Recording
nailz100
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I am looking for a mini 8-16 track recorder....like a boss or zoom. See because I play guitar and sing it is hard for me to write both at the same time....so I'd like to have something that I can record guitar tracks with/ program drum tracks/ bass with and then sing over later. Any suggests on which has the best sound/ effects/ diversity? Which one is the biggest bang for my buck? Comments?
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i think it's been surpassed in features such as larger hard drives and integral CD burners at this point though. the sound quality is great for home purposes in my opinion. it lacks XLR inputs and phantom power though which is a bummer.
the zoom MRS802B 8-track is $700US and has 20gig and a burner. i have no ideal what the canadian retail is.
the fostex VF80EX has XLR inputs and phantom power (for condenser mics) which is really nice. 20gig. optional burner. it's $700 as well.
after that, they get pretty expensive.
you need a proper recording I/O card though.
that runs down a lot of what's out there right now.
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i haven't really looked into any of this stuff in years so i don't really know how they compare soundwise.
They're all pretty damn close in quality and ease of use. They all rip each other off.
tascam.
Well if you listen to Ex's sound clips, they are all very similar to that in the sound quality.
All digital recording is a bit crispy because it's digital. You can warm it up with tube preamps nice mic's and spending a little time with the onboard reverb and EQ. In my opinion the sound quality is very good for what it is and the ability to manipulate the sound with no constant rewinding or tape degredation is a huge plus.
It's not going to be broadcast quality perfect engineered tracks, but hell man what do you want for a couple hundred bucks. You can do a demo and rip tracks of of them easily.
Ex has done some really nice stuff with his.
I will say this. The more tracks, the better. You'd be suprised how fast they go.
note on the sound quality of my clips. they are 96kbps mp3 and sound much better in their full uncompressed data form that the recorder spits out.
well, I'd go look at all the options in a store. Price is often a major factor. I'd check out everything starting with the most expensive, work off the features that you don't need untill you get to the price you want to pay.
I think BOSS makes a quality product. The ones with CD recorders are nice because you can record on the unit.
McCreadyisGod is a sound engineer and can probably answer questions about sound quality more thoroughly than I can.
As far as I know Exhausted likes his Fostex
I like my Boss though it needs more tracks
and Bin Frog likes his Zoom.
No major complaints with any brand really.
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Hey, for stand-alone units, I really love Korg's stuff. I've used a D1600 a bunch, and love it. They make a 12-track version, the D12, that's pretty cool, too.
One last option is getting a USB interface and recording to computer. Tascam and DigiDesign both make boxes with software included, and while you can only get two tracks in at a time, you can put up to like 24 tracks on there.