rec.arts.movies.production.sound

On Sep 25, 11:23 am, Scott Farr wrote:
> On Sep 25, 10:58 am, jorigli...@ wrote:
>
> > Hey guys,
>
> > I've been eying the external DVD-RAM drive that sound devices offers
> > for the 7 series recorders. I just finished building my cart and it
> > would be a nice addition. I had a couple questions about it though.
>
> > I noticed it comes with a power adapter. I was under the impression
> > that it got power through firewire. Is this not the case?
>
> > Also, if i were to make a cozy foam housing for it, does anyone thing
> > it would be rugged enough to work out of a bag with?
>
> > Thanks,
>
> > Joe
>
> If you are powering your 744T from EXT power then you can power the
> burner from the 744T but you will need to use the bus filter to
> prevent power noise from going into your recordings if you are
> recording to DVDRAm in real time. if you only plan to copy files over
> post recording then it wont be a issue. Or just use the EXT power
> supply for the DVDRAM drive and you wont have any issues.

I use this setup, but on initial purchase, the DVDRAM drive would not
power itself from the 744T if I was using the bus filter that it comes
with. There is an LED on the Filter, and power was reaching the
filter, but no power was getting to the drive. If I bypassed the
filter, then it powered fine and the audio was clean. I later sent
the filter to SD and they replaced it so now it works. I used this
setup without the bus filter for a couple weeks for my back-up audio
and had no issues with power noise.
Koff