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Recorders

Recorders

May 09, 2012

  • *Analog reel to reel*: Nagra

  • *Digital Audiotape Recorder (DAT)*: smaller than Nagra and uses a cassette. Timecode and nontimecode. Non-timecode works okay with a clapper and slate. Combines digital information encoding and linear analog tape storage

  • *Hard Drive Recorders*: a tapeless system that writes the audio signal to a hard drive or other similar storage medium. Each take is a digital file.

*Features of Recorders:*

  • Mic inputs

  • Line inputs and outputs

  • Record level adjustments knobs or faders to control levels of sound

  • VU (Volume Unit) meters  analog standard. The needle measures the AVERAGE sound

  • Peak Program Meter (PPM)  digital recorders and newer analog recorders. Shows MAXIMUM sound