DOFKA - [email protected] [Sat Dec 2 01:41:47 2000]
hdr8
Greetings again, I take it that the HDR8 version 3.04 can handle 8.4 gig drives? Is that the correct asumption, or is that only for "V8"? Does anyone know the lowest seek time that will work? And does the stock power supply support the Maxtor 10 gig. These posts are all speaking of mounting/powering the drives externally etc.... I just want to know what the maximum size, rpm, drive has been succesful with the HDR8. Not V8. I have many projects recorded and released with the HDR 8, I am happy with the quality overall, It's just this Satanic Hard Drive Replacement problem, Arrrrrgh!!!!!!!

DOFKA - [email protected] [Sat Dec 2 14:38:03 2000]
HDR8 Version 3.04
Greetings again. I saw where everyone was trying to figure out how much recording time they had on their hard drive, by adding each song, creating song's til you run out etc.... I have found an easier way! Just delete all song markers and when you hold stop and ff at the same time, it takes you to the end of the disk and displays the total time. I just bought a Maxtor Model 91536u3std and it sees the drive with a total of 13.33 hours of recording time!!! Wooooooo - Hooooooo!!!!!! I'll keep you posted on how the cut and paste accuracy works out etc... I am excited about this! Peace out all.

dofka - [Mon Dec 4 00:20:31 2000]

Woops not 13 hours, ha ha!!!!!

Andy - [email protected] [Tue Dec 5 15:16:06 2000]
reBertched HDR-V8s
Hello all! DOFKA, might it be 3.33 hours? (8.4 GB should give you 3 1/3 hours for each of 8 tracks); Has anyone had any luck with CD Recorder decks for backup? With CDR or DAT I don't think it's possible to backup anything longer than the media (70-80 minutes for CD). So a track by track backup would allow you to backup an hour long song to 8 CDs. On the other hand you should be able to back up an 8track, 9 minute song to one CD. I did have an idea for backing up the entire drive: once the drive is full remove it, install it into a PC as drive2 and use one of the backup/archive programs that let you do a sector by sector drive image copy (which can then be saved away either on multiple CDS - most of the software will let you span multiple Cds for a single image, or on a directory on the monster harddrive on your computer). I did email a few companies on this (Symantec, Norton) and they thought that it would be possible (although they stressed that it would have to be a sector by sector copy for which no compression is possible - the drive image would take up as much storage as the drive itself). Any ideas on this? (does anyone out there have the capability to test this idea?)

Dofka - [email protected] [Tue Dec 5 15:30:05 2000]
HDR8
Yep Andy, It is just over 3 hours of recording time. This drive seems to get hotter than the other drives I used previously. When the drives get to hot, that's when I have noticed some problems.I mounted the drive outside of the unit in a "removeable hard drive rack" which has a cooling fan(cost about $15.00 for rack w/fan). I will keep y'all posted on how it works out. Peace

Andy - [email protected] [Tue Dec 5 15:32:48 2000]
reBertched HDR V8s
Hi again... I was bouncing around the site and noticed the link to WinAmp - does WinAmp now have any HDR 6,8,V8 capabilities/uses?

Scott - [email protected] [Thu Dec 7 04:45:41 2000]
HDR6,8 V8, Mx1
Hello Gentlemen.For a great reference, I went and printed out all of the previous months post it pages. I put them in a binder and went thru them, highlightin g the important stuff.I am guessing that 8.4 gigs is the max you will get out of any of these machines. I have a friend witha 6.4 gig drive in a HDR8, he says it works, but I havent fully tested it for myself.The original power supply in the V8 was a piece of shit. Go back and read the previous post its, as I listed there the replacement power supply put in 2 of mine by the Manufacterer of all of these machines:Bertsch Electronics. I talked to the inventor of the V8 over the phone, and he told me the original V8 power supplies were junk, so if any of you know where to get the NEW IMPROVED ones from the description I gave a few months back, or just what the numbers in the description mean, please post! By the way, Winamp is cool, but the only use with a HDR is probably to convert your final mixes to MP3 and get them on the internet.Oh, yeah, a program called Blind Write would probably work to backup the files to a CD ROM. Maybe you could burn the backups live as wave files? Someone ought to try this stuff...L8ter CS7

Peter E Dreyer - [email protected] [Fri Dec 8 07:43:48 2000]
Vestax HDR8
Please advice were I can download the Windows mixing software for my HDR8. I once saw a beta version of this software. Is there other software that can control the mixing via midi with a similar graphical interface? Thanx Pete

Mike E - [Fri Dec 8 18:53:50 2000]
HDR6
Hey gang, Here is an update on the DPR824 I ordered from Bertsch. I STILL DON'T HAVE IT. The current problem is that he has to do a little customizing to get it to sync up with my HDR's. I am getting more and more concerned all the time. It has been 3 months since he told me that the deck was "ready to ship". Since then there has been a parts shortage, a screen printing problem on the front panel and now the sync issue. In the process I have recieved some free upgrades like the 88.2k sample rate and an extra digital I/O and I got him to cover the shipping but none-the-less I still do not have a new deck yet. The last ship date I got from him was Mon Dec 11th. I am haveing simalar problems with a mixer I ordered but that is another story. Happy hardisking.

Scott - [email protected] [Mon Dec 11 03:04:11 2000]

Hi Guys! Hey Pete: Geez I dont know where to get that program right off hand, but if you go back to the previous months post its, I am sure you will find someone who can help you. Hey Mike E: WOW! I was wonding if you ever got it! Man that sucks! I have talked to Jon Paul Bertsch many times, and he seems to me like a good guy, so I dont think he will rip you off. But the time you are losing and the momentum you are losing... I had to screw around with that #@*@##@!!! Vestax company for about 6 months to get a HDR6 back, and THEY wouldnt even talk to me! And then @#@@&*&%$! UPS shipped a V8 back and forth across the @#@@#*! country 3 times or so ... It makes you want to @#*! wreck @#%*!! (I am trying to clean up my language) Anyway, I feel your pain dude! I hope Old JP comes through for ya! L8ter!

