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1. #WORD CLOCK RECORDING 32 BIT#
2. #WORD CLOCK RECORDING FULL#
3. #WORD CLOCK RECORDING PORTABLE#
4. #WORD CLOCK RECORDING PRO#

#WORD CLOCK RECORDING PORTABLE#

I recently (prior to the 'rona) had to inform a producer that I was going to have to run a cart with AC power or we'd have to factor rental costs into the production, because I didn't have an easily portable timecode solution for more than 2 channels. But I already have a bit of gear, and still don't have all my bases covered. Three very different beasts, so I'm obviously not going to find something the fits all perfectly. I do sound production on film/video productions, as well as A/V production for concerts, and hobby taping. And I was maybe just overlooking it on the Scorpio since it was never a real contender for me. It's a very nice addition to the SD and Tascam gear I've seen it on. It's all you really need, a video ref is just for convenience to reduce gear.

#WORD CLOCK RECORDING FULL#

But sometimes you need full clock-lock, so the top level gear at bare minimum all have WC. A lot of times on set, TC is all you need, if that. And if sync isn't needed, it isn't needed. The thing with Deva level gear is, you almost certainly have an external clock providing genlock, wordclock, and timecode as needed to the whole set. However I was looking for a solution that is more portable, as that requires AC power.

I have an ancient piece of gear that solves a lot of this, called a MOTU digital timepiece. So you'd have to get a wordclock from an external device like a Lockit, which is also feeding TC to the camera and recorder. I was surprised to see the Scorpio doesn't actually have a video ref, and neither do the Zaxcoms. I'm pretty sure the 788t has the video ref as well, and the only other unit I know that has it is the HS-P82. with that you have no need to convert the video ref to wordclock, or even use an external sync box.

Still not as elegant as the 15+ year old HD-P2. I guess syncing to wordclock and then using the unit as the TC master would work as well. Or am I reading that wrong? Syncing to timecode would technically work, but it's not ideal. you can have word sync or timecode in, but not both. Interesting though, the way it's worded it doesn't seem like you can do both at the same time. So we've got the DR-701D at the bottom of the list and the Scorpio (and Deva) at the top. Conversion wouldn't work because converting blackburst or other clock signals to HDMI would introduce an ADC running on its own clock. It would work in some situations, but I would much rather have a wordclock/genlock/digi sync option.

Has timecode input and can sync clock to camera over HDMI.

#WORD CLOCK RECORDING 32 BIT#

And the unicorn would be 8 tracks, timecode, digi in, genlock/wordclock in, 32 bit float, and app control. Really, bare minimum for consideration is 4 tracks with timecode and external clock sync. Additional features I would love to see (but aren't strictly necessary) are digi in, 32 bit float (I'd really like that), and app control.

#WORD CLOCK RECORDING PRO#

I haven't really looked at older units like the Roland Pro units because it's 2020 and I was hoping to see what's available with added modern features. The Zaxcom devices are very pricey, just like the top SD devices. While some of the Zoom units do have timecode, it also looks like none of them have external clock sync features. It looks like the latest top of the line SD units like the Scorpio have these features, but not their lower tier recorders (some have timecode but not sync). It looks like the ol' Sound Devices 788t has these features, but not its smaller siblings. Pretty much the only multitrack Tascam I can find these days with sync and timecode features is the heavy and huge HS-P82 (just barely a field recorder). It looks like recorders with these features are far and few between these days, and expensive. For years I used the Tascam HD-P2 and enjoyed how robust the unit was with features for video sync (not just timecode, but genlock/wordclock for long takes to avoid drift - important for concert videography). It's nearly 2021 and it's been quite a few years since I research this topic, so I'm interested to see how we've come along.