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netmosis
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A little background info to start...I'm in a rock band consisting of a drummer (7 piece set), myself as the lead guitarist, another guitar/vocalist, and a bassist. I also run my own little one man trance/industrial/trip hop type show and have been recording my techno songs using vegas pro and the maudio delta 44 and ending up bringing that into acid, using soundforge to get the loops right. I've been looking for an alternative to dragging my computer around to record and for the moment the 880EX seemed the perfect little box to suit my needs.
The question...Will the VS-880EX work for me if i want to record my entire rock band with maybe three (or four) mics on the drum set, two guitars, a bass, and vocals? What i mean to say is that is it well suited for the job or is say the newer Korg D16?
I have an offer to buy a used (mint condition and all original packing/accessories) VS-880EX (2.1 gig HD) at $800 plus the shipping costs from NY to CA. If I had never heard of the Akai DPS12, Fostex VF16, or Korg D16 this deal would be done but seeing as I have the deal ready to go, apparently Roland FX wipe the floor with the other brands, Roland's great sound quality (not to mention reputation), and many people seem to love the 880EX should i just go with it? I've also heard an equal number of horror stories involving it's "ease" of use. Are these just people whining or is it really hard to use? Any immediate advice would be greatly appreciated...first post at this forum by the way...
One last question, I was looking through the musician's friend catalog and i saw the DR-10 and DR-20 mic's that are supposedly made for use with the VS's...Can you just plug these mic's right into the 880EX and get good results? Right now the only mic i've got is a Audiotechnica DR-2000 dynamic Vocal/instum. mic that i use for vocals and micing an acoustic during practice...could i plug this right in and get respectable results?
Thanks
-j
The question...Will the VS-880EX work for me if i want to record my entire rock band with maybe three (or four) mics on the drum set, two guitars, a bass, and vocals? What i mean to say is that is it well suited for the job or is say the newer Korg D16?
I have an offer to buy a used (mint condition and all original packing/accessories) VS-880EX (2.1 gig HD) at $800 plus the shipping costs from NY to CA. If I had never heard of the Akai DPS12, Fostex VF16, or Korg D16 this deal would be done but seeing as I have the deal ready to go, apparently Roland FX wipe the floor with the other brands, Roland's great sound quality (not to mention reputation), and many people seem to love the 880EX should i just go with it? I've also heard an equal number of horror stories involving it's "ease" of use. Are these just people whining or is it really hard to use? Any immediate advice would be greatly appreciated...first post at this forum by the way...
One last question, I was looking through the musician's friend catalog and i saw the DR-10 and DR-20 mic's that are supposedly made for use with the VS's...Can you just plug these mic's right into the 880EX and get good results? Right now the only mic i've got is a Audiotechnica DR-2000 dynamic Vocal/instum. mic that i use for vocals and micing an acoustic during practice...could i plug this right in and get respectable results?
Thanks
-j