Portable recorders??..

[Jouni]

Hello and a sweet evening to all!..



...Now that my bands are getting somewhere, and playing tightly together has become an issue, I've thought recording rehealsals is a must...
Now, I own an MR8HD by fostex, and I'm just awaiting delivery of a Mackie vlz pro 16-band.

The Fostex is a bit drag to carry around, so I was thinking that can I get a decent enough recording straight from mixer--->to some portable digital recorder, like:

ZOOM H 4, or EDIROL R-1, or EDIROL R-09??? or like?...

 

[Spikeh]

Tascam US-122 or US-144... relatively cheap and you can get some decent recordings out of them.

 

[Jouni]

The thing is, it should be capable of recording to its own memory (flash?) for about an hour or one and a half, At least two tracks (stereo). If'd be taking a laptop i might as well take the mr8hd?...

 

[Zoidberg]

I have a Zoom H4 that I won in a giveaway on another Forum - I haven't played with it very much but it's just what you seem to need. With a 2 gig SD card you can get anywhere from almost an hour (24 bit/96khz) to 70 hours (64kbps MP3) and anything in between, depending on your format and bit-rate settings. What results I have gotten so far, though, make me very encouraged about what I'll be able to do once I learn it a little better.