The Marantz PMD570 is a rackmount 2-channel digital recorder housed in a handsome black and burnished silver chassis, that records to plentiful and inexpensive Compact Flash cards and Microdrives as the storage media of choice.

The PMD570 utilizes a variety of user selectable and program-appropriate compression types, conserving the amazing storage capacity of the CF cards, and supports a variety of file formats. The onboard computer I/O connector facilitates quick and direct computer transfers, for archiving and editing, and the PC-only PMDEdit software is available from Marantz for seamless file management.

Tne analog connectors of the PMD570 include both balanced XLR and unbalanced RCA, and a coaxial SPDIF digital I/O is also available for transfer to other types of digital recorders or workstations. An installation-friendly RS232C control port is standard with this unit, as well.

The PMD570 is a stable and innovative solution for conference, lecture and house of worship speech recording, equally at home in the boardroom or the control room.

• Records directly to inexpensive and readily available Compact Flash and Microdrive media

• Stable storage media with no moving parts

• Mono and stereo recording

• One touch record button

• Multiple file format support includes MP2, MP3, WAV and BWF with 40 quality settings

• Program-appropriate selection of sample and bit rates conserves card capacity, increased recording time at lower resolutions

• Minute Track Mode file creation function enables time-based, user definable track increments for easier identification and editing of longer audio recordings

• Direct on-board computer connectivity for digital archiving and editing in digital domain, eliminates second stage transfers from tape and other storage media

• Proprietary PMDEdit file management and editing software available for PC

• Over 50 hrs. of storage on single 700 MB CD-R,

• SPDIF digital input and output

• Full 2-way RS232C control, installation-quality of construction

• Locking security door for card slot