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 machines were moved next to each other) so I could easily sync them in software, and left them recording ambient sounds for about two hours (I had actually got caught up in something else while the recorders were running). When I synced the claps at the beginning of each recording, it was clear the recorders were about 2.5 seconds out-of-sync with each other at the end of the two hours (the final claps were almost exactly that amount of time off).
What might be causing this, and is this kind of variation expected between different recorders? The equipment used was a Zoom H5 and a Philips DVT6500, both set to 44.1kHz, 16-bits.
What might be causing this, and is this kind of variation expected between different recorders? The equipment used was a Zoom H5 and a Philips DVT6500, both set to 44.1kHz, 16-bits.