tascam vs korg

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I have been looking at the Tascam 788 and was told by a salesperson that the Korg D-12 was a much better unit. I am fairly new to recording and am looking for a machine to develop arrangements of original and other tunes and be able to burn CDs of my arrangements. Also would probably use the unit for developing song and/or instrumental music ideas.

Any thoughts on these units or one that might be better? Thanks in advance for any help.

Mike
 
What's your price range?

What instruments and other equipment will you be using with it?

If money is no object, cut to the chase and buy a Yamaha 2816, the "mother" of home digital recorders. I picked up a 16 track recorder for $1299 that I'm very happy with. Try doing a search on the forum too - there is proably some info already up about both units.

-Shaz
 
ps - be cautious what the salesman recommends. I'm not saying they are all lying cheating bastards or anything, but it IS their job to sell the highest margin items they can.
 
Thanks for the speedy reply. My equipment is pretty basic--acoustic guitars with pickup, cheap mikes, a yamaha psr keyboard, alesis microverb and an audio buddy preamp. Budget range (including cd-r) is about 1000-1500.

How important is the pitch modulator? and where did you find the 2816 for 1299?? New or used? I have some reservations about buying such an expensive piece of equipment either used or from someone other than a reputable dealer.

Mike
 
ooops. to clarify, the recorder I got was not the famous 2816, but rather the Akai DPS16. (I got it at my local G.C.)

I share the same sentiment, in that I'm shy of buying used audio gear (heck, I'm not really keen on buying anything used.) If you can go over $1000 on your budget though I would definately recommend with much enthusiasm looking into the 16-track units. The extra tracks make life a LOT easier.

The way the Akai unit works for track management and bouncing is that you can "bounce" up to 14 tracks at once, but you can assign ANY track to ANY virtual track (250 virutal tracks to play with.) On the other hand, the 2816 allows you to "bounce" a full 16 tracks to a stereo mix-down, which is really important to some people. To be honest I didn't look closely at the 8-tracks when I was shopping -- do they have the same level of features as the 16's as a rule?

-Shaz
 
Shaz,

It seems that some of the 8 tracks have similar features to the 16 track ones except maybe less of them and possibly less quality. The Korg and the Tascam --the main ones I have looked at, offer effects, some track bouncing options, MIDI sync capacity etc.

I have read about the Korg D1600 and it sounds pretty good except that it is about 1500 plus another 2-300 for a CD-rw and I wasn't sure if I needed the extra tracks. It also has 400+ rhythm tracks which might let me put off getting a drum machine for awhile.

I read somewhere that the Akai unit, like the Tascam, has a pitch controller which for me would be a good feature because I want to do some tunes with Native American flutes--and if you didn't know, the tuning on these is often not standardized at 440 Hz.

I'd like to get a portable unit with a hard disk and a CD-rw for starters. Do you think the Akai is a better bet (and within my budget) than the Korg D12 or D1600? Also being a newbie I am not sure I need the 16 tracks, but do you think that I may find I really miss them after I get my feet wet with 8 or 12?

How long have you had the Akai? Any particular problem areas you have encountered? Thanks alot for all your input so far.

Cheers,

Mike
 
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