{"id":135,"date":"2009-07-12T09:27:29","date_gmt":"2009-07-12T16:27:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/noisejockey.net\/blog\/?p=135"},"modified":"2015-07-16T06:45:22","modified_gmt":"2015-07-16T13:45:22","slug":"bigger-toys-to-the-big-guns-the-sound-devices-702","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/noisejockey.net\/blog\/2009\/07\/12\/bigger-toys-to-the-big-guns-the-sound-devices-702\/","title":{"rendered":"Bigger Toys to the Big Guns: The Sound Devices 702"},"content":{"rendered":"

(Part 3 of a 3-part series: <\/em>Part 1<\/em><\/a> | Part 2<\/a><\/em>)<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n

If you read my take<\/a> on the Fostex FR2-LE,<\/a> I hope I left you with the impression that is has some incredible strengths, but some physical interface issues that I just didn’t find ergonomically user friendly, and therefore not creatively enabling. I ultimately found refuge in the\u00c2\u00a0Sound Devices 702 digital field recorder<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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Full Metal (Noise) Jockey: The Sound Devices 702 digital audio recorder.<\/p><\/div>\n

Sound Devices has taken the world of production audio by storm with bulletproof products whose price, while higher than many consumer models, establishes a new value baseline. Professionals have far more advanced models than this: models with more tracks, time code, and such ( those who can spend 6 bills swear by the Cantar<\/a>, for example). For me, this unit has hit a sweet spot.<\/p>\n