remote digital recorder suggestion, thanks!

[cordura21]

I desisted of making a drum recording place at home, so I will spend some money on a digital recorder to go and record on the drummers' place.
I have a Digi 001, but I don't want to take that and the desktop mac and monitor every time. I want something lighter. So I decided for a digital recorder, so I can record and then transfer the tracks to the mac.

So I want something that is:

1) the simplest as possible. I mean no mixer or preamps embedded if possible, cause I'll use an analog mixer I have.
2) at least 16 bits and 8 tracks at a time.
3) the easiest way of transfer possible
4) a good storage scheme, not that defrag thing like some old Fostexs.

Thanks in advance, Andrés

 

[volltreffer]

Why not try an AW16g?

It's got 16 bit, you can export/import to wav...

Or try to get some of the older machines... I think I saw something like a MO-recorder with 8 tracks that had individual ins/outs... Is it the D24?

aXel

 

[Uladine]

I was thinking of asking this same question. I can't do any loud tracking at my house so I'm always lugging my PC here and there. I've been looking into getting a rack mounted digital recorder to go in a big rack along with a rackmount mixer and patchbays and stuff. Then I could dump the raw tracks to my PC at home for processing. But dang, all the recorders I've been looking at cost almost 3 times as much as my PC did.

 

[cordura21]

What about the RD8 by Fostex? It's cheap.
Anybody has an opinion?

 

[rustyfingers]

The tascam 788 would work. With version 2.02 of the firmware you can export each track in 24bit. Records 6 at once and you can find them on ebay for 500-600 with the burner.

They have a dedicated forum on the www.tascam.com thats wonderful.

Dennis