Portable minidisk for mixdown

[skweeks]

I'm thinking about buying a portable minidisk player/recorder for both just casual use and probably mixdowns from my 4-track as well... I don't need any very special features or anything, just the basics, so how much would i have to spend to get a decent one new or used. Also, how about buying it used? I wouldn't buy a mic online/used but a lot of new audio recorders are cheaper online, recommendations?

 

[DaveO]

skweeks,

I got involved in exactly this discussion a few weeks ago. I remember two portables being thrown out - Sony MZR55 ($250) and Sony MZR37 ($179). I checked the Best Buys behind the Moorsetown Mall (I notice you live in Cherry Hill) last week and it had both at those prices.

I was going to try the MZR37 for external bounces as well as mixdowns but decided to pass on it since we're getting our son a PC for his birthday (he turns THREE and gets a PC yet I still have a Tascam 414!). If I ever get a chance to use it I'd like to check out sound cards and software and try recording on the PC.


Check out the following posts : https://homerecording.com/ubb/Forum1/HTML/000324.html https://homerecording.com/ubb/Forum1/HTML/000328.html


Hope that helps.

 

[The Green Hornet]

Yo Squeeks of Skweeks:

You might want to check out the Alesis Masterlink; I've been researching this new box for a few days and am coming to the conlcusion that this is what I want.

You can check it out on an Alesis site or elsewhere.

The Masterlink will take any stereo download, digital or analog, and put it into a hardrive; then, after arranging a song list, and some tweaking, your can make a Red Book CDR with the push of a button.

From my sources I've learned that this is NOT a difficult box to use. Cost: somewhere between 1400.00 and 1450.00 at the moment; they're NEW AND in a short time the price can drop. I noticed that Yamaha has also put out a similar product but from the available information, the Yamaha looks harder to operate.

"Keep it simple stupid," the famous words from the Skunk Works which developed the Stealth Fighter, is my kind of engineering.

I think you should check out the Masterlink. After all, it's only money.

Green Hornet