Steve Del Rio - [email protected] [Mon Dec 11 10:50:15 2000]
hdr-6
I finally completed my first project with my machine! Considering my lack of manual/recording experience I thought it I would never get it working... Thanks again to Scott for getting me on the right track! Steve.

Peter E Dreyer - [email protected] [Wed Dec 13 10:24:16 2000]
HDR8
Thanx Scott-The mixer software seems to be called MP8.I am still looking for a site to download it. Cheers Pete

DOFKA - http://psychoscream.iuma.com [Fri Dec 15 00:21:05 2000]
HDR8
Pete, If you find the software, please let me know where you got it! I would greatly appreciate it! The 6 track version posted on this site works, but the 8 track is failure!

Don Sibley - [Wed Dec 20 09:58:44 2000]
HDR-V8
Does anyone know where to get a manual for the HDR-V8. I have emailed vestax but no answer yet! Thanks!!

Don Sibley - [email protected] [Wed Dec 20 09:59:10 2000]
HDR-V8
Does anyone know where to get a manual for the HDR-V8. I have emailed vestax but no answer yet! Thanks!!

Jonathon Stevens - [email protected] [Wed Dec 20 21:42:29 2000]
HDR-6
Hey there. If anyone wants to buy a HDR-6 get in touch with me. I've got one with 2 1 gig seagate drives installed. The unit was just serviced and the power supply replaced, so it's got a clean bill of health. Lemme know if you interested. Thanks.

Jonathon Stevens - [email protected] [Wed Dec 20 21:43:27 2000]
HDR-6
Oops, forgot to post a price. How about $300. Thanks. Hey there. If anyone wants to buy a HDR-6 get in touch with me. I've got one with 2 1 gig seagate drives installed. The unit was just serviced and the power supply replaced, so it's got a clean bill of health. Lemme know if you interested. Thanks.

Diego Titiro - [email protected] [Tue Dec 26 08:43:17 2000]
HDR V8 3.05
HI Hard Heads!This my first time in. Actually I have plenty of questions bout this machine but Ill start with this:Is it posible to use the MIDI conection on the V8 to make it play or record in sincro with a sequencer? I mean does it recieve that kind of order via MIDI or its just for controlling the internal mixer. Thanx from Argentina

Norman Fay/Vietgrove - [email protected] [Wed Dec 27 05:53:03 2000]
hdr v8 vers 3.15
I think I may be suffering from thee dreaded power supply inadequacy blusezzz! Oh No! How does this manifest itself on other poster's machines? I fitted this: Seagate ST301211a (+5v 900ma max/+12v 1500ma max) and I'm getting clicks and pops on playback. Also, after leaving it on for a while, I got the power down/power back up problem I also used to get w/the syjet drive :( Am I ever going to get this thing working? Anyway, I'm planning to proceed w/part two of my plan, which is to locate a case with removable drive caddies in it behind the HDR, and connect it via a new ide lead through one of the expansion slots on the back panel. The case will have its own power supply, so no added strain! In thee meantime, has anyone used this model drive succesfully? It's nice and quiet, so I'm hoping I can get it to work. Being on th "trailing edge" for HD capacities certainly is a pain! Anyone sending their HDRs to bertch for upgrades please keep us informed as to yr progress, 'cuz I'm surely going to have to send my machine there sometime in '01! A prosperous new year to the lot o' ye! best wishes Norman Fay/vietgrove

Diego Titiro - [email protected] [Wed Dec 27 08:51:21 2000]
HDR V8 3.04
Hi All! Any one can help me find a real manual for the HDR V8 the one that came in the box seems to have been written on LSD or bad translated from sancrit.FELIZ A—O NUEVO!!!!!!

Scott - [email protected] [Thu Dec 28 06:18:24 2000]
V8,HDR6,HDR8, MX1
Hi All! Iron yes, I thiunk the manual was translated from japanese, and the translaters were on (the brown) acid. Heres what may help. Go back to where all tjhe previous months post its are listed, download them all and print them out. Almost all questions have been dealt with in the past. Highlight the good parts. Put them in a binder in chronological order. There, you have a new manual! The unit can sync to midi as the master. TYou have to stripe the hdr with code from the sequencer. Its a bitch to setup, but it works great, for automated mixes....Ciao Scott

james Gray - [email protected] [Sun Dec 31 22:06:38 2000]
V8, HDR8
I built a beautiful oak cabinet for the studio and those HDRs sure look pretty in them. I took Scotts suggestion and copied all the prior posts to a MS Word file, ended up being 83 pages worth and took about 5 min. To tell how this is done for the novices. 1. Open and save a Word processor file and name something like Vestax Info, then minimize. 2. Click twice with the left mouse button, this should hightlight the entire text of file. 3. Then use right mouse button and choose "copy" use Alt/Tab combo to open WP file and then use right mouse button and choose "paste" 4. Alt/Tab back into post it and repeat. Tomorrow I will start by deleting information and headers that take up alot of file space and then essentially doing the same process as in the beginning to copy/paste into a variety of subject files. In my case it will be all the infor for HDR8 into one file and V8 into another, information that overlaps go into both files. We shall see how this works out, but to make a new manual complete I can paste diagrams from old manual. I will make this available when finished and we can see if we can improve over existing manual and help others joining us new to get up to speed sooner because reviewing the last 2 years posts in daunting