Introduction
Thank you for selecting the Marantz Professional PMD661 Portable Solid State Recorder.
The PMD661 is an audio recorder that records in digital audio formats onto an SD (Secure Digital) card.
SD cards, also used in digital cameras, are widely available at consumer electronics retailers and computer resellers.
Features•Stereo (2 channels) and mono (1 channel) audio recording and playback.
•Audio inputs maybe from :
–the
–condenser or dynamic microphone(s) connected to the XLR stereo jacks, or
–line level audio sources connected to the XLR jacks or LINE 2 jack.
•Audio outputs may be from :
–the
–headphones connected to the PHONES jack, or
–analog audio devices such as an amplifier or other devices connected to the LINE OUT jack.
•Records onto various types of SD cards.
•Computer compatible
The PMD661 records directly onto SD cards.
Recordings can be transferred to your desktop or laptop computer by removing the SD card from the PMD661 or by connecting the PMD661 to your computer via the USB port. Audio recorded in the
popular MP3 compression format is directly available for intranet or internet file sharing.
•Easy one control recording Simply push the REC button.
•Automatic recording
The PMD661 can be set to stop recording when there is silence (Silent Skip) and automatically start when sound resumes.
•Manual and automatic record level control (ALC).
•Two different recording formats :
–Compressed recording using MP3 (MPEG1 Layer III) mono and stereo. MP3 compressed at 64/128/192/256/320 kbps.
–Uncompressed recording using
•Copy Segment
Copy Segment works just like the copy and paste function of your standard word processing program. It allows you to “highlight” a section of a file by setting an in point and an out point, and then paste that section into a new file without destroying the original file(s).
•Timer Recording/Playback
Record start time and duration can be scheduled. Playback start time can be scheduled. (☞P.51)
•Data secured
The recorded audio data until the recording stops is kept even if the power is interrupted suddenly during recording.
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