Patrick Tresch Posted March 17 Report Share Posted March 17 Just got mine 😉 everything works like a charm (with beta FW 4.0) I do use a MCR54 in one slot.  The R4+ and the RX8+ with an Audioroot 48wh and a 96wh battery is 3.55 kg (7,8 pounds). 13hours to empty with 4x analog 48v and 8x AES in and 4rx enabled MCR54.      Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drpro Posted March 18 Report Share Posted March 18 Super nice Patrick. Swiss equipment envy!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
codyman Posted March 18 Report Share Posted March 18 Very slick. It's a shame we don't come across these too often here stateside. I'm sure those pre's sound phenomenal. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
colinmk Posted March 19 Report Share Posted March 19 On 3/17/2023 at 9:32 PM, Patrick Tresch said: Just got mine 😉 everything works like a charm (with beta FW 4.0) I do use a MCR54 in one slot.  The R4+ and the RX8+ with an Audioroot 48wh and a 96wh battery is 3.55 kg (7,8 pounds). 13hours to empty with 4x analog 48v and 8x AES in and 4rx enabled MCR54.        Nice. Is that the portabrace bag and it fits perfectly? Just about to order the RX8 and use for Wisycom too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neil Mc Posted March 19 Report Share Posted March 19 A thing of beauty! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Patrick Tresch Posted March 19 Author Report Share Posted March 19 12 hours ago, colinmk said:   Nice. Is that the portabrace bag and it fits perfectly? Just about to order the RX8 and use for Wisycom too. It could be a bit wider for the AES multipin out. Mine was a custom made (adapted from r4 bag https://en.vocas.nl/porta-brace-ar-sxr4-audio-recorder-sonosax-sx-r4-black.html ) but the 96wh battery needs a cut out... work in progress.  The important thing with the module is : - either you don't have any mechanical contact between the R4+ and the RX8+ other than the AES/Power cables. - or you use the metal brakets given by Sonosax.  I must admit that ground loops and other electronic interference is something I don't understand nor manage to control. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Philip Perkins Posted March 20 Report Share Posted March 20 Wait...Sax has a ground loop when the 2 chassis touch each other?  Even if interconnected with cables? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Patrick Tresch Posted March 20 Author Report Share Posted March 20 6 hours ago, Philip Perkins said: Wait...Sax has a ground loop when the 2 chassis touch each other?  Even if interconnected with cables?  NO! But the equipment is so complex with interferrence from recievers and other electronics noise that I just follow what they tell me. Last time I heard a spill on the playback on a track wich was not recorded and at the end it was a faulty cable on my side. They tackled the problem and changed the pin soldering of the cable I bought in Germany. And it worked. So I don't mess with this kind of "black magic" for my understanding. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alexbooy Posted April 4 Report Share Posted April 4 On 3/20/2023 at 8:42 AM, Patrick Tresch said: Â NO! But the equipment is so complex with interferrence from recievers and other electronics noise that I just follow what they tell me. Last time I heard a spill on the playback on a track wich was not recorded and at the end it was a faulty cable on my side. They tackled the problem and changed the pin soldering of the cable I bought in Germany. And it worked. So I don't mess with this kind of "black magic" for my understanding. Hi Patrick, can you assign all the 8 pots as solo switches for the transmitters? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Patrick Tresch Posted April 5 Author Report Share Posted April 5 You can assign the 8 pots to the AES channels for example and so use them to solo the reciever signal. But you can't change the gain of the transmitter. Did I understand your question? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alexbooy Posted April 6 Report Share Posted April 6 Yes , thanks. So it gives 8 more solo buttons. But while in solo, the recorder screen shows the corresponding AES channel and the  HP pot can change the input level, like on the R4+ . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Patrick Tresch Posted April 7 Author Report Share Posted April 7 On 4/6/2023 at 8:15 PM, alexbooy said: Yes , thanks. So it gives 8 more solo buttons. But while in solo, the recorder screen shows the corresponding AES channel and the  HP pot can change the input level, like on the R4+ .  Yes, in my understanding, it has the same functionality as the R4+ pots. What do you mean by HP pot ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alexbooy Posted April 8 Report Share Posted April 8 I mean the Rotary Encoder. I use for it for quickly changing the AES input levels. With the RX8+ there is no need for it. Do you think that we shall ever get new firmware for the R4+. We all have some whishses, I guess. Â Best, Alex Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Patrick Tresch Posted April 9 Author Report Share Posted April 9 16 hours ago, alexbooy said: I mean the Rotary Encoder. I use for it for quickly changing the AES input levels. With the RX8+ there is no need for it. Do you think that we shall ever get new firmware for the R4+. We all have some whishses, I guess.  Best, Alex  I think Jacques do the firmware updates for what he thinks is important (automix isn't for him) you allways can try to ask and he is really customer focused. He doesn't like "gadgets" but fonctionnality emproovements is something he is listening to mainly coming from customers that are his friends now. The R4+ needs FW4.0 (still beta but I didn't find any bugs) to work with the RX8+   Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sinussound Posted April 10 Report Share Posted April 10 Have you got any photo's of the 'dark side' of the RX8+? Can't find any information regarding connections on the right side, or find any kind of manual.  Hope they wil implement lectro dsr4... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Patrick Tresch Posted April 12 Author Report Share Posted April 12 Â Â Here you are: Â https://sonosax.ch/product/002351/?fbclid=IwAR2JGpNff7H0gXYs5jbbXrR9lVjNiTJRkg7X21teIDLgDntmS8AcjGlaqkI Â https://sonosax.ch/product/002360/?fbclid=IwAR3n0n58ij-nWOkmTkdFc_jGAeU35uOWcvstQt8QgtZIBJRCsLZetKKCQaE Â Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VASI Posted April 12 Report Share Posted April 12 Actually from RX8+, not from R4+. 🙂 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Herbert Verdino Posted August 24 Report Share Posted August 24 Hello.  Do the knobs only work as Post faders or can you assign them also as gain? If yes, what  happens to knob 3-4 or 7-8 if you only use a 2 channel receiver? Do they become useless?  It would be cool if you could use for example 1-2 as trim and 3-4 as Post faders 🙂 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neil Mc Posted August 25 Report Share Posted August 25 They can be assigned  as either gain for inputs or faders to the mix tracks yes, not a mix of both.  But! If you use a 2 channel receiver they don't really become "useless" no. The individual pots can still be freely assigned as faders for any track (or combo of multiple tracks) to the mix. Also the pots can be used as push buttons for different shortcuts (solos, timecode page, arm tracks , name tracks etc. etc. )  Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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