Otari Debuts Second Generation RADAR(TM) II HDR Digital Multitrack{deck} September 26, 1998
Otari Corporation, the industry's leading manufacturer of production consoles and digital audio recorders, is introducing RADARTM II HDR Series Digital Multitrack - the company's second generation enhancement of its highly-successful hard-disk multitrack recording system, RADAR I. The RADAR I is considered by many audio professionals to be the best-sounding digital recorder available. In less than three years, RADAR I has replaced analog multitracks in several hundred commercial and private facilities worldwide.
RADAR II is the world's first stand alone 24-bit, 48 kHz sampling, 24-track hard disk recorder. Through advancements in technology, sonic integrity of the original RADAR recorder has been elevated to a new level of excellence. RADAR II features a standard 9-gigabyte removable hard drive and an all-new remote control console that emulates the operation and feel of a remotely-controlled analog tape recorder. Important new features include a detachable remote meter bridge that lets RADAR II be located away from the control room, thus eliminating any machine noise.
An optional T/DIF link with 24-track digital I/Os allows RADAR II to communicate directly with digital consoles. RADAR II is also fully upwardly-compatible with RADAR I via user-selectable 16 or 24-bit operation. Multiple RADAR IIs may be linked together (up to 192 tracks) and the enhanced RE-8 II controller provides track arming and optional metering of up to 48 tracks of audio.
RADAR II also features a unique "auto-reclaim" function that lets the user automatically recover unused disk space to maximize storage capacity at all times. On RADAR II's standard 9-gigabyte hard drive, 48kHz sampling at 24-bit resolution provides up to 42 minutes of 24-track recording. RADAR II is compatible with a variety of user-defined storage and backup options, such as Exabyte® drives.
Flexibility, ease-of-use and reliability remain hallmarks of the RADAR HDR Series, along with such features as Sony® P2 machine control, vari-speed, mistake-proof editing, timecode interface, and Otari's popular RADAR View software. MIDI I/O and RS-422 serial control are also standard, making interfacing with a wide range of existing studio equipment simple. RADAR II will lock to all standard SMPTE rates and formats, video composite (NTSC and PAL), and word clock. Sampling rate is variable between 32 and 48 kHz.
"We believe the new RADAR II HDR Series offers a dramatic breakthrough in sonic quality as well as operational convenience," comments Mel Lambert, the newly-appointed International Director of Marketing. "For example, by using RADAR Link software, two RADAR IIs can be easily linked together to deliver sample-accurate, 'plug-and-play' 24-bit, 48-track digital recording. RADAR II is the ideal replacement for the tape-based digital recorder. It's highly reliable and reasonably priced. We have already delivered several fully-operational systems." Visit Otari on the web at www.otari.com. | 
