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Summary: adding and Auxilery Battery makes this a better tool
Comment: After owning a Microtrack for a couple years and paying the factory to change a dead internal battery for $75 which then died dead 8 mos later I carefully pried open the back case, unsoldered the poor excuse of a battery from the small circuit board that is under the tape in the top of the battery and attached an external 3 AA battery holder (Allied Electronics 839-2487 with velcro to the back cover then wired a Radio Shack 2 conductor plug on the outside of the case so the battery case is field changable quickly. With 3 Li-ion AA batteries installed it charges fine and lasts way longer than the stock setup - so far I have run it 3 hrs and not killed the battery. Now its a true field recorder.
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Summary: Some Peculiar Ascpects of Microtrack 2
Comment:
I pretty much agree and have experienced the same things from previous reviewers.
However, I found some peculiar things that have me puzzled, may be I am new to this device and need more time to figure out, but if anybody has a solution, I'll be delighted to know about them.
1- I realized that the flash card that have recording from my other machine (Edirol R-1), put into the microtrack, the files are invisible, I can see the files that were put in from the PC (directly to the flash card), but can not see the ones recroded by the R-1.
2- One of my hobby is recording radio shows that are late at night and can't stay up for them. I leave the machine recording theses showns for hours. R-1 does a great job it just stops when the memory gets full and I have the entire hours of recording in one huge file ready in the morning (I uses filler files so I could use a card for up to say 4 hours only).
With microtrack, when the memory card gets full, the machine stops and the huge file is discarded. That makes the machine unfit for this type of applications.
I may find more issues but this is it so far, BTW using an inline attenuator is a must, preamp definitely noisy.
Joe
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Summary: Battery Replacement Making Money for M-Audio
Comment: In my opinion, this "made in China' unit and battery in this machine is a built in money-maker for M-Audio. The warranty covers the unit for 1-year, but the terrible battery for 90 days. Don't worry though, they offer a $75 battery replacement procedure. A third of the cost of the unit! Shame on you M-Audio! Time to admit these batteries are worthless.
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Summary: Would be great, if it worked
Comment: A friend of mine in audio production convinced me to buy this hunk-a-junk, and on paper, it sounds pretty good. In reality, though, it's a flimsy, poorly designed and built waste of money.
First of all, it's a mechanical dud. True to billing on sites like Amazon, the battery lost all its storage capacity in a matter of months (at a fairly low usage rate). Now, 18 months or so after purchase, the unit is dead. It'll turn on, but it simply won't record. I've updated the firmware, I'm using legit storage -- it's simply busted. And of course, the warranty's up.
Even when it was working right, I didn't love the machine. Its interface is klunky and its form factor is ugly. I'm not even sure why I'm giving it two stars instead of one.
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Summary: I Like It!
Comment: After reading some of the reviews about this product, I was not expecting much. In fact, I was prepared to be disappointed. But, after charging it up and employing it in a variety of situations, I was pleasantly surprised at how clear the sound was and how relatively easy the controls were to operate. I am not a professional sound engineer, but for my purposes, the sound was very clear using just the included mic. When I hooked it up to a professional grade mic, the sound quality was even better. I did not find the controls hard to use like some of the reviewers did. They seemed very easy to understand and intuitive in their design. The one thing I did agree with was how unbelievably UNHELPFUL the manual was. It doesn't tell the operator how to do anything worthwhile, including something as basic as turning it on or off or inserting or removing the memory card. I am waiting for my Edirol to arrive so that I can compare the two, but so far, I like the Microtrack.
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