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chuskey
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I've been using the br 864 for about a year now, just for song writing really. I'm thinking about upgraging this year and I'm thinking about getting the br 1600. I'd be inclined to use it recording the whole band and then exporting the tracks to mix and master using recording software. The reason is because the br would be easy to setup where ever the band is recording and then I can dump it to do editing and mixing on the pc. I don't have the money for the bigger Roland units and I have access to a couple of really nice recording programs. This would mainly be just for my band doing demos. The 1600 would still retain the things that made the 864 so great for songwriting (drum machine, etc) and still have enough imputs to record the band. Plus I'd already know my way around it.
Based on what I'm wanting to do with it does the 1600 sound like the right unit for me. Also I've read some saying it's not a true 16 track. I assumed, I haven't done my homework on it yet, that there are 16 channels of playback but you can only record 8 at a time. Please correct me on this if that's not how it's set up. That would be pretty important factor. What's not going to be that important is the editing and mastering functions. I might use them some, but mostly I'll do that on the pc.
Thanks for the help and advice.
Based on what I'm wanting to do with it does the 1600 sound like the right unit for me. Also I've read some saying it's not a true 16 track. I assumed, I haven't done my homework on it yet, that there are 16 channels of playback but you can only record 8 at a time. Please correct me on this if that's not how it's set up. That would be pretty important factor. What's not going to be that important is the editing and mastering functions. I might use them some, but mostly I'll do that on the pc.
Thanks for the help and advice.