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Ron Patrick
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Do anyone have any suggestions on what kind of recorder I should buy to hear all my mistakes in my music room. And to see if there's improvement . Thanks for your help . Ron
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Richard Sinkler
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Post by Richard Sinkler »

I hear a lot of good things about the Zoom H series portable digital recorders. I have a friend that has tried to use one to record the band we had and the quality is pretty good, although not the right equipment to try to record a live band.
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Ken Lang
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Post by Ken Lang »

I have an H4 and it would work but it's expensive. I would think any boom box with the ability to record would be just fine.
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Jim Walker
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Post by Jim Walker »

You can get an Zoom H2 around $100 if ya shop.

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Billy Murdoch
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I recently bought a Boss BR600 on E Bay.
Very good for hearing Your mistakes :)
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Michael Pierce
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Post by Michael Pierce »

Ron, I use a laptop with Power Tracks Pro Audio/Band in Box and a small i/o box to either run a line directly from the amp or a microphone. There's a gentleman on the Forum who has an entire web site devoted to this. Works really well.

http://www.gwixon.com/
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Walter Killam
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I don't know about a recording device, but I can send my wife over, she will gladly point out all the mistakes in your playing, and the rest of your life as well. :D BTW if you've ever lost anything her UTD (Uterine Tracking Device)is amazing at finding lost keys, remotes, . . ..

sorry about the hijack, I'll go stand in my corner now.
Ron Patrick
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Walter, no thanks for your offer . I don't need another female over here yelling at me for playing too loud etc.
Ron
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Ron Patrick
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Thanks to all of you for your help .
Ron
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Post by John McClung »

Ron, I highly recommend the Zoom H2, if you don't already have a laptop you can easily record with.

The H2 is very easy to use, captures great audio in WAV or MP3 formats. I put on a rhythm track on my studio boombox, turn on the H2, and just play along. Hit "stop" on the H2, and listen back through earbuds, or a cord to an input on the boombox. Simple.

I've been using this to record private and classroom lessons that I teach, and with a little post production enhancement, the audio is great. It also captures live bands incredibly well, in my experience.

I do wish you could pause it, but that's for some reason not possible. You can put an index mark, but I never use that.
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John Roche
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Post by John Roche »

Ron, all you need is this , very easy to use and great recorder...

http://www.tascam.com/products/gt-r1.html

I used it for recording the sound for my videos. You can also go line in or plug your steel direct and use the built in fx ....
http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=Zvk8CBKyVRI
Ray McCarthy
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Post by Ray McCarthy »

Has anyone tried the Tascam DP 004 4-track machine?
They're 200 bucks, and I've been looking hard at them. The only other machine I ever used was an old Yamaha mixer/4-track tape setup that I never really figured out how to use.
So, about the DP 004--anyone?
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