d2424lv....wow!

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anyone see this recorder in the new American Musical supply. 24 track hard disk with adat and balanced analoger for all 24 tracks...RME hammerfall card..and software to controll the transport. For $1799!!!! that is 200 less than the new alesis and it should be a way better system. I think I may have to break down and get one!!!!
 
I read the description on the Fostex USA site and I'm a bit confused.

IS it MANDATORY to use a PC to edit, mix and master thru that included sound card or is that merely optional, with all those functions, including the 24/96 format, self-contained within the unit itself?

I've found that computers and recording don't mix(pun intended) and would avoid the 2424 if PC use were involved.

I checked the international site and got some added info, but what is your understanding about this?
 
You can do significant editing of tracks on these machines without using a PC. You can do a great deal right from the front panel/remote. The editing functions are supposed to be a superset of those included on the D1624/D824 family... You can scrub to locate edit points, cut, copy, paste, repeat paste (to build looplike tracks)...

Mixing and mastering are another item: the Fostex D2424/D1624/D824 recorders are digital multitracks, _period_. To mix down, you need an external mixing board (either analog, digital, or DAW). They literally are tapeless mutitrack tape machines: they record and reproduce multiple tracks in parallel, and that's it.

I did a lot of work with mine with just my analog mixing board before I built my DAW. Even today, I primarily use my DAW for backup (flying tracks over from my D1624 via lightpipe, and archiving them on my network), and mix all in the analog domain.

The DAW is a nice companion for the D-series boxes, but it is not even close to a requirement- assuming that you have an analog mixer.
 
Skippy:

Thanks for your reply. I have a Mackie analog mixer and a Masterlink.

Stupid Newbie question: To make a final mixdown would I come out of the 2424 thru the mixer, channel for channel, and then back into the 2424 and record two free tracks? Could I play and record from the 2424 at the same time??Crazy newbie idea, no doubt (i'm not getting much sleep lately, must be affecting my thinking).

Or, maybe thru the mixer into my Masterlink?

Ted
 
Not crazy at all... Yes, you can record a mixdown back to the 2424 as well as to the Masterlink: that's the magic of multitrack. You can play 22 tracks, mix to 2, and record to the other two all at once. Or any combination. Each individual track can either record or reproduce, all independently. It's a very powerful tool.

In the olden days, submixing some number of tracks to some smaller number of tracks was called "bouncing down". It's a way of life with 4- or 8-track recorders, in order to make room for more overdubs... With the 2424, you have so many tracks that (for small/simple recordings) you could have *several* final stereo mixes to compare between... The only rule is that there are no rules!
 
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