good lowend recording equipment??

[jmv]

If i were looking to get a little home studio thing that could record well for guitar, or other instruments as well, and had either a CDburner in it, or a USB or something to hook it up to my computer, and use its CDburner (but smartmedia won't work, i don't have anything to read it). It'd be nice to have some good editing options, and some nice effects, and possibly some guitar modeling capability, but again, it wouldn't be used just for guitars, but for vocals, and woodwind instruments. I'd be looking to stay under $300, prefereably... what would you reccomend??

And, BTW... the number of channels is not a real big deal, i don't think i'd need anything more than 4.

 

[Falstaff]

Re: good lowend recording equipment??

I don't know if recording on your PC is an option for you, but if that is, try www.ntrack.com. It's cheap and works pretty well. There are free plugins out there (in addition to the ones included). There's a program called Feurio that works well for burning CDs.

Alvin Lee Fan uses it and his clips sound great.

 

[jmv]

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uhh... i don't think that'd work too well. I experimented with that once, (i was using ntrack, in fact), and it didn't work very well at all.

I saw the Zoom PS-04, it looks pretty cool, BUT, the only way to get the data to your computer is through smartmedia cards, and i don't think i can manage that, even if the reader cards themselves are cheap, because all the slots in my computer are full.

 

[JOLLY]

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I seriously doubt you're going to find anything with those features for $300. It'd be nice, but I just don't see it happening.

 

[jmv]

Re: good lowend recording equipment??

hmm... okay. What do you think is the lowest price i'd be looking at for those kind of features??

 

[jmv]

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what about this?? It seems pretty similar to the zoom one, but it says it has a USB port.... which means i could export the files from the recorder onto my computer, and then burn them onto a CD which would play in a stereo, correct??

 

[JOLLY]

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hmm... okay. What do you think is the lowest price i'd be looking at for those kind of features??

Well, first off I seriously doubt you're gonna find any 4 track with a built in CD Burner. They'll all be at least 8 tracks. I'd say the lowest price you're gonna find on anything that's 8 tracks with a built in burner is going to be $600-$700.....and that's playing it very conservatively.

 

[JOLLY]

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oh ok....I must have misread something somewhere about you using the USB/Smart Media thing.

 

[JOLLY]

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This one looks like it could be right up your alley.

http://fostex.com/index.php?file=products/digital/mr8

http://www.musiciansfriend.com/srs7...3067171/g=home/search/detail/base_pid/240239/

 

[jmv]

Re: good lowend recording equipment??

This one looks like it could be right up your alley.

http://fostex.com/index.php?file=products/digital/mr8

http://www.musiciansfriend.com/srs7...3067171/g=home/search/detail/base_pid/240239/

yeah. that one looks nice. So, even though it uses the flashcard thing to actually record onto, i don't need that to hook it up to my computer, correct, i can just use the USB port??

And does anyone know if they record the stuff in a format that, once put on a cd, will work in home stereos, or do they need to be converted somehow??

Thanks for your help, Jolly!!

 

[Wattage]

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Yeha those are pretty cool. Buddy of mine does tons of stuff on it. You do need to build up some memory cards though you'll use a lot of them .

 

[jmv]

Re: good lowend recording equipment??

Yeha those are pretty cool. Buddy of mine does tons of stuff on it. You do need to build up some memory cards though you'll use a lot of them .

but you can use your computer for storage, can't you?? Or can you not put stuff back on the card from the PC?? Oh well, that wouldn't be a big deal i don't guess, at the moment i just need it to record 2 short etudes for a band audition. I could start a collection of the cards later, once i start to record songs and demos and stuff.

 

[Marinblues]

Re: good lowend recording equipment??

You could get a Tascam US-122. It has both Line-in and Microphone inputs. I think they cost around 200$ in the US. It includes a reduced version of Cubase which is ok for starters. Otherwise you can get Cakewalks Home Studio for 89$.

 

[rumplstratskin]

Re: good lowend recording equipment??

If i were looking to get a little home studio thing that could record well for guitar, or other instruments as well, and had either a CDburner in it, or a USB or something to hook it up to my computer, and use its CDburner (but smartmedia won't work, i don't have anything to read it). It'd be nice to have some good editing options, and some nice effects, and possibly some guitar modeling capability, but again, it wouldn't be used just for guitars, but for vocals, and woodwind instruments. I'd be looking to stay under $300, prefereably... what would you reccomend??

And, BTW... the number of channels is not a real big deal, i don't think i'd need anything more than 4.

Having the dubious pleasure of owning a MR8 I would definitly go with the Tascam 122-USB first. But beware. The software included recommends 512mg of RAM so you might wind up forking out the extra $$$ in RAM.

 

[italic zero]

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I've always found recording to a PC much easier and cheaper...

 

[STRATDELUXER97]

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My original post disappeared but I recommend and still use a Tascam 488 Mark II Analog cassette 8 tracker...Unless it absolutely has to be digital? I record onto my tracks,do my mixdown,and then send it to my computer and Guitar Tracks Pro...

This Tascam unit was one of the best before the digital craze began...I'd not part with mine! There are lots of these around if you look..

John

 

[midnite_man]

Re: good lowend recording equipment??

My original post disappeared but I recommend and still use a Tascam 488 Mark II Analog cassette 8 tracker...Unless it absolutely has to be digital? I record onto my tracks,do my mixdown,and then send it to my computer and Guitar Tracks Pro...

This Tascam unit was one of the best before the digital craze began...I'd not part with mine! There are lots of these around if you look..

John

How about just a Tascam Portastudio 424 mk III, John? I've been thinking about snagging a used one up, and using it to lay down a few tracks. It'd be easy enough to transfer to my pc and edit there with software.

 

[rumplstratskin]

Re: good lowend recording equipment??

My original post disappeared but I recommend and still use a Tascam 488 Mark II Analog cassette 8 tracker...Unless it absolutely has to be digital? I record onto my tracks,do my mixdown,and then send it to my computer and Guitar Tracks Pro...

This Tascam unit was one of the best before the digital craze began...I'd not part with mine! There are lots of these around if you look..

John

I tried using a Yamaha 4-track in the early eighties and had problems with
1) the tuning. Every track was apparently recording at a slightly different speed than the one before and after, and 2) the recording quality strated going downhill after two or three tracks.

It was a new machine so what was I doing wrong?

 

[midnite_man]

Re: good lowend recording equipment??

I tried using a Yamaha 4-track in the early eighties and had problems with
1) the tuning. Every track was apparently recording at a slightly different speed than the one before and after, and 2) the recording quality strated going downhill after two or three tracks.

It was a new machine so what was I doing wrong?

You didn't have it downloaded using software that's hooked up to a 20GB cpu processor, Bill....LOL!
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