Sound Devices 744T User Manual
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Quick Start Guide . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
Powering the Unit
Menu Navigation Basics
Connecting Audio Sources
Routing Inputs to Tracks
Selecting Recording Parameters and File Destination
Time Code Setup
Recording
Playback
FireWire File Transfer to Computer
Front Panel Descriptions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
LCD Display Descriptions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Left Panel Connectors and Controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Right Panel Connectors and Controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Back Panel Descriptions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Input Setup and Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Input Source Selection
Analog Inputs 1 and 2
Input Linking (Stereo or MS Decoding)
Analog Inputs 3 & 4
Digital Inputs – AES3
Digital Inputs – AES3id (S/PDIF)
Signal Presence and Peak Indicator
Input Delay
Input-to-Track Routing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Sampling Rate and Bit Depth . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Word Clock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Clock Master
Clock Slave
Multi-Unit Linking Via C. Link
Outputs – Analog and Digital . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Master Output Bus
Output Bus 2
Headphone Output . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Selecting Headphone Sources
Setting Headphone Source Options
MS Stereo Monitoring
SoundField B-Format Surround Monitoring
Rotary Switch Behavior
Headphone Favorite Selection
Headphone Playback Mode
Headphone Warning Tones
Metering and Display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Output Meter
Meter Ballistics
Peak LEDs
Tone Oscillator
LCD Contrast & Backlight, LED Brightness
LCD Gain Display
Record Indication
Time Code . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Frame Rate
F Sampling Rate Modes
Time Code Modes
Time Code Hold Off
Jam Menu
User Bits
NTSC Standard Def Video Production
Recording . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Recording
Pre-Record Buffer
Failure During Recording
Record Pause
Record Timer
Playback . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Audio File Formats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Recording Time Calculation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Uncompressed Recording Time in Track-Hours
MP3 Compressed Record Time in Hours
File Naming / Numbering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Scene Name/Numbering
Mono Track Name Designators
Duplicate File Names
Wave Agent Beta . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
File Management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Folder Actions
File Viewer Navigation
File Viewer Screen
File Time and Date
File Size Maximum
Setting/Clearing Flag Bits
Automatic Flag Clearing
File Copying Among Available Drives
File Deletion
False Take Control
Emptying the Trash and False Take Folders
Take Number Incrementing
Take List
Take Status
Storage Medium – Internal Hard Drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
Formatting
Drive Type
Drive Replacement
Drive Failure
Storage Medium – Removable CompactFlash . . . . . . . . . . 53
When to Use CF
Formatting
Speed Testing
Qualified CF Cards
Storage Medium – External FireWire Drives . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
When to Use External FireWire Drives
Formatting
FireWire Bus Powering
Qualified Drives
DVD-RAM Drives
File Transfer Using FireWire . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
Powering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
Lithium Ion Rechargeable Battery
External Powering and Battery Charging
Time Code Clock Battery
Auto Functions with External Powering
Power-up Messages
Power Consumption Variables
Firmware Upgrades . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
Version Information
Upgrading Firmware
CL-1 Remote Control and Keyboard Interface . . . . . . . . . . 61
Connecting the CL-1
Logic Inputs
Logic Outputs
Setup Menu Presets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
Built-In Presets
User Setup Data File
Setup Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
Front Panel Button Shortcuts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
Connector Pin Assignments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76
Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
Accessories . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79
CE Declaration of Conformity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81
Software License . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82
Warranty and Technical Support . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83
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