ProAudio Review - August 2008 - (Page 14) BROADCAST | REVIEW by Steve Murphy Marantz PMD620 Flash Recorder From the pioneers of portable comes a PMD for the people From the introduction of the first Superscope decks to the ubiquity of PMD200-series, Marantz portable cassette recorders were the dependable workhorses of journalists and broadcasters for nearly three decades. With the introduction of the PMD620 ($499), Marantz makes its tardy entrance into the diminutive flash-recorder revolution that the company's early products partly inspired. | FEATURES The six-ounce, palm-friendly (2.5 x 4 x 1 inches) Marantz PMD620 portable flash recorder writes to SD and SDHC (high capacity) flash cards, and uses the USB 2.0 spec for computer file transfers. It can record mono or stereo WAV files at 44.1/48kHz rates in 16-/24-bit resolutions; and MP3 files at rates between 32 and 192kbps. The front surface of the PMD620 features a high-contrast OLED display, two "telltale" LEDs (for signal-present and -peak), and a large and tactile set of controls. Two omnidirectional electret condenser microphones are built into the top of the unit, and an 1/8inch TRS jack is provided for external microphone use. Five-volt phantom power can be engaged for external electret mics, and input signals can be attenuated with a selectable 12 or 24dB pad; an unspecified high-pass filter is also available via the settings menu. Stereo 1/8-inch jacks are provided for line-level input and output, and there is an 1/8-inch headphones output and a small built-in speaker for monitoring inputs and file playback. Pure Inspiration • • • www.proaudioreview.com 14 | ProAudio Review | August 2008 http://www.fairlightau.com http://www.fairlightau.com http://www.proaudioreview.com
Table of Contents Feed for the Digital Edition of ProAudio Review - August 2008 ProAudio Review - August 2008 Contents Publisher's Page Broadcast News and New Products Yamaha Pocketrak 2G Olympus LS-10 Linear PCM Recorder Bench Test Marantz PMD620 Flash Recorder TASCAM DR-1 Portable Digital Recorder Tips From The Pros: Location/Production Audio Prosumer Portables in a Pro World Studio News and New Products Apogee Ensemble Solid State Logic Duende Mini FireWire DSP Live News and New Products Avril Lavigne's The Best Damn Thing World Tour Behringer Eurolive B412DSP and B415DSP Active Loudspeakers Gear for FOH Engineers — A PAR Contributors’ Wish List Contracting News and New Products Buyer's Guide Single Slice ProAudio Review - August 2008 ProAudio Review - August 2008 - ProAudio Review - August 2008 (Page Cover1) ProAudio Review - August 2008 - ProAudio Review - August 2008 (Page Cover2) ProAudio Review - August 2008 - ProAudio Review - August 2008 (Page 3) ProAudio Review - August 2008 - 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Solid State Logic Duende Mini FireWire DSP (Page 34) ProAudio Review - August 2008 - Solid State Logic Duende Mini FireWire DSP (Page 35) ProAudio Review - August 2008 - Live News and New Products (Page 36) ProAudio Review - August 2008 - Live News and New Products (Page 37) ProAudio Review - August 2008 - Avril Lavigne's The Best Damn Thing World Tour (Page 38) ProAudio Review - August 2008 - Avril Lavigne's The Best Damn Thing World Tour (Page 39) ProAudio Review - August 2008 - Behringer Eurolive B412DSP and B415DSP Active Loudspeakers (Page 40) ProAudio Review - August 2008 - Behringer Eurolive B412DSP and B415DSP Active Loudspeakers (Page 41) ProAudio Review - August 2008 - Behringer Eurolive B412DSP and B415DSP Active Loudspeakers (Page 42) ProAudio Review - August 2008 - Behringer Eurolive B412DSP and B415DSP Active Loudspeakers (Page 43) ProAudio Review - August 2008 - Gear for FOH Engineers — A PAR Contributors’ Wish List (Page 44) ProAudio Review - August 2008 - Gear for FOH Engineers — A PAR Contributors’ Wish List (Page 45) ProAudio Review - 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