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Yep, I pretty much agree with this review, Dave! The Model 24 is a very niche piece of equipment and it is decidedly not something that covers an ultra-wide area of solutions. I'd probably go with the Zoom for that and in truth, I still have an old Zoom R24 that I've always said way, way out...

I'd probably take a look at this as well :) https://www.sweetwater.com/store/detail/Model24--tascam-model-24-mixer-interface-recorder

Just for grins and another perspective. I'd have to seriously disagree with your friends assessment that the Focusrite will have a much better sound. What exactly is that conclusion based on? The Model 24 is an old school analog mixer and capable of acting and interacting as such. I do...

Well..not active in the sense of a control surface. Is that the question? The Tascam is, for the most part, completely analog at mixdown. There is of course the reverb section, which I like a lot, but other than that it's analog. I do however use the 24 as a digital interface during the...

I own a Model 24 and for me, it's probably my favorite machine in my rig. It is an old-school, tried and true Tascam mixer, and although it does have limited aux send and return solutions it is on almost all levels a great-sounding analog mixer. The tactile response and the immediacy of...

I was in the music industry before I settle in the Post Production world here in Hollywood. I've been in Post Production for movies and television now for almost 24 years and have managed a really good career in doing so. If, however, it is specifically the music industry you're going for, the...

One of the greatest advantages of the Zoom units are, at least for acoustic instruments, I can easily find the best, most effcient, quietest space in the house to record. They're just so portable as to make moving around very easy. My Zoom H4, for acoustic guitar, is a godsend!

a Well.. there's that :) I work in the television industry and have my nose buried in Pro Tools 10 hours a day 5 and 6 days a week. I've been doing audio for a living now for well over two decades. It certainly can be a problem dealing with the unrelenting stress of daily (sometimes hourly)...

Well, that's very true. Studio One is another really great one-click, drag and drop DAW. But, Studio One is just not Pro Tools (yet), particularly when it comes to audio editing and an analog workflow. The solutions to Pro Tools sends and busses architecture is absolutely fundamental. I simply...

I'd be curious as to why flexible routing would add hassle? Perhaps it's just me but that seems a tad counterintuitive.

All the primary contemporary DAW solutions are, by and large, endlessly capable. It's really tough to go wrong with any of them. Often it simply comes down to personal workflow preferences. These types of threads are always complete with everyone chiming in with what they're currently using and...

I'm gonna be a little bit of a contrarian here, sometimes what I do best :) If possible I'd emphatically stay away from any drive that spins. It just doesnt make much sense anymore. By percentages, something that spins is far more like to fail than something that doesn't. I do audio for a...

I think you'll have to define things a tad. Return is most often a term used to describe routing when it comes to Auxiliary and Bus sends and returns. If you're indeed using Reaper as your DAW solution that wouldn't have much to do with an interface or a mic. Perhaps a little clarification would...

EQ is such a fickle beast, especially when it comes to EQ for a mic. I've never really hit upon anything by way of eq that was a great end solution. Most often it becomes some degree of a band-aid and often winds up sonically inferior to the original. Miniscule amounts of eq can be very...

I use Pro Tools for my day job. I've actually used it since it was Sound Tools. Those were exciting days as we all saw what non-linear recording might provide us. There were many frustrating days getting everything working but it felt like a miraculous new venture was unfolding. I still use it...

Omnisphere is the single best soft synth I've ever heard. It's a bottomless pit of stellar sounds and I use it (and have for years and dating back to the original Atmosphere plug-in) every day at my job. Eric Persing (the owner of Spectrasonics) is one of if not the single best programer of...

Indeed Rob. As I mentioned the room is the single biggest tone generator, other than the player, in the recording signal path. The trick however at least for us mere mortals with mortal budgets is to first identify then address problematic sonic issues without breaking the bank or wrecking the...

Sorry…..continuing the above post. Unbeknownst to me I got cut-off. I guess that can be a good thing from time to time :) As I mentioned there’s tons of info available as to address what the specific (or even not so specific) room issues might be and how to properly address them. In the general...

If it were me, and I know it's not :), I'd pick any of the many, many great entry-level condenser microphones available on the market. The rest I'd devote to room treatment. I'd spend significantly more time, more research, and more money on the room treatment rather the mic. For acoustic...

Thinking of using Reaper for midi comp on a spare PC I have. Could someone, specifically, outline some of the advantages Reaper Midi has over Pro Tools?? Thanks!!