Hi all,
Me and a mate are going to get a project underway very shortly and I've come to the conclusion that we're probably going to need to invest in some kind of recorder. Reason being - we're going to have to use a rehearsal room somewhere in Manchester (we think Blueprint Studios might be the one) due to where we both live and time constraints etc. We need a portable recording solution. We've both got old Tascam 4 track cassette recorders which are lovely and old school, and truth be told I'd love to have a nice 4 track reel to reel to get things down on :lol but naturally, that's not going to happen.
I've got a Zoom H4 but that will only do 2 inputs and it's probably not the best really. The focus is going to be getting clean, quality recordings that can be post-processed afterwards. The requirements are:
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[*]96kHz/24 bit recording
[*]4 XLR inputs if possible
[*]Simple, decent quality, low noise, save to SD card
[*]Not bothered with effects or any fancy bells and whistles, I just want to get tracks recorded
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I'm going to be using mics, DI and external preamps and experimenting a lot. The idea will be to get things recorded raw, then I can bring the recordings back home and mix things/process with outboard/drop to tape/reamp etc... Really not looking to spend a fortune either - 300-400 max?
If anyone has any experience of a decent unit that ticks the boxes, or even has something sitting round gathering dust?
Be great to hear some opinions
Cheers
Lee