| shane.s from farmington, NH, USA |
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| Subject: | Best home multi-track at any price |
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| very well made, i have no doubt this will easily stand up to years of constant use. |
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| ive heard people say the pre amps were not that good. HA. these pre amps are really good and everything is fully editable. anything you dont like about a sound can be changed. really i would not add anything. |
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| much easier than the roland or boss recorders i mentioned earlier.if you have never multi-tracked before itmay seem overwhelming at first. |
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| the sound of this unit is really second to none. and if you actually take the time with your recordings it really does rival any major label production. no joke |
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| only had it 2 weeks, but, its easy to see how reliable it will be |
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| seriously, ive worked with rolands and high end boss units and they are really good aswell. but for the price they dont even come close. i really cant say enough about this unit. oh and i love the meter bridge, gives it that old school look, like an actual studio. |
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| yes |
| Date submitted:
| 2/12/09 |
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| JASON JASVEN from HAYWARD CA U.S.A. |
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| Subject: | WORKS FOR ME |
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| I'VE HAD IT A WHILE NOW.NO PROBLEMS. |
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| THE DRUM PAD SET UP IS HANDS DOWN THE BEST FEATURE.CONVENIANT.NOT TO MENTION GOOD SOUND. |
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| READ THE MANUAL.I ROCORDED A SONG COMPLETE WITHIN 2 HOURS. |
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| THE GUITAR BANK IS SUPRISINGLY GOOD,BUT I UPGRADED IT BE BUYING THE ZOOM G7 + THE B2.THRASHMETAL GOLD. |
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| SO FAR SO GOOD. |
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| I DECIDED TO FINALLY RELAX,AND STOP TRYING TO FIND A BETTER SOUND.IT MAY NOT MAKE A MILLION DOLLAR RECORDING,BUT IT DOSE MAKE RECORDINGS GOOD ENOUGH TO SELL.I'M HAPPY. |
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| Joe from MN |
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| Subject: | Perfect for someone starting out, or just messing around |
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| Built like a rock, all sliders and knobbs feel stable, this isnt the typical Walmart brand. |
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| Built in FX and drum/bass machine, plus a cd recorder!!! The only thing the didnt inclue is the kitchen sink. |
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| After scanning around the manual and watching youtube I was a pro on this thing in a half hour. The drum machine is a little bit harder, but still very strait forward |
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| Some people say the 16 bit makes it low quality, if you plug in a quality mic theres no reason why you cant get a good semi-pro or even pro sound out of this recorder |
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| Ive had this for a few months now, work on it at least every other day, everything on it still works like the day I got it. This will last me for sure! |
| Overall:
| Beautiful recorder, kicks butt! |
| Do you own this product?:
| Yes |
| Date submitted:
| 6/27/09 |
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| BongoFever from Redwood City, CA |
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| Subject: | New Tool for an old school musician |
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| Built for taking to the gig. Sure, you handle it with care you would any of your equipment, but it can this can take the bumps on the road. |
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| I think the best feature is the 8 mic/line inputs for simultaneous recording.
This is a GREAT recorder for live recording a basic 8-track mix, especially for the working musician. Sure, an engineer could record more tracks direct to a laptop with enough I/O busses, but for a gigging musician or soundman trying to catch the gig, 8-tracks live is enough. You can burn the tracks as wave to the internal CD to transfer to your computer, but I've found the USB connection to be VERY easy.
If they added a fire-wire connection, this could double as a convenient I/O device for multi-track recording direct to the computer in the studio. The extra step of recording on the internal drive and transferring the tracks to your DAW software limits its use for larger projects. The internal "ping-pong" feature is OK, but the display is minimal and menus are cumbersome. I'd much rather edit on a DAW platform. |
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| Pretty easy, but reading the manuals IS required. |
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| Outputs are adequate, but I wish it had more gain on the outputs. Especially when monitoring on headphones while competing with stage decibel levels.
(I have high-quality, closed-back isolating headphone) |
| Reliability:
| One year, no problems. |
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| No regrets. No reason to pay more for the plastic brands. |
| Do you own this product?:
| YES |
| Date submitted:
| 6/14/09 |
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| Rusty Nuts Productions from Minneapolis, MN |
| steven@rustynutsproductions.com |
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| Subject: | Great price, great features, amazing storage size, quality built |
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| The quality is top notch. This thing is all metal. It's heavy and solid. It feels tough. Knowing there is a 80GB disk inside, I still treat it gently though. Still, it's nice to see equipment like this being made of steel and not plastic (like some other brands). The knobs and faders feel solid and perform well. The buttons have a nice tactile click feedback to them. |
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| I wish this had balanced 1/4" and XLR main and sub outs though. But as a home studio device, it's okay not to have these.
The track buttons are lit nicely with green for play, red for record. The peek LEDs are very bright and hard to miss - a very welcome feature! The line level LEDs are very nice to watch and provide instant response to music and vocal so adjusting levels is easy. |
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| Instead of having knobs for EQ (high, mid, low),. dly and rev, sub sends, and pan, there is one knob for each track and a button to switch between the functions. At first I wasn't sure about this, but find it very very easy to use and very fast to implement. The faders slide nice and easy.
Interfacing to my Windows(Vista 64) system is as simple as hooking up a USB2 cable. Each project shows up as a folder. Within are WAV files, one for each track (track0.wav, track1.wav). I wish it didn't start at zero - that a programmer for you (I'm one). Maybe with a firmware upgrade someday. Anyway, just drag and drop your project from the recorder to your system and import into your fav. multitrack audio app - easy!!! I use Magix apps. |
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| The playback is excellent. I recorded dry from the main console and then added in some EQ, reverb and delay. The sound is rich and full now. I will probably just use my software to do this but it's nice to be able to do this at the recorder. |
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| I purchased this for live recording. I've used it twice now. Both times, I was given 8 lines from the main consoles in different configurations (vocals, drums, guitars, etc) and in both situations it has worked flawlessly. I pre-created and named the projects for each band (each night I was recording multiple bands) and then changed projects in-between bands during their set up. So easy! After recording, I protected the project.
Each band played for 45 minutes the first night and I recorded six bands. The next night I recorded 11 bands that played 30 minutes each. I recorded all eight tracks for each band and have only used 23GB of the 80GB. |
| Overall:
| Very very good product. You can't get eight **simultaneous** recording tracks for this price anywhere! Eventually, I will outgrow eight tracks and need more (24 most likely) and this unit will go into my studio for a long and work-loaded life. |
| Do you own this product?:
| Yes - bought it here |
| Date submitted:
| 4/28/2009 |