Hello everybody!!!

I am looking for a MAster recorder and would like to hear some meanings about what is out there to be bought!

Well, i´ve heard that Master CD recorders laser lens keeps not doing a nice work for a long time, so I have dismissed this option already, but my ears are open...
If it is possible it should be a hard disc recorder, something nice, althougt I am far from professional sound producing I am getting as much good gear that I can...

I thought of two options:
-Tascam hd-r1 or
-Tascam DV-RA1000HD

Let me now expose how I am working:
I recorded a band(first time )got into my zed 436 and into cubase. I use the ssl alpha link converter to get in and out the Pc and the desk.
What I want now, is to mix on my zed and record the master(as good as possible), therefore i was told about master recorders, but I dont want to loose more quality than needed.
Now, I asked another forum and was told to go back into cubase,because the alpha link is such a good converter and the master recorders converter would not keep it up with the alpha link, but my teacher said it is not the way to go... he said I need a master recorder in order to keep a powerfull level

I hoped I expressed well enought to be understood...`please tell me what you think about this!!!

Thanks a lot on forehand!

Why not just record the mix back into Cubase?

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An Eagle for an Emperor, A Kestrel for a Knave.

Record it back into your session. The SSL converters are good and it's a nightmare to have your mixes separate from your multitrack in terms of backup and keeping track of what mix was what.

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www.jackruston.com

Oops! I really should learn to read properly!

The response you received in the other forum (and Jack's above) is correct. There is no advantage that I can see in mixing to an external recorder.

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An Eagle for an Emperor, A Kestrel for a Knave.

Agreed. The whole concept of a master recorder is very 20th Century! Record the final mix as a separate stereo track within the project.

hugh

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Technical Editor, Sound On Sound

Thank you very much for the advice, apreciate your work!!!