Marantz PMD660 Professional Portable Digital RecorderThe Marantz PDM660 is their newest hand-held, digital field recorder. The launch of the PMD660 is a direct result of feedback from users in the field, working in an array of recording environments in various vertical markets such as broadcast, government, faith and education. Marantz Professional has developed the PMD660 to provide advanced functionality and convenience, further emphasizing its ongoing commitment to supplying customers with market driven product solutions.
The rugged PMD660 is a solid-state recorder with easy one-touch digital recording to cost-effective Compact Flash media cards. Uncompressed WAV files can be recorded at 44.1 or 48 kHz, and high quality MP3 files can be recorded in mono (at 64 kbps) or in stereo (at 128 kbps). Using a standard 1 GB Compact Flash card, the PMD660 can record over 1 hour stereo and 3 hours mono of uncompressed audio, over 17 hours of stereo MP3 and almost 36 hours of monaural MP3 audio.
Designed for the most demanding field applications, the PMD660 features 2 built-in stereo condenser mics with Automatic Level Control (ALC), 2 XLR microphone connections with 48 volt phantom power, stereo line I/O and can operate for up to 4 hours on 4 standard AA batteries. Due to its solid-state design, the PMD660 has virtually no moving parts, and is therefore dramatically more reliable than cassette, DAT, or other tape/disc formats. This carries the added advantage of eliminating periodic maintenance and all its related costs — particularly important for meeting recording, archiving sound effects, gathering audio for video, surveillance and broadcasters/journalists who are doing in-the-field recording and playback.
Marantz PMD660 Features
- Smallest PMD yet-fits in your hand
- Records uncompressed 16-bit PCM .wav files at 44.1 kHz or 48 kHz
- Records mono .mp3 files at 64 kbps
- Records stereo .mp3 files at 128 kbps
- Operates for four hours on four AA batteries
- Two XLR mic connections with +48v phantom power
- Two built-in condenser mics for easy, true stereo recordings
- Stereo line I/O
- No moving parts-no maintenance
- "Copy Segment" cut-and-paste editing to a new sound file
- 99 "Virtual Tracks" for EDL-style editing
- Built-in USB port for easy file transfer
- Optional wired remote control with peak indicator
The PMD660 offers editing capabilities that constitute a field recorder truly in a class by itself. Included in the firmware are two editing modes. "Copy Segment" editing uses non-destructive cut-and-paste-style editing to create a new sound file, which can be up/downloaded via the built-in USB port. With Marantz Professional’s exclusive Virtual Track Mode, you can create an internal edit list enabling nonlinear playback of file segments, without using card memory to create a new file. Up to 99 virtual tracks can be created to compare edits, set up multiple sound bites or provide interview segments of differing durations.
A revolutionary optional RC600 wired remote control that attaches to any microphone is available to supply Record/Pause control, track marking and peak metering from the microphone position, allowing a field reporter to concentrate on their work rather than the operation of the PMD660. In addition, the PMD660 is Marantz Professional’s most portable, fully functional, affordable professional solid-state PMD field recorder to date.
The PMD has no moving parts and offers a digital solution for today’s most challenging field recording environments. Marantz is dedicated to providing recording solutions that are durable, reliable and have the highest sonic integrity, and also enable you to operate efficiently in time-critical situations. For instance, Marantz has implemented new technology that lets you to record any meeting for an extended duration and then archive in seconds. The new PMD660 takes these superior design parameters plus the legendary feature set of Marantz' industry standard PMD670 into a hand-held compact format. For any professional doing ENG/EFP work on a day-to-day basis, the new PMD660 is the perfect solution.