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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-2 Field Recorder
    FR-2 Field Recorder — image 2
    Field

    FR-2 Field Recorder

    $449.00AUD

    Taxes and shipping calculated at checkout.

    Four tracks, two XLR inputs with real phantom power, and preamps quiet enough for a forest at four in the morning. Records to SD and keeps recording when the battery door is opened, which sounds like a small thing until it happens. Four tracks, 32-bit float Two XLR/TRS combo inputs, 48 V Twelve hours on four AA cells 460 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

    CM-1 Condenser Microphone

    CM-1 Condenser Microphone

    Field
    $279.00AUD
    FR-1 Handheld Recorder

    FR-1 Handheld Recorder

    Field
    $229.00AUD

    synths

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

    samplers

    • SP-2
    • DR-1
    • GR-16

    field

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    • FR-1
    • CM-1

    monitoring

    • MN-5
    • HD-2
    • cables

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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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