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Recommendations for Direct Recording to DVD-RAM

DVD-RAM is a convenient interchange medium between audio recorders and post production. While DVD-RAM disks share the same size and capacity as DVD-R, DVD+R, DVD-RW, and DVD+RW disks, it is easier to think of DVD-RAM as an “optical hard disk”.

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702T and 744T Time-of-Day Accuracy

The 702T and 744T recorders excel in applications requiring precise time code synchronization. To achieve precision time code, these units have extremely accurate internal clocks to generate the time code.

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USBPre Hardware Version 1.5 Computer System Requirements

The USBPre 1.5 is effectively an external sound card connected via USB. It relies on the USB port of Windows and Macintosh computers for its interface to the computer.

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XL-LX Pin Configuration

XL-LX Accessory Cable Pin Configuration

The diagram below illustrates the pin configuration of the XL-LX LEMO®-5 to XLR-M and XLR-F cable. This cable is used for SMTPE time code jamming of audio and video equipment with XLR connectors.

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5-pin LEMO Connector

5-pin LEMO Pin Configuration for Time Code Connections

Several Sound Devices products use LEMO five-pin connections for time code. The following is the pin out looking at the front of the connector receptacle mounted on the chassis of a product.

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Recording to FLAC File Format with 7-Series Recorders

FLAC (Free Lossless Audio Codec) is a lossless data compression format available as a file format on 702, 702T, 722, and 744T recorders. The FLAC algorithm is very processor intensive, and subsequently has several limitations.

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