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Join Date: Apr 2008
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Sound Devices 552 no USB???
Hi Everyone.
I've been lusting after a SD 552 but I happened on something that I thought I just overlooked. The 552 apparently does not have a USB plug that you could hook up to a computer and retrieve audio files from the card on the mixer. To further complicate things, the SD card is located on the bottom of the unit, which in a regular audio case set-up with wires and transmitters and so-on, makes getting to the card itself a challenge! Am I missing something? My Marantz PDM 660 even has a USB port to transfer files. Jonathan |
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Join Date: Aug 2008
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Re: Sound Devices 552 no USB???
Most of SD's 'recorder's' have the card slot on the bottom and a Firewire connection on the side
The PortaBrace case for the 552 has an access flap. I would assume the Petrol case would as well. The 552's intended usage is a mixer. According to SD, the 2 trk. recorder was 'intended' for backup purposes. |
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Re: Sound Devices 552 no USB???
Hi Rick,
Well for "back up" purposes that 24 bit audio from the 552 would sure be my choice rather than a scratch track from the camera. But there is no FireWire connector on the 552 either! So even though the 552 has what seems to be a very decent recorder built in, are sound guys still using an external recorder hooked up to the SD? That doesn't make much sense. Jonathan |
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Re: Sound Devices 552 no USB???
Yup... unless you have a bag that has a flap on the bottom you basically have to pull all the wires out to access the SD card slot.
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Re: Sound Devices 552 no USB???
Thanks Victor.
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