Multitrack Portable Digital Recorder

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I'm looking to record live using at least 8 tracks live and then dump them into my computer via usb for processing. I was looking at a Korg 3200 but a dude at a guitar shop told me that it would only download one track at a time into the computer. Anyone have experience with this?
 
If it's anything like the Tascam 2488, that's correct. The USB export is creating a .wav file for the track you have selected. If you want to export 8 tracks of audio, you have to run the USB export 8 times. The tracks are exported from 0:00:00:00, so you can import them into your software and they all line up in time.

Someone mentioned to me the ability to run a "data backup" CD from the Yamaha 2400 (which I also have) which essentially wrote .wav files for all tracks simultaneously. I would think the small device, the AW1600, could do this as well. I haven't tested it, though.
 
Do they create a Cd-RW you can remove and put in your computer to copy wav files for each track?

Edit: I see you already hinted that they can do that. Thanks so much!
 
NYMorningstar said:
Do they create a Cd-RW you can remove and put in your computer to copy wav files for each track?

Edit: I see you already hinted that they can do that. Thanks so much!
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Hold on... I just walked over and powered up the 2488 to see what other options were available. It has a USB backup feature that I didn't know about before I went wading through the menus. Let me see what that does (if it creates a collection of .wav's). The Korg might do the same.
 
Looking forward to that because I ended up ordering the 2488MKII
 
No dice. The 2488 just gave me a proprietary file type (not individual .wav's) that I couldn't do anything with other than send it back to the 2488.

Here's how to do it on the Yamaha http://forum.dijonstock.com/viewtopic.php?f=51&t=9993&p=111645&hilit=wav+backup#p111645 but I can't vouch for it as I've never tried to export more than one track at a time. From what I can tell, there's a bit of conversion work involved.

Sorry to bounce this back and forth. Perhaps there's someone here more familiar with the Korg who can give you some guidance.

David
 
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Looking forward to that because I ended up ordering the 2488MKII
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Well, I can say that you can absolutely accomplish the transfer on the 2488; just need to do it one track at a time.

The 2488 is interesting. It has two hard drive partitions. Essentially, when you want to export, you write the tracks to the "transfer" partition, then turn on a USB mode where the 2488 pops up as a drive on your PC/mac. From there, you can just drag the individual .wav files over to your software. It's not the most elegant setup, but it works fine. Returning "doctored" tracks to the 2488 is the same process in reverse.
 
Hey! My wife and I own a Korg D888 multitrack and it has a usb function that shows the Korg as a separate hard drive folder. You open the folder and drag your wav files into your computer. The Roland BR 864, 900 and 600 have a similar function that uses the backup function under its usb options. Check your owner's manual. We own alll of the above and each one has some great advantages. For your purposes, I suggest the D888which has 8 through (direct in to a single track or pair of tracks for each instrument or mic, then out to your rig; or from your rig to your tracks) out to main board or house sound. A few nice options, do your research, and good luck.
 
How long does it take you to export 8 individual tracks to say a 4 minute song via usb? I'm already sold on the Tascam because of the current pricing and cd burning capability.
 
Thanks Ralpheo. I'm thinking the Tascam is going to work the same way. It's showing "High-speed USB 2.0 jack connects to PC or Mac® for data backup and SMF/WAV file"
 
NYMorningstar said:
How long does it take you to export 8 individual tracks to say a 4 minute song via usb? I'm already sold on the Tascam because of the current pricing and cd burning capability.
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The file conversion on the 2488 takes maybe 30 seconds (per track), the rest is just punching up the menus. Once you're in the USB mode, you can do a bulk copy on the PC/Mac, so it's not too tedious at all.
 
Transfer on any multitrack via usb port is going to be relative to the length of each wav file. If you have six tracks of a two-hour show, depending on your computer's processor and hd space, as well as ram, you could be looking at any where from 30 min to two and a hours. Dynamic range also affects the size of the file, so all of these are factors to consider.
 
NYMorningstar said:
I was looking at a Korg 3200 but a dude at a guitar shop told me that it would only download one track at a time into the computer. Anyone have experience with this?
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I believe that the D3200 behaves like the D1600, if I'm correct, you can export the selected number of tracks to the USB partition as separate WAV files (unless you select a pair of tracks in which case a stereo WAV file is generated). Download the handbook from the Korg website.
 
Morningstar..... You'll want to make a track sheet for later......1. In and out what you want to download 2. Copy all to clip, rename if needed 3. Export clip to pc drive ( this takes a while) 4. Open pc drive 5. Select all tracks 6. Bring up soft ware on pc 7. Plug in usb from d-3200 8. Click on usb 9. Wait for the sinc sound on your pc. 9. Import files 10. Select Korg (recent folders) 11. High lite all or just the tracks you want 12. Load to multi track 13.check tracks for correct sound 14. Now high lite each track in edit view and save it to a zip drive or external hard drive, this should be the only time you have to download one track at a time, but you get to tailor make your session 15. Save session .....hope this helps
 
Thanks Gt. although I went with the Tascam I still appreciate your time.
 
with the Tascam you only have to do it one time with multitrack output to usb. not over and over for each track. I forget how right now but you multiselect all of the tracks to be exported same as if you're multiselecting multiple tracks for any other purpose, then start the usb conversion function and voila, it's all on your computer.

very easy, just not well documented.

cheers
Don
 
You can export as many tracks as you want at one time on the 2488. You press ENTER and a check mark comes up beside the track. You can then export all the tracks you selected.
 
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