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BUYER’S GUIDE | Stereo Handheld Recorders Continued From Page 64 SONY PCM-D50 Features: Two-channel recording; 24-bit, 96kHz capable; two adjustable internal mic capsules (X/Y to wide-stereo); 1 1/8” stereo input, 1 1/8” stereo output; SPDIF and optical digital I/O; USB connectivity; speed control; intelligent limiter; records to Memory Stick PRO-HD Duo cards and 4GB of built-in memory; 4 AA batteries required Contact: Sony Professional at 201-358-4109, www.sony.com/professional 1 1/8” stereo input, 1 1/8” stereo output; USB connectivity; SD card storage (up to 32GB) with 1 supplied 1GB SD card; analog limiter; rechargeable/replacable internal lithium-ion battery operation Price: $399 Contact: TASCAM at 323-726-0303, www.tascam.com ZOOM H2 HANDY RECORDER Features: Two-channel/fourchannel recording; 24-bit, 96kHz capable; 4 internal mic capsules in W-XY pattern; 2 1/8” inputs, 1 stereo 1/8” output; USB connectivity; records to SD cards, ships with 512MB card; 2 AA batteries required Price: $335 Contact: Zoom/Samson Technologies at 516364-2244, www.samsontech.com YAMAHA POCKETRAK 2G Features: Two-channel recording; 16-bit, 44.1kHz capable; two tilt-up mic capsules; 1 1/8” stereo input; USB connectivity; 2GB internal memory and SD card data storage; 3 setting speed control; EQ; built-in speaker; 1 AAA battery required Price: $450 Contact: Yamaha at 714522-9011, www.yamahasynth.com WISH Continued From Page 48 ZOOM H4 HANDY RECORDER Features: Two-channel/four-channel recording; 24-bit, 96kHz capable; two internal mic capsules; 2 XLR/1/4” combo inputs with phantom power; Hi-Z input; onboard signal processing; USB connectivity; records to SD cards; 2 AA batteries required Price: $499 Contact: Zoom/Samson Technologies at 516364-2244, www.samsontech.com AVRIL Continued From Page 52 TASCAM DR-1 Features: Two-channel recording; 24-bit, 44.1/48kHz capable; two adjustable internal condenser microphones; 1 ?” stereo microphone input, BEHRINGER Continued From Page 42 SUMMARY Overall, I found that the B415DSP and B412DSP would be great solutions in an installed situation. While they don’t offer any rigging points, they are an economical solution to acoustic music or book-reading “coffee house” PA applications. Also, they would make a great fill speaker in a club or a bar. These boxes would also be good options for the starving musician needing an economical PA that doesn’t take up a lot of room. The speakers may be awkward to carry, but in most cases a pair is used at a time. Some creative use of plywood and the addition of the caveman’s favorite invention (the wheel) would most definitely help with the handling issue. These boxes are very economically priced, so owners of these speakers can pocket a few dollars to later spend on gas to get to and from shows. Karl Bader currently works for Entertainment Sound Production as a lead engineer and has worked in several aspects of the industry including installs, used gear sales, and lighting and video. He can be contacted at karlbader@espsound.com and is willing to answer any questions you may have. pros and cons for all the different ways (AES/EBU/Cobranet/EtherSound etc.) but do wish we could come to one common platform because inconsistency does provide different gain structures and differences in the sound. Five: Lastly, I wish that in determining rental pricing and value for audio equipment, sound companies could become more consistent. There is too much bottom feeding going on in the audio business to procure shows from promoters! You get what you pay for in terms of the quality of people and the gear you request. If a company meets my rider in gear but can only provide one technician because of the price they have given the promoter, the show usually suffers in terms of difficulty in show set up and the time constraints to meet sound check as well as staffing requirements to assist with potential problems that might be encountered while mixing a show. I would be interested in hearing comments from other FOH engineers and what might be on your wish list. Email me at TYSound1@aol.com Tom Young is lead engineer for Tony Bennett. A major difference between the Europe and Asia legs of the tour and North America dates is an inconsistency in venue geometry. “With an artist that sells between 5,000 and 15,000 seats,” Yakabuski says, “in North America you are going to be in some kind of basketball- or hockey-style venue. But in Europe or elsewhere, you never know what type of venue might accommodate that size audience. These venues are not always conducive to music concerts as far as acoustics and production, so they can be very tough to mix in. Also, power in Europe can be very inconsistent from venue to venue. The incoming voltage from day to day can vary quite a bit. We did take our LMG V-DOSC PA system to Europe so, with our KUDO side arrays as well as our V-DOSC mains, we had the flexibility to morph the system to cover the various shapes of the venues.” Mel Lambert, principal of Media&Marketing, a Los Angeles-based consulting service for the professional audio industry, has been intimately involved with production and broadcast industries on both sides of the Atlantic for more years than he cares to remember. 54 | ProAudio Review | June 2008 www.proaudioreview.com http://www.tascam.com http://www.samsontech.com http://www.sony.com/professional http://www.samsontech.com http://www.yamahasynth.com http://www.proaudioreview.com

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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

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