Completely new to tape recording, buying a Tascam MF-P01 to take in to rehab with me, can I ask a couple very basic questions?

rob aylestone said:
Ae we not making this very complicated? If hes going away for three months, and is taking a laptop, then just buying a zoom or tascam recorder with stereo mics, a cable and a few sd cards would let you record, snd with even a freeby daw or cheap one, edit and tweak what the recorder captures. They've got a mic stand hole on them too. Job done, reliable and simple workflow.
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"Senior moment" Rob? OP posted up front that he wants to avoid getting a laptop. Hence the idea of a tape machine. Happily 'we' seem to have convinced him against that idea.

Yes, a modest laptop and UMC204HD with Reaper and couple of mics would see him setup. A small fly in the ointmernt might be if he wants to do overdubs the latency might be too high? Can be a bit of a lottery. But then I have never used one of those digital multi-trackers, might have the same problem?

Dave.
 
Damn! Missed the "i wont have a laptop" - Maybe one of the rules? Without a computer, so much nowadays is harder and more complicated.
 
ecc83 said:
"Senior moment" Rob? OP posted up front that he wants to avoid getting a laptop. Hence the idea of a tape machine. Happily 'we' seem to have convinced him against that idea.

Yes, a modest laptop and UMC204HD with Reaper and couple of mics would see him setup. A small fly in the ointmernt might be if he wants to do overdubs the latency might be too high? Can be a bit of a lottery. But then I have never used one of those digital multi-trackers, might have the same problem?

Dave.
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In my experience, (AW1600. R24 and H4n, H6) I have never noticed any latency when doing overdubs. The key here is that they don't have the USB overhead, nor the OS overhead of a computer. Everything is designed around one process, so there is an efficiency in the opeation.

That's one of the really nice things about these units.
 
TalismanRich said:
In my experience, (AW1600. R24 and H4n, H6) I have never noticed any latency when doing overdubs. The key here is that they don't have the USB overhead, nor the OS overhead of a computer. Everything is designed around one process, so there is an efficiency in the opeation.

That's one of the really nice things about these units.
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Obvious when you explain it Rich! Might then be the best way for him to go? I still think a small mixer would be an asset? I have had a few and they all had better mic pres , lower noise, more gain, than most interfaces. Headphone amps also kicked ass better.

Dave.
 
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