Studio Recorder

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Un-beatable Audio Performance Comes Home to Roost - Meet the Korg MR-2000S!
Korg captured the world's attention with their MR series of DSD mobile recorders and studio tools. After consulting with top recording and mastering professionals, Korg has now created the Korg MR-2000S Studio Recorder; a 2-track mixdown designed from the ground up to bring that same DSD sonic performance home for use in any studio environment.

A DSD and Mastering Recorder Born to Run
In keeping with the MR Series studio recorder heritage of portability, the MR-2000S 1- bit recorder adds a number of new features to meet the requirements of the most demanding studio, yet retains a sleek, single rack-space profile. This compact format is also ideal for any live recording rig; or for grabbing that "off-the-board" live recording night after night - as well as shuttling your recordings from venue to studio and back again. So whether you want to capture that once-in-a-lifetime performance with impeccable detail, or need to transfer those priceless recordings from session to session, the MR-2000S high-resolution audio recorder is ready to roll.

Recently released firmware update for the MR2000S adds many new features to improve operational ease.

• "MR Control Link" Function
  This lets you perform recording and playback with multiple MR-2000S units synchronized. Word clock and transport commands such as PLAY and STOP sent via the S/P DIF cable enable this function.
   
• Selection of stereo or mono as the recording format
  You can now select "Stereo" or "Dual Mono" as the recording format for enhanced compatibility with other devices and software.
   
• Support for mono audio files
  When playing a project that was recorded with "Dual Mono" selected as the recording format, or if there are files whose names end in a numeral (e.g., trk1) or that are likely to be a pair (e.g., _L,_R), they will be played back as a Dual Mono stereo pair. If the paired file has not found, that monaural file will be output from both channels.
   
• Support for professional use of channel status block as the S/P DIF output
  It is now possible to use the channel status block of the digital output from the S/P DIF terminal in "professional" mode. When you select "Professional", the first channel status bit is set to "1".

Improved Fast-forward and Rewind.
When holding down the FF or REW button during playback, you can now hear sound (commonly called scrubbing).

Support for AIFF file playback
MR-2000S can now play non-compressed AIFF files with the extension of .aif, .aiff, or .aifc.

Specifications

Main Sections

Recorder section
Number of tracks: 2 tracks, 2 tracks simultaneous playback/2 tracks simultaneous recording

Recording formats
-PCM audio format: BWF (extension .wav) 44.1 kHz @ 16/24 bit, 48 kHz @ 16/24 bit, 88.2 kHz @ 24 bit, 96 kHz @ 24 bit,176.4 kHz @ 24 bit, 192 kHz @ 24 bit

-1-bit audio format: 2.8 MHz @ 1-bit, 5.6 MHz @ 1-bit,DSDIFF format (extension .dff), DSF (extension .dsf),WSD (extension .wsd)

-mp3 audio format(playback only): 44.1kHz/32kbps - 320kbps

Recording
Maximum approximately: 120 hours at 44.1 kHz/16 bit, 14.5 hours at 5.6 MHz/1- bit (for 80 Gbyte hard disk), Maximum continuous recording 6 hours

Number: Recognizes a maximum of projects four hundred projects of each format

Mark points: 100 points per project *No mark names

USB functionality: Connect to computer via USB 2.0, usable as FAT32 USB external drive

Project editing: Rename, Delete, Protect

General
Display: 160 x 104 pixel, LCD with backlight

Level meter: -54dBFS – 0dBFS (PC audio); -54dBSACD – +3dBSACD (1-Bit audio); L and R each provide 21/23-step LED + peak LED

Power supply: AC100 –240 V

Power consumption: 20 W

Dimensions/Weight: 18.9"(W) x 8.6"(D) x 1.7"(H):Including protrusions/6.17 lbs

Main Specifications
Frequency response: 10 Hz ... 20 kHz ± 1 dB@ Fs 44.1 kHz / 48 kHz, 10 Hz ... 40 kHz ± 1 dB@ Fs 88.2 kHz/96 kHz/176.4 kHz/ 192 kHz, 10 Hz ... 100 kHz (1-bit)

S/N: 103 dB (typical) @ IHF-A

THD+N: 0.005% (typical), 20 Hz ... 20 kHz

A/D conversion: 2.8224 MHz/5.6448 MHz(1-bit), 24bit (PCM)

D/A conversion: 2.8224 MHz/5.6448 MHz(1-bit), 24bit (PCM)

Line In L/R
XLR
-Connector: XLR-3-31 type (balanced)
-Input impedance: 22 k Ohms
-Nominal level: + 4 dBu (REC LEVEL=0dB)
-Maximum level: + 24 dBu

RCA
-Connector: RCA (Unbalanced)
-Input impedance: 50k Ohms
-Nominal level (– 12 dBFS – 12 dB-SACD):
–6 dBV (REC LEVEL = 0 dB)
-Maximum level: + 10 dBV

Line Out L/R
XLR
-Connector: XLR-3-32 type (balanced)
-Load impedance: 600 Ohms or greater
-Nominal level: – 4dBu
-Maximum level (0dBFS 0dB-SACD):
– 16 dBu (Nominal level= –12dBFS),
– 18 dBu (Nominal level= –14dBFS),
– 20 dBu (Nominal level= –16dBFS),
– 22 dBu (Nominal level= –18dBFS),
– 24 dBu (Nominal level= –20dBFS)

RCA
-Connector: RCA (Unbalanced)
-Load impedance: 47 k Ohms or greater/
-Nominal level (– 12 dBFS – 12 dB-SACD):
– 6 dBV (REC LEVEL=0dB)
-Maximum level (0 dBFS 0 dB-SACD): + 6dBV

Phones
-Connector: 1/4" stereo phone jack
-Load impedance: 16 Ohms or greater
-Maximum level: 170 mW + 170 mW @ 32 ohms

S/P Dif In/Out (coaxial)
-Connector: RCA pin
-Format: IEC60958

Word Clock In/Out
-Connector: BNC receptacle, 75 Ohms

USB
-Connector: Type B
-Format: USB 2.0 compliant,
-USB mass storage class
-Supported operating systems: Windows 2000,or later Mac OS X 10.3.9 or later

Included Items
AC power cable, Install CD ("AudioGate" audio file conversion application)

AudioGate ver,1.5 Operating Requirements
Windows
-Supported operating systems: Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition/Professional Edition Service Pack 1 or later, Microsoft Windows Vista
-Supported computers:
CPU: Intel Pentium III /1 GHz or better
RAM: 256 MB or more
A USB port that meets the operating requirements of Microsoft Windows XP/Vista

Macintosh
-Supported operating system: Mac OS X 10.3.9 or later
-Supported computers:
CPU: Apple G4/800 MHz or better, Intel Mac is supported
RAM: 256 MB or more
A USB port that meets the operating requirements of Mac OS X

Demo Project
All Most Blues
The Wind and the Wheat performed by Phil Keaggy
copyright Phil Keaggy 2006
http://www.philkeaggy.com/

*This product comes installed with the "ISC-MP3 BF532 d Korg" MP3 decoder which was developed by The Institute of Super Compression Technologies, Inc. (ISCT), Japan.

*”DSD” is a registered trademark.

*Logos, product names, and company names are their trademarks or registered trademarks.

Specifications subject to change without notice