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Tom Campbell

 

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Post  Posted 14 Jun 2014 11:30 am    
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Does anyone use the Tascam or Zoom hand held recorders for practice purposes? I need some feedback to shame myself into improving my "--- awful" playing.
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Robert Parent

 

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Gillette, WY
Post  Posted 14 Jun 2014 12:28 pm    
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Hi,

I have the Tascam DR100-mkii and its a nice recorder. I see B&H Photo has them for about $50 less than what they were a couple months ago on special.

It has variable speed which is nice to practice with. You can tune to your guitar or slow down a part you want to learn.

You can record in several formats and easily dump stuff to or from a PC.

There is a remote control and some other stuff in the box that I have yet to use.

Robert
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Robert Parent

 

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Post  Posted 14 Jun 2014 12:28 pm    
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Hi,

I have the Tascam DR100-mkii and its a nice recorder. I see B&H Photo has them for about $50 less than what they were a couple months ago on special.

It has variable speed which is nice to practice with. You can tune to your guitar or slow down a part you want to learn.

You can record in several formats and easily dump stuff to or from a PC.

There is a remote control and some other stuff in the box that I have yet to use.

Robert
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Mark Draycott R.I.P.


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Portland, OR
Post  Posted 14 Jun 2014 1:25 pm     Zoom
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I have a Zoom H2N and I am really impressed with the quality of recordings.
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Danny James

 

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Summerfield Florida USA
Post  Posted 14 Jun 2014 4:15 pm     Re: Hand held recorders
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Tom Campbell wrote:
Does anyone use the Tascam or Zoom hand held recorders for practice purposes? I need some feedback to shame myself into improving my "--- awful" playing.


I have a little Sony ICD SX 68 that I bought about 6 yrs ago. And it does an outstanding job especially for as small as it is.

What you record is what you hear back, when I play it back through regular PC speakers.

Of course the newer products should be even better because of all the added features.
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Adrian Wang

 

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Singapore
Post  Posted 16 Jun 2014 3:39 am     Re: Zoom
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Mark Draycott wrote:
I have a Zoom H2N and I am really impressed with the quality of recordings.


I am using the same brand , Zoom Q3HD with video option. sound quality is good
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David Mason


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Cambridge, MD, USA
Post  Posted 16 Jun 2014 5:14 am    
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I have a cool Alesis "ProTrack", which uses an iPod as it's recording medium. This makes for a lot of portability and downloadability for the tracks it records. It does have it's own condenser mikes, but they're only useful on iPods without an internal drive. But it'll accept 1/4" and XLR inputs too, and power up 2 external mikes. I use it all the time just to listen to Ipods, because it can power real headphones too. It'll mount on a camera tripod, if you want to get it off vibrating things.

They seem to be discontinued? You can find them for $100 with a bit of diligence.

http://www.alesis.com/protrack
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Tony Prior


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Charlotte NC
Post  Posted 26 Jun 2014 2:39 am     Re: Hand held recorders
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Tom Campbell wrote:
Does anyone use the Tascam or Zoom hand held recorders for practice purposes? I need some feedback to shame myself into improving my "--- awful" playing.


Ha! Tom, join the party ! The Zoom H2 and recorders in that same category have been in use for many years now recording all of our bad notes ! My take is these are now essential for any working musician . I carry a Zoom H2 in my gig bag and I keep a smaller Tascam DR03 in the car ! Both record in MP3 and wav formats.
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