
702T User Guide and Technical Information
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Note that most storage media now quote capacity in GB using SI units, where 1000 megabytes equals one
gigabyte.
PCM Audio
Uncompressed digital audio is expressed numerically by two measurements, bit depth and sampling
frequency, such as 16-bit/48 kHz. These two numbers are used to compute the data rate of uncom-
pressed audio.
Audio Data Rate = Bit Depth x Sampling Frequency
In the example below the data rate of a single 16-bit/48 kHz audio stream is computed in megabytes
per minute. Division by 1,048,576 converts from bits to megabits. Division by 8 converts from mega-
bits to megabytes; multiply by 60 converts seconds to minutes.
(((16 x 48000) / 1,048,576) / 8) x 60 = 5.49 MB/min
MP3 Compressed Record Time in Hours
MP3 Data Rate (bit depth/sampling rate), stereo track
64 kb/s
(0.47 MB/min)
96 kb/s
(0.70 MB/min)
128 kb/s
(0.94 MB/min)
160 kb/s
(1.17 MB/min)
192 kb/s
(1.40 MB/min)
256 kb/s
(1.86 MB/min)
320 kb/s
(2.34 MB/min)
Storage in GB
(1000 MB = 1 GB)
1 35 23 17 14 11 8 7
2 71 47 35 28 23 17 14
4 142 94 71 56 47 35 28
8 284 189 142 113 94 71 56
15 533 355 266 213 177 133 106
40 1422 948 711 568 474 355 284
60 2133 1422 1066 853 711 533 426
100 3555 2370 1777 1422 1185 888 711
The chart above shows file time available with the 702T with MP3 files. Time is expressed in hours at
the specified MP3 supported by the 702T. Note that all recordings are two-channel recordings.
Compressed Audio
When digital audio is compressed using some form of lossy, perceptual process such as MPEG2-
Layer3 (MP3 audio), Windows Media encoding (WMA), ATRAC encoding (used in MiniDisc), AAC
(MPEG-4 audio), or others - it can have a significant reduction in its data rate. Compressed audio has
enabled the practical distribution of audio over low speed data networks.
File Naming / Numbering
Files generated by the 702T are named using a syntax made up of four parts: scene number, take
number, mono track designator (if mono file is selected), and extension.
scene
number
take
number
extension
mono
file
designator
S001T01_1.WAV
Post-record metadata editing can be performed using a Mac OS or Windows based computer with Sound
Devices Wave Agent Beta. See Wave Agent Beta for more details.
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