What to buy?

[A Reel Person]

Someone else would be more qualified than me to answer that question, but on the surface I've seen the FW-1082 get generally good reviews. You may also want to look at the Tascam website under Legacy Gear. You might find full specs, explainations or manuals for that and many other older products.

[Mr. C]

Well after trying to figure this all out I decided to buy a US-1800. A bit more than I planned on spending, but not too bad. I decided I just couldn't live with only recording two tracks at a time. I've messed around with some recording software (even plugged the 424 into my computer to transfer tracks) so I figure this is the best way to go. I considered the FW models, but since I don't have firewire inputs that blew that idea. So now I'm waiting for the US-1800 to arrive later this week and then I'll give it a try.