Marantz PMD661 Portable SD Recorder - Digital Audio Recorder

The Marantz PMD661 portable SD recorder is an extremely versatile handheld professional recorder, proving immensely popular within a wide range of recording area's including, broadcasters, government departments, educational and meeting environments. Its the bigger brother to the PMD620 recorder and takes the place of the bigger PMD 660. The 661 recorder incorporates major new design innovations, including a significantly smaller footprint than the PMD660, an improved top fascia layout with fewer buttons and more highly developed use of multifunctional operation.

The Marantz PMD661 is highly portable measuring in at just 165 x 93 x 36 mm (6.5" x 3.7" x 1.4"), is 1/3 smaller than its predecessor the PMD660, and combined with the improved control layout it ensures comprehensive single handed operation. The new feature set includes an integrated high quality stereo condenser microphone array for 'point and shoot' operation, and a highly visible 128 x 64 dots matrix OLED (organic LED) display.

The PMD661 features both balanced mic and balanced line XLR inputs, as well as unbalanced line outs on RCA connectors and a secondary unbalanced line in on 3.5 mm mini jack connector. Also included for the first time at this price point within the Marantz range is a high resolution 24-bit / 96 kHz recording option (PCM).

The Marantz PMD661 utilises SD flash media, the most widely available and fastest developing flash memory format. Compatibility with SDHC media means that cards currently up to 32 GB in size can be used. High capacity media storage is matched by six hours recording time from four AA Alkaline / Ni-MH batteries. Drag and drop file transfer is supported via the USB 2.0 port.

PMD Marker Editor: For the first time Marantz Professional has bundled it's Marker Editor software free in the box. PMD Mark Editor allows the marker points made on the recorded file to be adjusted post-recording, and a new file created, meaning basic editing can be carried out on any handy PC or laptop, and files posted for immediate distribution.

Marantz PMD 661 SD Recorder Highlights;

• Record directly to SD cards – SD/SDHC compatible, 64mb to 32GB
• Handheld Size – 165x93x36mm
• Large OLED (organic LED) Display
• MP3, WAV(BWF), format compatible
• 16/24 Bit linear quantization
• 44.1/48/ 96KHz sample rate selection (96KHz only for PCM)
• MP3 Bit Rate – 64 – 320kbps Stereo
• Balanced XLR Mic input
• 48V phantom power
• Balanced XLR Line Input, Unbalanced line in and out, Digital Input (SPDIF)
• USB 2.0 for fast file transfer
• 4 x AA Batteries, providing six hours recording (w/Alkaline1450mAh batteries)
• Dictation Functions including Pitch control and Skip Back
• Supplied with New PMD MARK EDITOR Software