Tascam HD-PD2

hi everyone. I was curious if someone has bought one these yet or any
resellers on here have recieved theirs and tried them out? It seems
like a pretty good deal. Even if you have to by an external box like a
Denecke sb-2 and just leave it connected all day its still less money
than an FR-2. Also I noticed on the website it says "Includes Frame
Lock, Lock and Release and flexible Freewheel settings for
unpredictable timecode sources"... I wonder if you basically fed it
code and had it on "freewheel" and pulled the cable if it would work
like jamming it? if so then it would work pretty well with time of day
TC and you wouldn't really need it to "generate" out. you could just
get like an SB2 on the camera or jams the slate with the same source
and they should stay pretty much in sync. any thoughts? If Sound
Devices could do a version of the 722 with no HD (to save money in
construction) and TC in out for around the 1500-1800 range it could be
a real killer for the other companies. (just throwing it out there).
Maybe even skip the mike pre's and make it line in only since a lot of
people seem to use the mic pre's in their mixer anyway. again just a
thought.

Alex

Alex Salmona wrote:

> ... I wonder if you basically fed it
> code and had it on "freewheel" and pulled the cable if it would work
> like jamming it? if so then it would work pretty well with time of day
> TC and you wouldn't really need it to "generate" out. you could just
> get like an SB2 on the camera or jams the slate with the same source
> and they should stay pretty much in sync. any thoughts? > Alex

According the manual, if the HD-P2 is in 'infinite freewheel', you can
jam and it will then generate code on its own (until power cycled.) I
don't have one, so I haven't tried it.