Seafroggys
Well-known member
Hey HR, for some reason I don't visit you guys anymore. I've just shifted my focus back to the musician aspect of my many hats, which I guess is the important thing here, right?
Anyway, I'm looking for a means of mobile recording. My Firestudio 26x26 still works great after 10 years, but its hooked up to a pretty permanent rig, so I want some flexibility as to where I can record. Really all I care about it a box that has 8 mic pres, a way of recording on it (either with an internal hard drive or onto SD cards). I don't care about onboard editing tools or mixing tools, I want to be able to just dump them into my DAW and do my mixing on my main studio PC.
Something like the Tascam DR 680 mkII would be perfect, but it doesn't have enough Mic Pres (and I see less expensive options). Something like the Zoom R16 looks promising, it has of course faders and I'm sure more stuff on it than I want, but it does have 8 pres and looks to be the best best bargain on the market.
How is the R16, and are there comparable products that match what I'm looking for?
Anyway, I'm looking for a means of mobile recording. My Firestudio 26x26 still works great after 10 years, but its hooked up to a pretty permanent rig, so I want some flexibility as to where I can record. Really all I care about it a box that has 8 mic pres, a way of recording on it (either with an internal hard drive or onto SD cards). I don't care about onboard editing tools or mixing tools, I want to be able to just dump them into my DAW and do my mixing on my main studio PC.
Something like the Tascam DR 680 mkII would be perfect, but it doesn't have enough Mic Pres (and I see less expensive options). Something like the Zoom R16 looks promising, it has of course faders and I'm sure more stuff on it than I want, but it does have 8 pres and looks to be the best best bargain on the market.
How is the R16, and are there comparable products that match what I'm looking for?