WTB recording equipment for home use.
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Jack Musgrave
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- Location: Springfield, Missouri, USA
WTB recording equipment for home use.
Looking for something to use around the house to record with. can be older technology as long as it is in good useable shape and reasonable priced. prefer at least 8 track.
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David Graves
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- Location: Indiana, USA
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Douglas Schuch
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- Joined: 10 Jun 2011 9:33 am
- Location: Valencia, Philippines
I'm not selling anything, but will suggest you look at the Zoom R16 recorder - it records up to 8 tracks, can mix/play back up to 16, records as WAV files (the standard used on commercial CD's), and does it at CD quality with 0 noise. You can then load the files into your computer for editing using any software that edits WAV files - I've used Audacity, which is free. It can run on batteries if you want a light, convenient portable package, or on the supplied AC power cord.
About the only negative is the interface is a little complex. I find that, if I have not used it in a while, I need to watch a good youtube video on it to get it figured out again. The manual is not great. I should probably just write out my own instructions next time I need to figure it out! You can transfer a backing track to it's memory (SD cards) and assign it to a track (or two, if stereo), then play to the backing track using headphones, and mix the backing track into the final mix. Or, play to a track and NOT use it in the final mix, if you prefer.
New, they are under $400 (Amazon, among other sellers) and used in good shape at $250. Mine has been around the world (half way packed onto my sailboat, then in my backpack when I returned to the Philippines), yet still works flawlessly, so I'd rate them good for durability.
They can handle high-Z or low-Z inputs, can provide phantom power for active mics - pretty much does everything you could want for an 8-track recorder.
About the only negative is the interface is a little complex. I find that, if I have not used it in a while, I need to watch a good youtube video on it to get it figured out again. The manual is not great. I should probably just write out my own instructions next time I need to figure it out! You can transfer a backing track to it's memory (SD cards) and assign it to a track (or two, if stereo), then play to the backing track using headphones, and mix the backing track into the final mix. Or, play to a track and NOT use it in the final mix, if you prefer.
New, they are under $400 (Amazon, among other sellers) and used in good shape at $250. Mine has been around the world (half way packed onto my sailboat, then in my backpack when I returned to the Philippines), yet still works flawlessly, so I'd rate them good for durability.
They can handle high-Z or low-Z inputs, can provide phantom power for active mics - pretty much does everything you could want for an 8-track recorder.
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Doug Earnest
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