Korg Pandora PXR4 digital 4 track

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HomestarRunner said:
God I did everything it said, it was 'formating...' then it when ack to the main page and all the songs were still there!! Then i went to make a new song (each try on every grade std eco and hi) and the ">>Card<< err screen came! why!? I formatted the card! why arent the songs erased!??? Help!
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Just go out and buy a 128 mb or 512 mb card and be done with it man.You're are obviously going nowhere fast trying to format this card.
 
Ok i got everything together. Now i'm ready to record. How can i record 2 tracks at the same time? Also do i need to get good headphones or can i just use regular headphones from a CD player?
 
Kramer, there's no such thing as a 512mb Smart Media card. I think you don't really know anything about the Pandora. Record 2 tracks at a time? Basically, you don't, the Pandora can only record 2 tracks simultaneously in line in mode, through it's stereo minijack line in. This is not mic level, and you can't plug a guitar into it. If you care, the simplest solution is this.- get a small mixer, like a cheap Behringer Eurorack for about $80. You plug mic into channel 1, and guitar into an instrument jack. Pan them hard left and right, so the guitar, say, goes to the right RCA "tape out " jack, and the vocals go to the left "tape out" jack, and then from those 2 tape outs, a "y" connector(splitter) to a 1/8" stereo miniplug. You can use the same "y" connector to record stereo stuff from a CD player or cassette deck, radio, etc., which is what that jack was intended for on the Pandora.
I'm afraid that's the only way you can record 2 tracks simultaneously on a PXR4. It wasn't really built for that. You can get it to do it, but it requires a mixer. You could do it with a 2 channel preamp, but most preamps put out pro audio line level (+4), and the Pandora wants consumer line level (-10), and the tape outs on a mixer put out -10, because they're meant to go to a consumer level tape deck. Here's a plan, stop trying to make the PXR4 do stuff it wasn't built to do, and try using it for what it *was* meant to do, songwriting, 1 track at a time. Learning to do that will make you a better recording artist. Everybody wants to get out of playing and singing separately because it's work, it's *hard*. But in the end, if you want to be a recording artist, you *can't* get out of it, anymore than you can get out of reading that manual.- Good luck.-Richie
 
Thanks, one more question... Do you think Pandora is a good choice for a digital 4 track? Is it pro quality? I dont need more than four tracks so i thot the PXR4 would be the best.
 
Richard Monroe said:
Kramer, there's no such thing as a 512mb Smart Media card. I think you don't really know anything about the Pandora. .-Richie
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Thats right,I dont know anything about the pandora....I just did some net searching using MY valuble time to TRY and help this guy out.

Something wrong with that?

Go back and READ my first post in this thread.I said I WAS NOT familiar with this particular recorder,but I did know that it supported UP TO 128 mb Smart Media cards.


The 512mb I mentioned was obviously a mental slip......I had Flash Cards on my mind...no big fuckin deal.

What I meant by that statement WAS;BUY THE BIGGEST DAMN CARD THIS DAMN THING SUPPORTS AND BE DONE WITH IT.

ok....
 
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HomestarRunner said:
Thanks, one more question...
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Do you think Pandora is a good choice for a digital 4 track?

Yes.

Is it pro quality?

No, but it sounds good.

I dont need more than four tracks so i thot the PXR4 would be the best.

I just got a PXR4 a few days ago, and I give it both thumbs up... it's a nice little recorder.
 
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