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    Specification

    Dimensions

    168 × 96 × 32 mm

    Weight

    410 g with the battery

    Case

    Anodised 6061 aluminium, bead blasted

    Power

    USB-C, or four AA cells for about nine hours

    Audio out

    3.5 mm line, 3.5 mm headphone, both stereo

    Sync

    3.5 mm in and out, 2 PPQN, and MIDI over USB

    Converters

    24-bit, 48 kHz throughout

    In the box

    The instrument, a USB-C cable, two patch leads and the folded manual

    A note on the battery

    Leave alkaline cells in it for a year and they will leak into a board we would rather not have to repair. Take them out if it is going in a cupboard.

    read the manual

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    FR-1 Handheld Recorder
    FR-1 Handheld Recorder — image 2
    Field

    FR-1 Handheld Recorder

    $229.00AUD

    Taxes and shipping calculated at checkout.

    Two capsules in an XY pair, one record button, and nothing else to get wrong. Fits in a coat pocket and starts recording within a second of being switched on. Stereo XY capsules 24-bit, 96 kHz Ten hours on two AA cells 180 g

    Ships from Malmö within two working days.
    Repairable at any age. Parts held for ten years.

    Detail

    1. A control panel photographed close

      Fig. 01

      One knob per parameter. Nothing is two presses deep in a menu.

    2. The inside of an instrument on the bench

      Fig. 02

      Six screws and the back comes off. The schematic is on the site.

    3. An aluminium case under studio light

      Fig. 03

      Bead-blasted aluminium, anodised. It marks, and it is meant to.

    Goes with it

    FR-2 Field Recorder

    FR-2 Field Recorder

    Field
    $449.00AUD
    CM-1 Condenser Microphone

    CM-1 Condenser Microphone

    Field
    $279.00AUD

    synths

    • PO-9 pocket
    • HV-1 mono
    • HV-6 poly
    • RK-4 modular

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    • GR-16

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    • CM-1

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    • MN-5
    • HD-2
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    Designed and assembled in Malmö. Nothing is glued shut; everything comes apart with a T6 driver.

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    Sweden / EUR · prices include VAT

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