders. For instance 2021 is when we’ll see Sonosax’s SX-RX8+ (the SX-RX8+ brings Superslot Wireless integration to the SX-R4+ recorder). And 2021 will also likely be when we see a “Sound Devices SL4” (a bigger version of their Sound Devices SL2 for Superslot wireless), or maybe (here is my hope! Fingers crossed) a “Sound Devices CL6” (a smaller & cheaper version of their Sound Devices CL16 control surface). And Zaxcom might bring out a similar new control surface for their Zaxcom Nova as well? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doc Justice Posted January 5, 2021 Report Share Posted January 5, 2021 Just to help spread the word... NAB Show 2021 is scheduled for October 10th - 13th this year. There's no telling if it will stick to this schedule or move back to April afterward. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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