Hello,
I have been struggling for awhile with which digital multitracker to purchase.Up until now,the Rolands seemed like the best choice,but I wanted more than 8tracks,and didn't necesarily need 16.(costs around $1499 for their 8track and $2199 for their 16)Wasn't too interested in the Akai before because of the Jaz drive(I heard it was too noisy for one thing).But very soon,Akai is coming out with a repackaged version of the DPS12 with an internal 10 gig hard drive.I've seen it advertised in Musicians Friend for $1299.Sounds like a killer deal.And it gives you 12 tracks uncompressed 16bit 44.1khz,and a physical fader and pan knob for each of the 12 tracks(on the Roland vs1680 some of the faders are shared by two tracks).
So,if you have used the original DPS12,I am curious how you like it?Looking for any info i can get on the reliability and quality of these machines.Or lack of.I'm not finding much info in my web searching.My goal with a digital studio is to write songs with electric guitar and drum machine(and I like to overdub lots of guitar tracks
),and make high quality cd's when all done.I have been recording with a Tascam 4track...but i'm wanting to move into digital for more tracks,more flexibility,and less fighting with noise and loss of high frequencies like you get with cassette recording.Also would like to be able to sync the drum machine so i can put more effort into programming the drums after laying the guitar and bass tracks.
I don't think my 233mhz pentium pc has the ballz to do what I want consistently or i'd be looking into that option.
Welcome all suggestions or comments.
Thanks,
JT
I have been struggling for awhile with which digital multitracker to purchase.Up until now,the Rolands seemed like the best choice,but I wanted more than 8tracks,and didn't necesarily need 16.(costs around $1499 for their 8track and $2199 for their 16)Wasn't too interested in the Akai before because of the Jaz drive(I heard it was too noisy for one thing).But very soon,Akai is coming out with a repackaged version of the DPS12 with an internal 10 gig hard drive.I've seen it advertised in Musicians Friend for $1299.Sounds like a killer deal.And it gives you 12 tracks uncompressed 16bit 44.1khz,and a physical fader and pan knob for each of the 12 tracks(on the Roland vs1680 some of the faders are shared by two tracks).
So,if you have used the original DPS12,I am curious how you like it?Looking for any info i can get on the reliability and quality of these machines.Or lack of.I'm not finding much info in my web searching.My goal with a digital studio is to write songs with electric guitar and drum machine(and I like to overdub lots of guitar tracks
),and make high quality cd's when all done.I have been recording with a Tascam 4track...but i'm wanting to move into digital for more tracks,more flexibility,and less fighting with noise and loss of high frequencies like you get with cassette recording.Also would like to be able to sync the drum machine so i can put more effort into programming the drums after laying the guitar and bass tracks.I don't think my 233mhz pentium pc has the ballz to do what I want consistently or i'd be looking into that option.
Welcome all suggestions or comments.
Thanks,
JT