Pre-Record Buffer; Media Select; Failure During Recording; Record Timer - Sound Devices 788T-SSD User Manual And Technical Information

788T/788T-SSD User Guide and Technical Information

Pre-Record Buffer

To prevent missing record cues or up-cutting takes, the 788T has a pre-record (or pre-roll) buffer.
When active, pre-record begins recording at a set number of seconds preceding the REC key be-
ing pressed. When recording higher sampling rates (48048 +) pre-roll is limited to fi ve seconds and
below.
Record buffering is disabled when the time code mode is set to Record Run, External Time Code
Auto Record, and External Time Code Continuous Auto Record. This prevents possible overlapping
time code numbers between adjacent fi les.

Media Select

The 788T can record up to 12 tracks to all three available media (internal drive, CompactFlash, and
external hard drives) simultaneously at sampling rates of 48048 and below. Higher Sampling rates
are limited to eight tracks to two media only. When recording higher track counts and higher sam-
pling rates, Sound Devices recommends using hard drives, solid state drives, and high speed UDMA
CompactFlash cards.
Media must be selected in the Setup Menu option REC: MEDIA SELECT in order for material to be
written to it. Tracks can be individually routed to CompactFlash, Internal drive, and External media.
See Track-to-Media Routing.

Failure During Recording

In the event of a storage media failure, the specifi c error will be indicated on the LCD and warning
bells in the headphone monitor. Possible causes of media failure include, a hard drive in severe mo-
tion which results in recording errors, a CompactFlash card fi lling up while recording, or an external
DVD-RAM that can't keep up with the chosen data rate, track count, or fi le type. If more than one
drive is selected for recording, the remaining drives will continue recording without failure. If a me-
dia continues to be displayed as slow after the warning prompt has been cleared, press the Stop key
to clear the Slow status.

Record Timer

The 788T is equipped with a record start and stop timer. This allows a user to record a take
at a specifi c time from an unattended recorder. Set the start time in the Setup Menu op-
tion REC: TIMER START then set the record stop time in the Setup Menu option REC: TIMER STOP.
The 788T will boot up and start recording when the timer start time elapses.

Playback

The 788T has high-resolution playback circuitry and is appropriate for any reference audio applica-
tion. Any fi le recorded by the 788T can be played back. In addition, MP2, MP3, and WAV fi les can be
copied to the storage media from a computer can be played back. This is useful when using the 788T
as a high-resolution playback device. In Playback mode, the LCD backlight will illuminate green by
factory default, this can be defeated in the Setup Menu option LCD: BACKLIGHT MODE.
The 788T plays back the last recorded audio fi le unless another fi le is selected. There are two ways to
select another fi le for playback. To select another fi le in the current record directory, from stop mode,
push either the FastForward or reverse key to put the 788T into play-stop mode. The fi lename dis-
play will begin fl ashing and the FAST FORWARD and REWIND keys are used to step through fi les
available in the current record directory. To select a fi le in an alternate directory, press the HDD key
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