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Sorry, I misread your orginal. I thought you said 840EX. as for the .WAV conversion, check and be sure. That's a fairly new feature on the Rolands. I am not sure the earlier boxes had that. You might also want to look at the 890.

First off, I've seen them in my local MARS music for under $700--but you say this one has a hard drive? I assume it's external. If you can swing $800, find $200 more and get the 840GX which has the COSM guitar models and more importantly, the ability to convert a stero mix to .WAV files...

Bouncing or submixing should fix the playback issue. I finally found in the manual where it says, that after bouncing, you have to "optimize" to actuall free up the "minutes." So I guess you've got to be really sure you're ready to bounce.

I've got drum parts across three tracks (in this case 4, 5/6 and 7/8) plus two guitars and bass on 1,2,3. I have something like 20+ minutes remaining on the 250MB zip. I'm starting to get the "disk busy" error message, which means it is time to free up some tracks. If I bounce or submix all...

These are great answers, folks. Pleas keep 'em coming.

I have all of these "Virtual Tracks" at my disposal, but I'm having a hard time conceptiualizing what I should be using them for. Every time I record something, I'm still using a real track. I typically send two (stereo) outputs from a drum machine to the stereo "7/8" channel on my 840GX. This...

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I have the 840GX, and this is what that means: Once you mixdown your tracks to a stereo mix, you CAN save that mix to a .WAV file internally. You then remove the Roland formatted Zip disk, and put in a PC formatted Zip disk and copy it to the PC formatted disc. Unless you buy the additional...

I finally got to see him for the first time in 99. It was a religious experience.

MISTERQCUE I have an SM57 for the close mic, but I didn't think that or the 58 would be right for the room mic. To all: Don't I need an omnidirectional for the room mic?

I'd love to keep it in the $100-$200 range.

Thanks for the links, guys.

Need a decent "budget" room mic to pick up the distance/ambiant sound of the guitar amplifier. What types, makes/models should I be looking at?

Aside from the Staples/Office Max style of office furniture which I know is available, does anyone have any links to any places that sell small desks designed specifically for Home Recording use(as opposed to a typical computer desk)? I've seen high-end stuff at places like Omnirax.com. but I...

Thanks again guys. With your help, I settled on the VS-840GX. BTW, with this box you CAN convert to .WAV files internally. You mix down to two tracks (stereo) and save them as a .WAV. You can then copy them to a PC formatted 250MB Zip via the old disk shuffle method, or by hooking up an...

Anyone know if the new VS-840GX is (almost) as user-friendly as the BR-8. While the Roland clearly has more "elbow room," and features than the Boss, they appear to be pretty close in terms of navagiation and how they work.

Another question: Recording Magaizine review the BR-8 states that if the Zip is formated on the BR-8, a Windows PC will be able to read it--so you could back up your data. My question is: is there a way to convert the BR-8 files to .WAV files on my PC?

Kris 2 I mentioned Downey back on page 2 (I think). Great, great, drummer.

Thanks guys. I think this is going to be the answer for me. I think if I have to rely on "other musicians" to get my rocks off musically, I'm going to go nuts. At first I thought being able to only record 2 tracks at a time on the BR-8 would be a serious limitation if I wanted to do live...

Consider a BR8 and weighing the pros and cons. To me the primary benifit is Simplicity (over the VS840&880 series) --I'm new to home recording, and I REALLY don't want to spend 90% of my time tearing my hair out. And the biggest drawback is only being able to record 2 tracks at a time. If I...