Sound Devices 8-Series Recorder Comparison w/ 888 Unboxing

Nick Huston opens up the 888 and looks at how it fits into the 8-series with the 833 and the Scorpio.
833: www.gothamsoun...
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Scorpio: www.gothamsoun...

[@ToddWhirley]

Insane that prices have gone through the roof in 2 years. The 833 has gone up by $1400 while 888 & Scorpio have gone up by $2000+. In 2 years.

[@paulisaacs5980]

The chart is not quite correct. 888 has 12 recordable analog inputs (8 bal mic/line + 4 unbalanced via the two stereo returns)

[@angelitojusay593]

888 costs $9200 at this time. 😬

[@levicarter4577]

Can't wait to pick one up!

[@njh209]

Now in stock!

[@levicarter4577]

@@njh209 YAY!

[@sanjacobs6261]

Can the custom function star-buttons be set to increment the slate number?

[@GothamSound]

Not as far as we know. The star button functions seem to be limited to Shortcut with PFL switch to access channels 9 through 16, soft buttons for menus, and mappable functions via the Toggle Switch Action menu, which alas, "Increment Slate Number" is not included.

[@sanjacobs6261]

@@GothamSound Dang, that's one of my favorite things on the F8. Thanks anyway, guys. :)

[@partridgemike]

32 bit float not in 8 Series? interesting

[@SoundSpeeding]

Because it isn't needed! Would see very little usage in this niche.
Although I suspect Sound Devices has it on their "to do list" to support in a future firmware update, but likely is very very low down their priority list. (and rightly so, there are MANY other things I'd like to see come out in a firmware update first before than 32bit!)

[@markreddy8682]

It does have 32 bit

[@jaredbenge577]

It does now