Marantz PMD 671: Oral History and Digital Technology

A closer look at the Marantz PMD 671 portable field recorder by Doug Boyd, Director of the Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History at the University of Kentucky Libraries.

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[tsaudiovisual]

And what if i want to record from 4 mics?

[nunncenter]

This is a two track recorder, if you want to record multitrack, you need to get a multitrack recorder. You could use a mixer and mix four mics down to 2 tracks and recorder with the 671 but you lose control to remix after the event.

[tigyi]

Great thing, this recorder is compatible with SD cards (with adapter) - do not use Kensington Cards though, they are very low quality and create dropouts in high resolution recordings.

Cons: eats batteries... I have never experienced 4-6 hour battery life during recording.

XLR's are a little noisy depending on mics - noise improves when using an external phantom supply with a condenser mic - shows the unit must have some sort of ground issue?

<f any one knows a solution for that, let me know

[dvamateur]

Nice Audio-Technica stereo mic. I am outraged that they discontinued these, the AT825.

[EricBlaine]

Is this recorder acceptable for recording of depositions etc.?

[EricBlaine]

Is this recorder good for recording in a legal setting such as recording depositions?

[AlamoCityCello]

I have this unit, Marantz claims to have enhanced the preamps, but they are too noisy for dynamic or ribbon mics. Not as clean as my Mackie mixer. If ur looking for better portable sound for the same money, check out the Roland R44 or the Fostex FR-2LE. For 1k u can do better.

[triphopcentral]

This equipament can be use for broadcast and film aplications? The pmd 671 use the same internal clock like an video camera?

[Stellavox]

Thank you for a most informative review, which helped me make-up my mind to purchase one of these machines. (Could have been longer though) As an aside I found the 'musak' which accompanied the speech to be both intrusive AND irritating. Why spoil the presentation with that awful, awful noise?

[tsaudiovisual]

thak you for your reply i will now use an old MD recorder with my own home made field mixer.