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mhayden37
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Hello! I am obviously new to the forum and to digital recording. I am looking for the do everything machine for an amazingly low price. I'll give you the details of what I want to do and then detail the rest about my situation below in case you don't want to read all of that.
1. Obviously I want a digital multitrack recorder. I want something that can stand alone as a recorder and mixer. I want the product that I transfer to my computer to need next to nothing in terms of editing, mixing, etc. If I have to create a MP3 from a WAV file then fine, but that's it. I only have garageband and although it works, I hate having to hook my computer up to my guitar. It sucks the life out of my creativity. Is it all in my head, probably, but I have to live with this head.
2. It must have some sort of drum machine for building songs. I don't own a drum machine or drum set and I don't want to have to make my own loops. I'd like the option, but the fact is, if I can get a decent beat with the correct timing, I'm happy.
3. I would like something that has decent external speakers so I can capture songs quickly without having to hook anything up.
4. I want something that I can bypass amp modeling (****NOTE*** I would like an effect that changes my guitar into a bass guitar). I have a Fender Mustang Floor that I've dialed in with my tones and don't need something muddling with that.
5. I want it to be easy to use. I used a tascam portastudio 4track cassette recorder that I purchased in 2000 and it was a piece of cake to use. I want something like that.
I will be using it to write songs to share with friends and family. It will not be used for gigging. I own a digitech jamman solo xt that is fun to play with and I thought would provide the quick recording features that I want, but it is very limited to looping. I can get some ideas down quickly, but still need garageband to arrange loops and then connect to garage band to really build a song. UGGHHH!
I own an electric guitar, acoustic guitar, microphone and the aforementioned Mustang Floor. Also a set of great headphones. That's it. With that set I want to add a multitrack recorder to get the thousands of ideas out onto CDs.
What I have been looking at so far are the Boss Micro BR 80 and Zoom R8. I am concerned that I won't have the ease of recording of the BR 80, but it has the eband feature which I think is pretty cool. Speed up and slow down songs without changing the pitch. Also changing keys of songs. Great for practice. The Zoom R8 seems to fit the bill, but have heard it is a little finicky with the drum loops. The Boss BR 800 seems pretty nice too, but is a little steep for my budget (less than $300 hopefully). Is there something that I am missing? Is one of these better than the other? Is the Boss BR 800 worth the extra $$$? PLEASE HELP. If you own one of these or something else that fits the bill, PLEASE LET ME KNOW!!!!
Thanks!
1. Obviously I want a digital multitrack recorder. I want something that can stand alone as a recorder and mixer. I want the product that I transfer to my computer to need next to nothing in terms of editing, mixing, etc. If I have to create a MP3 from a WAV file then fine, but that's it. I only have garageband and although it works, I hate having to hook my computer up to my guitar. It sucks the life out of my creativity. Is it all in my head, probably, but I have to live with this head.
2. It must have some sort of drum machine for building songs. I don't own a drum machine or drum set and I don't want to have to make my own loops. I'd like the option, but the fact is, if I can get a decent beat with the correct timing, I'm happy.
3. I would like something that has decent external speakers so I can capture songs quickly without having to hook anything up.
4. I want something that I can bypass amp modeling (****NOTE*** I would like an effect that changes my guitar into a bass guitar). I have a Fender Mustang Floor that I've dialed in with my tones and don't need something muddling with that.
5. I want it to be easy to use. I used a tascam portastudio 4track cassette recorder that I purchased in 2000 and it was a piece of cake to use. I want something like that.
I will be using it to write songs to share with friends and family. It will not be used for gigging. I own a digitech jamman solo xt that is fun to play with and I thought would provide the quick recording features that I want, but it is very limited to looping. I can get some ideas down quickly, but still need garageband to arrange loops and then connect to garage band to really build a song. UGGHHH!
I own an electric guitar, acoustic guitar, microphone and the aforementioned Mustang Floor. Also a set of great headphones. That's it. With that set I want to add a multitrack recorder to get the thousands of ideas out onto CDs.
What I have been looking at so far are the Boss Micro BR 80 and Zoom R8. I am concerned that I won't have the ease of recording of the BR 80, but it has the eband feature which I think is pretty cool. Speed up and slow down songs without changing the pitch. Also changing keys of songs. Great for practice. The Zoom R8 seems to fit the bill, but have heard it is a little finicky with the drum loops. The Boss BR 800 seems pretty nice too, but is a little steep for my budget (less than $300 hopefully). Is there something that I am missing? Is one of these better than the other? Is the Boss BR 800 worth the extra $$$? PLEASE HELP. If you own one of these or something else that fits the bill, PLEASE LET ME KNOW!!!!
Thanks!
