Sound Devices 788T + CL-8

High Resolution Digital Audio Recorder with Time Code

The ultra-compact 788T records and plays back up to 12 tracks of audio to and from its internal drive, CompactFlash, or external drives, making field recording simple and fast. It writes and reads uncompressed PCM audio at 16 or 24 bits with sampling rates between 32 kHz and 192 kHz. The time code implementation makes the 788T ready for any recording job—from over-the-shoulder to cart-based production.

The 788T implements a no-compromise audio path that includes Sound Devices’ high-performance microphone preamplifi ers. Designed specifi cally for high bandwidth, high bit rate digital recording, these preamps set a new standard for frequency response linearity, low distortion performance, and low noise.

With documentary and ENG mixing engineers in mind, the 788T is very small, while still being feature-rich. No other recorder on the market matches its size and feature set. In addition, its learning curve is quite short—powerful does not mean complicated.

Sound Devices took advantage of the best in professional and consumer electronic technologies to bring incredible feature depth with ease of use. Hard drives, SSD drives, and CompactFlash are highly reliable, industry standard, and easily obtainable. With the ability to write to an external drive, low-cost, portable media can be delivered to post production. The removable, rechargeable battery is a standard Sony-compatible Li-ion camcorder battery pack. The 788T interconnects with Windows and Mac OS computers for convenient data transfer and backup.

The CL-8 is a powerful mixing control unit designed for use with the 788T digital audio recorder. The CL-8 can be mounted to the 788T or used remotely to provide in-depth mixer control. The unit features 8 rotary faders for controlling input levels. Tactile buttons provide control over each input’s high-pass filter, limiter, polarity, and muting. Shortcuts are provided for routing the inputs to the left/right Mix tracks and the Aux tracks. LED indicators display signal presence and peak, as well as left, right, aux, limiter, high-pass, and polarity status.

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