Re: Sound Devices 722 Playback/Monitoring
- From: "Soundhaspriority" <nowhere@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sat, 27 Dec 2008 18:04:28 -0500
"Mike Rivers" <mrivers@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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I just pulled out a 744T. I'm sorry I don't have time right now to
A friend of mine just got a Sound Devices 722 and was asking me sound
questions about it. All I have to work with is the manual (he's an
out-of-towner so I don't have the machine in front of me. One problem that
he's having with it is one that I couldn't find enough info in the manual
to suggest a setup change, or if it's even possible. A block diagram would
have helped.
Here's his problem. He has the line outputs connected to a set of speakers
for playback. It behaves as if it's always in Input Monitor mode except
when actually playing a file. He can hit the Play button, turn up the
speakers, and hear what he just recorded, but as soon as he hits the Stop
button it goes back into Input Monitor mode, and if he isn't quick enough
on the speaker mute button, he gets feedback from the mics. If it was an
analog recorder, I'd describe it as not having a button to arm/disarm for
recording (which it doesn't have).
Given that the 722 is designed principally for film sound recording where
people wear headphones all day and probably never connect speakers to its
line outputs until the mics are put away, I suppose it's possible that
this is the only way it will work. But it would be nice if it would be
possible to go from Play to Stop and back to Play without having to futz
with the speakers. Can any of you 722 owners out there think of a setting
that would make it do that?
I see that the Input button can mute the inputs. Would that work?
experiment, but I paged through the menus. On a 744T, item 69 is "HP:
Monitor Modes". This provides source/HD monitoring. I would guide him to
select monitoring the "letters", which are HD tracks, as opposed to the
"numbers", which are inputs. I just can't recall whether it mutes the inputs
in "stop." I don't think it does.
On a 744T, items 53 and 56 provide control of the source for Outputs 1 & 2.
If you hold "input" down, the four soft keys at the corners of the LCD
display act as mutes for outputs 1,2,3, and 4. However, I don't see how that
would help your friend.
My suspicion is that there is no solution in the current firmware, though
your friend could make a request. SD try to be responsive. I would check
with r.a.m.p.s. to be sure. The feature set of the SD recorders are
specialized toward production sound. When these guys have their muffs on,
the mike feed is actually how they stay aware, which is why a mute feature
would not be attractive to them.
I record with them, dump the hard disks to the DAW, but do not attempt to
use them as a one-box solution.
Bob Morein
(310) 237-6511
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