stevie j
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Standalone recorders
#463801 - 22/05/07 12:35 AM
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hi im new here,
ive been recording on my home pc for the last two years and am
frustrated by limitations like having to wait till i get a free house before i can make
any decent recordings. Im looking for a standalone recorder, something like an adat would
do as i have outboard, mixer etc but i cant find anywhere that still sells them.
Has
anyone any suggestions for something relatively cheap, under about £500.
Do
any manufacturers make their 'portastudio' type units with just the recording bit without
the effects and mixer parts?
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Dan LB
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Loc: Wicklow, Ireland
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Re: Standalone recorders
[Re: stevie j]
#463804 - 22/05/07 12:54 AM
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Have a look at the Alesis HD24. It's a good machine for the money. I'm sure you will get
one second-hand with your budget.
Dan
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Dan LB
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Re: Standalone recorders
[Re: stevie j]
#463805 - 22/05/07 12:55 AM
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Welcome to the forum btw! 
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IvanSC
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Re: Standalone recorders
[Re: stevie j]
#463825 - 22/05/07 06:03 AM
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Get a used one! I currently have two Fostex D90`s which are eight track uncompressed
recorders that use standard PC IDE hard drives.
If you cant find one on ebay,
email or PM me and I might sell you my spare.
Expect to pay from £120 up
depending on what accessories it has with it.(SCSI, balanced I/O, extra hard drive
caddies, remote cable)
Other possibilities are of course the D108 or D80 in the
same series, or for a bout 2-3 times the price, a D160 which is 16 track.
There
are of course plenty of other alternatives out there, but most of them come with nasty
mixers attached or compress the audio, which is why I chose the D series.
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Michael B
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Re: Standalone recorders
[Re: stevie j]
#463867 - 22/05/07 08:21 AM
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The Alesis is about the only choice and that would have to be 2nd hand, though no reason
why that should exclude it. It does also allow easy transfer of files to a PC and can
cater for quite large IDE drives
If considering the used market there is also
the Mackie SDR but make sure it has the analogue cards fitted otherwise you won't be able
to use your mixer.
Another highly respected oldie is the Akai DR8 or DR16,
these sometimes come with a VGA card so you can edit on a computer screen.
The
only other that offers this is the Mackie HDR24 but would cost a lot more money.
I use a PC for the majority of recording, but still use the stand alone recorder for the
times when I just want to get the acoustic guitar fired up and have a strum. Much more
immediate than booting a pc, starting Cubase, then rewire, then the plug ins, allows me to
focus on the tune and not the toys
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BigAl
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Re: Standalone recorders
[Re: stevie j]
#463976 - 22/05/07 11:01 AM
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I would look at the many models suggested, but for that budget, you could pick up
something brand new.
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MadManDan
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Loc: Across the pond....New Yawk
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Re: Standalone recorders
[Re: IvanSC]
#464068 - 22/05/07 01:35 PM
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Quote IvanSC:
Get a used one! I
currently have two Fostex D90`s which are eight track uncompressed recorders that use
standard PC IDE hard drives.
Have the
D90, love the sound, but have one major complaint- the buttons are flimsy and give out
within 2 years of usage
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