bubinga5 Posted August 21, 2008 Share Posted August 21, 2008 Hey people. Does anyone use multitrack recorders here/If so do you get good results..Can you recomend any good ones/easy to use?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Burpster Posted August 21, 2008 Share Posted August 21, 2008 portable or big studio types? I have a micro br that works pretty well! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mcdrewson Posted August 21, 2008 Share Posted August 21, 2008 I can recommend the Alesis HD24. I would avoid the Mackie equivalent. If you've a larger budget you could try and get hold of a 2nd hand Tascam MX2424. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alexclaber Posted August 22, 2008 Share Posted August 22, 2008 We did our last EP entirely (bar final mastering) on a Tascam 2488 which only cost a few hundred quid. Very impressive piece of kit. Alex Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
warwickhunt Posted August 22, 2008 Share Posted August 22, 2008 I have/use a BOSS BR532 that is about as easy to use as any old analogue 4 track tape recorder. I probably use 1/100th of its potential as I never use the cutting/pasting/editing features, I don't bounce down, never touched the built in effects and BOSS drum machine etc etc. It's digital so there is no untoward noise (unless you input a noisy signal) and as a simple recording tool it's a doddle. Probably cheap as chips to buy now. Downside is you can't burn to disc easily, so you have to transfer files to a PC... probably easier recording straight to your hard-drive! Depends what you are after I suppose Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Earbrass Posted August 22, 2008 Share Posted August 22, 2008 It depends so much on what facilities you need and what you are going to use it for. I use a Fostex MR8-MkII, which is super portable, records to CD spec (unlike most of the BOSS products), can be battery powered (bye bye mains hum), and records straight to Compact Flash (no moving parts). It's also cheap (£170/£180??) and very simple to use, though lacking many features (no EQ, internal fx are rubbish, and there's no aux out to use external effects). I use it for recording bass parts for the band I play with - they give me a stereo mix of the track as a WAV file - easy to download to the MR8 over USB. I then record my parts in my own time, copy them back to the laptop via USB, stick 'em on a memory stick, and then they are incorporated into the mix on the band's computer-based system, where proper EQ and FX can be added as required. So, in summary, it's great as a means of capturing sound and turning it into a WAV file, but if you want to process the sound you do it elsewhere - kind of like a digital camera, where you capture your image, then download to Photoshop etc for the fine tuning. Hope this helps. E Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BOD2 Posted August 22, 2008 Share Posted August 22, 2008 I have a Fostex MR8-HD. The same machine as Earbass describes above except that it has a hard disk drive inside and uses that rather than Compact Flash cards. It's very easy to use and gets good results. The other good thing about the MR8 series is that you can connect and record up to 4 sources (e.g. 4 separate mics) simultaneously, whereas as most other multitrackers a limited to 1 or 2 sources simultaneously. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alexclaber Posted August 22, 2008 Share Posted August 22, 2008 [quote name='BOD2' post='267727' date='Aug 22 2008, 11:29 AM']The other good thing about the MR8 series is that you can connect and record up to 4 sources (e.g. 4 separate mics) simultaneously, whereas as most other multitrackers a limited to 1 or 2 sources simultaneously.[/quote] I had one of those and it's a neat little thing, especially with the 4 track simultaneous - very very easy to use. The Tascam 2488 is a far bigger and not quite so friendly beast but the extra size and cost gets you 24 bit recording with 8 track simultaneous and up to 24 tracks total. Alex Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Basszilla Posted August 24, 2008 Share Posted August 24, 2008 I can heartily recommend the fostex vf160ex. Great machine. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Born 2B Mild Posted August 24, 2008 Share Posted August 24, 2008 I'm more at home with analogue than computer based recording, though I do have an MBOX2 with ProTools. I have found the Yamaha AW16G a good compromise, as it records digitally but you have mixer style controls. It's also good for recording several instruments at the same time. c£300 will get you a used one on eBay. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BassMunkee Posted September 2, 2008 Share Posted September 2, 2008 I used to use a Zoom MRS4b - worked very well, saved to SD card, and had loads of features. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steve Posted September 4, 2008 Share Posted September 4, 2008 laptop, cubase, BFD2 and reason seems to work ok - and you can surf and buy stuff with the same piece of kit Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
charic Posted September 7, 2008 Share Posted September 7, 2008 The korg d888 is a great piece of kit for any situation! I should know i got one Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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