Realisticly what would you do?

[customclimates]

Looking at the Tascam 2488neo digital recorder. The problem is I have Pro Tools LE 8.0 that came bundled with my Eleven Rack and a Tascam CD-RW 900 in my home rig. I want something to take back and forth but I am having a hard time justifying it with the stuff I have at home. REALISTICLY what would you do as money does not grow on trees?

 

[TeyshaBlue]

Looking at the Tascam 2488neo digital recorder. The problem is I have Pro Tools LE 8.0 that came bundled with my Eleven Rack and a Tascam CD-RW 900 in my home rig. I want something to take back and forth but I am having a hard time justifying it with the stuff I have at home. REALISTICLY what would you do as money does not grow on trees?

Let's get some specifics here. What are you trying to record? How many tracks? Will you be editing in Pro Tools and just want something to capture tracks remotely?

 

[mikemorgan]

Looking at the Tascam 2488neo digital recorder. The problem is I have Pro Tools LE 8.0 that came bundled with my Eleven Rack and a Tascam CD-RW 900 in my home rig. I want something to take back and forth but I am having a hard time justifying it with the stuff I have at home. REALISTICLY what would you do as money does not grow on trees?

I'd put that CDRW 900 and some guitar I don't care about on Ebay today. I'd have some money in about 10 days. Then I'd buy the Neo.

 

[customclimates]

More so looking for the portability to get the tracks and then edit them at home. It is a real PITA to lug all that stuff verses a small Tascam Neo. I was thinking on recording them on the neo and then taking them home and importing them one track at a time into a Pro Tools session? Am I missing something? This should still give me the option to import dry tracks and end up with a decent end result?
O … and selling the Tascam CD-RW 900

 

[TeyshaBlue]

More so looking for the portability to get the tracks and then edit them at home. It is a real PITA to lug all that stuff verses a small Tascam Neo. I was thinking on recording them on the neo and then taking them home and importing them one track at a time into a Pro Tools session? Am I missing something? This should still give me the option to import dry tracks and end up with a decent end result?
O … and selling the Tascam CD-RW 900

You might consider something light and portable like the Zoom R16. It'll record 8 tracks simultaneously and 16 tracks total. It has 8 combo XLR/ 1/4" jacks, 2 with phantom power, and records to SD cards. You can transfer tracks via USB cable or USB drive. It'll even run on batteries. Alot cheaper than a 2488 which seems like overkill for what you're doing.

Here's a link to the R16 user forum if you want to read up on it a bit.
http://2090.org/zoom/bbs/viewforum.php?f=17

 

[mikemorgan]

I've got the R16, if I could do it over again, I'd buy the NEO!

Hey, maybe you wanna buy my R16?

 

[TeyshaBlue]

I've got the R16, if I could do it over again, I'd buy the NEO!

Hey, maybe you wanna buy my R16?

What's up with the R16?

 

[customclimates]

Well I actually thought a bit more about it and the fact the Neo may be overkill where I have Pro Tools in my home studio. I picked up a pristine Korg D16 off a friend. Has less than twenty hours logged on it. After he bought it him and his wife found out they were starting their family and it has sat for a bit.
16 tracks and up to 8 at once. Optional internal CD burner, 40 Gig internal hard drive with touch screen controls and numerous built in effects for about six hundred dollars cheaper than the Neo. Just what I needed for short dough! Thanks for the advice.