16 Track Digital Recorders ???

[moogy]

Hello All

I'm looking into buying a 16 Track digital recorder. Can any of you good folk suggest a Brand & Model that will record 16 tracks simultaneously ? I've researched a few recorders, but the ones I've found will only record 4 tracks at a time.

Any and all info will be muchly appreciated.

Cheers

Moogy

 

[Mindset]

http://www.musiciansfriend.com/prod...24Track-Digital-Studio-Workstation?sku=241087
http://www.musiciansfriend.com/prod...ital-Studio-with-BuiltIn-CD-Burner?sku=241059
http://www.musiciansfriend.com/product/Roland-VS2400CD-Digital-Studio-With-CDR?sku=241086

There's ones that offer 16 tracks, but they record 8 simultaneously or are 8 analog inputs, and 8 digital inputs . Those up there I believe can record up to 24 simultaneously .

 

[zazz]

a laptop with a suitable firewire box might be cheaper!!

 

[Mindset]

yeah like two Firestudios. (I'm assuming he needs the full 16 channels recorded simultaneously.

 

[BentRabbit]

The Fostex VF16 and VF160's are 16 track with a dedicated fader for each track and can do 8 analog tracks simultaneous... 16 tracks using analog + digital.

Just pick up an ADA8000 to give you 8 mic pre's with phantom power and digital lightpipe ADAT output for the digital input and... voila! you've got 16 simultaneous tracks. You can also pick up a Fostex VC8 for around $75 that gives you ADAT out, but the analog in's are RCA.

Of course, there are other options for getting the extra 8 digital channels as well... A bit spendier tho...

VF16's are selling on Ebay for around $250 - $300 and an ADA8000 will run you about $150-$175 (used).

VF160's (with the internal CD burner) are going for around $400-$600 used.


Hope this helps!