Roland VS-2400 or Korg D3200 or Yamaha AW2400?????

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we are setting up a recording studio,where it would be possible to record the whole band simultaneously.thats minimum 8 tracks,but 12 would be better.
I am thinking,that multitrack recorder is a best and easyest solution.or ...?
so it has come down to these 3 options

Roland VS2400
Korg D3200
Yamaha AW2400

So if anyone has worked with these,please let me know what good or bad have you experienced.

Korg has the best price and chanel number(without external I/O card) ,but i've heard bad things about their mic pres. true?

please do give me advice.
 
I don't know much about them units but can't you hook up an LCD monitor to the Roland?
 
i have the d3200,
its a great machine, to me the mic pres a very good, i bought it over the aw1600 for a number of reasons

i think out of the three the vs2400 would be the best machine, you can also hook it up to a p.c. monitor which is a big draw back on the d3200, the screen is small and cramped with info but it dose'nt bother me one bit but i read in reviews other people find it a big problem
 
thank you for replays

how many tracks have you recorded with one take?
does it slow down the system in any way?
and how many monitor mix lines can you make with D3200, can I send different mix to drummer pianist and singer via headphone pre or something
 
K.G.Bass said:
thank you for replays

how many tracks have you recorded with one take?
does it slow down the system in any way?
and how many monitor mix lines can you make with D3200, can I send different mix to drummer pianist and singer via headphone pre or something
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so far i have only recorded myself, so at the most i would recored 3 or 4 tracks at once, you can recored 12 at one time but that can be taken up to 16, weather or not the machine would slow down using all tracks i cant say....

as for the monitor, there is seperate headphones and monitor jack inputs, there is a monitor mute button which is a gem if your recording vox in the same room,

you can use a headphone amp, i have a behringer ha400 cheap and cheerfull
 

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shit man i did fully get what you meant by monitor mix lines ive never had to do it so the best thing is google the manual and download it
 
Yo KG:

Regardless of which SIAB you buy, you will probably need at least one decent mic preamp--especially for vocals.

You might want to inventory the BOSS SIAB [the large one] as it offers some features not on some of the other boxes you listed.

I use the Yam 2816 which is very similar to the newer Yams. IMHO, my Yam has too much "clutter" stuff on the menus; too much routing stuff that seems senseless; however, it does do a good job.

I'm debating to buy a second unit and have been eyeballing the Boss 1600. I have the Boss 880 drum box and it has great pristine drum patches--lots of them. And, you can also program your own. So, I figure the sounds built-in to the 1600 must be pretty good too. However, I have read some criticisms about the manual being difficult to follow--welcome to the club.

But, all the boxes, or studio-in-a-box, operate in a similar fashion. You eventually have to set balances, eq, added compression, etc., and record your stereo track which will be your CD. So, if you understand one SIAB, it should not take forever to figure out another one.

If you can get to a vendor and look, touch, and listen, you can then choose the box you like the most. Maybe even stop in at a college and check out the music program to see if they have any set-ups you can look at. [free]

Cheers,
Green Hornet :D :cool:
 
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