I'm considering selling my 2488 mkll

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I've only got about an hour on it, but already I'm thinking the screen size and editing interface are going to be a pain in da butt.

It's ironic, I wanted it or something like it to get away from using a mouse and having some physical transport buttons, but now I'm longing for the ability to easily cut & paste, and hi-lite areas for tweeking. That, and a screen I can see without my wife's glasses! :D

Hell, if this thing had a USB port for a mouse, and a VGA output for a monitor, it'd be perfect! ;)

Oh well, I'll sell it for whatever I can get out of it and start looking at firewire setups.
 
Oh c'mon man, you giving up already? Taking the easy road?:D
 
Yeah, the little screen is a chore, and editing there is impossible for me. I've taken to editing the individual tracks on computer and I'm really happy with the mixes that result. My 2488 is very early one and I just recently got around to upgrading the firmware so that it would reliably make wave files. Still, its button are pretty tired and I'll need to get another some day. Maybe I should be asking how much you want for it.
 
Yeah Phil, my first thought was that I'd export tracks via USB for editing and mastering. While that might not be real tedious, I just think I'll avoid the 2488 learning curve before I even get started! :D

I paid right at $800 earlier in the year and haven't used it, so I figure I ought to be able to get $700 out of it. The new Neo version is $800 and appears only to have a few FX "upgrades."

Given the small/cheap video chips available these days, it's difficult to understand why they don't offer a model with video output for a few bucks more. Hell, if they ditched the on-board LCD, they could probably price it the same. Same with the USB input.
 
Man, I go round and round on this one with my BR1600's. Should I finally ditch them and go the interface / DAW / computer route or should I just stick with the things.

I've finally decided to stick with them, sync'd together for 16 tracks in and 32 out. Even their 16 bit limitations no longer bother me. I've done recording comparisons of my drum kit on my Fostex CR500 master recorder of exactly the same mic set up via a desk I have at 16/44, 24/48 and 24/88 and the differences were so subtle that I no longer care about the 16 v 24 or 44 v 48/88/96 argument at all. I take Sound On Sound's view that it's not the machines' pre-amps or 16/44 recording rate that impacts the quality of what comes out but the quality and tuning of the instruments being recorded, the mic's and their placement and the quality of the performance (all of which in my case are crap).

Yes, their greatest weakness is their poor visual editing and then their limited dynamics and effects capabilities. On the plus side it's hard to get into trouble with them given their bespoke operating systems. Compatibility and latency is never an issue.

So I just treat them like the are tape recorders and do it all by ear. I can cut, paste, move, trim, drop in, scrub and all that and for my stuff using their editing functions but I can't see it. It just takes more time. That'll do for me though, it is just my home recording noodling after all.

The only things that seem to shit themselves on these machines on occasion are the hard drives and the cd recorders. Any appropriate computer replacement can be slotted in if they do.

If I was starting out from scratch and had the right amount of money? I dunno what I'd do. The same as everyone else I guess. :p
 
So uh...GripDude.

Why don't ya just get yer own glasses? :confused:




:D
 
So record on the Stand Alone and edit on the PC.
Lots of us do it that way.:)
 
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