Sync Test: CX, H4n, H2, irivers
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This is not a scientific test by any means, but it does show how each recording device syncs up with the camera audio. All devices were set up as close together as possible. I let the camera (FX1000) and recorders record for 30 minutes with a clap at the beginning and another at the end. The CX, H4n and H2 were all set to PCM 48kHz/16 and the irivers (790 and 795) set to there best 44.1kHz/160KBPS. I did convert the 790 mp3 to 48kHz wav file using Vegas, but the mp3 and wav were exactly the same.
Results: 1st - Yamaha Pocketrak CX - ½ frame to fast 2nd - H4n - 1 fast 3rd - 790 - 1 ½ slow 4th - H2 - 6 ¾ slow 5th - 795 - off the chart |
Thanks for the test report
Those results confirm what I had concluded:
1) Asynchronous (not interconnected for sync) modern devices are pretty good and drift only a few frames over 10-20-30 minutes. Certainly good enough for most any normal production. The numbers reported in this test are general indications. Of course a different set of exactly the same models would have yielded slightly different results, but all in the same ballpark. 2) Any kind of compressed recording is not really useful for serious production. |
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Steve, we are talking about production recording here, not final edited product. You are absolutely correct that even 1 whole frame error is not acceptable in the final product. However nobody would create a production with an unbroken 10-minute shot of anything, at least nothing that was commercially viable. So, as you say, any place where you make any kind of video edit is an excellent opportunity to "pull-up" whatever sync error has accumulated. Furthermore, long shots, etc. are less critical for exact frame-sync. Not to mention that you can often get away with diddling the video to match the audio. Repeating or dropping single frames is not really detectable by most viewers.
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I have a number of iriver 890's and some sync pretty good and a couple don't. Have also experienced speed difference throughout a track...
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