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I'll update this thread for anyone experiencing the same. I just got off the phone with a very helpful guy at Marantz, who also happened to have access to a PMD561. He checked the REC LEVEL dials on his copy with the same result as I got: The ring and knob are set independently of each other...

This question applies to the Marantz PMD561...I've set the recorder on a manual preset and started adjusting the REC LEVEL dial (it's a post-in-ring, or knob-in-ring, configuration, just like on the PMD661MKII)...Both the outer ring (left channel) and inner knob (right channel) don't turn...

I'm toying with the notion of getting a Marantz PMD620 MKII handheld recorder. One of the features that caught my eye was what they refer to as the Retake function, which allows a cut-in (a.k.a. punch-in) at any point in a recording and take it from there. The example given in the manual shows...

I knew someone was going to point that out :) I was going for a walk and just decided: 'What the heck.' It was almost ready by the time I got back... I've been thinking about giving Ardour a try. It's too much program for what I need, and I haven't been able to find a version compiled for ARM...

From what little I've garnered, the Optimus CTR-117 actually has some credibility as a consumer-grade cassette tape recorder. The fact that it was used by the Royal Society to record birdsongs for scientific research suggests it has the capability to be quite versatile with a good external...

I had a chance to put Audacity's 'Change Tempo' effect to use on one of the tracks, hoping to making it exactly the same length as the other, but with no success. (I assumed 'Change Tempo' is the equivalent to Reaper's 'Varispeed' capability.) I imported one track into Audacity, pasted the other...

I recently took the chance to acquire an Optimus CTR-117 cassette tape recorder (by Radio Shack or their brand at the time, Realistic). The specs in back of the manual are sparse, and important entries that normally get listed on spec sheets are omitted. The only additional information I found...

So garww posted a screenshot of unsynced tracks? Hey, my average 1.25 seconds per hour isn't so bad after all. I'm glad I don't have to worry about this stuff on a regular basis since my Philips doesn't have SPDIF in. But I appreciate what you are saying: "synced" should be taken as "synced,"...

I guess I'm accepting "synced" as a relative term here. Because I know absolutely nothing about word clocks I had just assumed that, like the internal clocks of the recorders, there will be variance. If anything, it does tell me to expect variation, as you've already said...But I can't go...

Just wanted to add my gratitude to all who replied. This was very informative for me!

Yeah, I was planning on converting each stereo track made by its respective recorder to mono, then recombining them as a single left-right stereo track to capture the ambience across both rooms. So I shouldn't assume a linear drift? That makes things all the more complicated. Now I'll be keeping...

iqi616, I haven't tried time-streching either one. But I'm partial to the idea of breaking them up into smaller segments and getting those lined up as best I can, since the recording ran much longer than I expected anyway. Both rooms were recorded with a stereo mics, so I'll convert the...

That screenshot is brilliant; I'd never have expected so much variation with solid-state equipment. Much thanks for posting, garww. It really put things in perspective.

Thank you for the clear explanation. It's actually reassuring to know even pro gear requires timing synchronization!

Hello... The other day I was experimenting with two different digital audio recorders by having them record in different areas. My intent was to combine them in Audacity, with each unique recording to be used as a separate channel in a stereo mix. I did a clap at the beginning and end (when both...