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Have Roland VS-1880 and am needing more simultanious tracks. Would you advise a four or eight bus mixer or another Roland recorder? Looks like I could get off cheaper with a mixer but do not know the ins and outs. Any info would be great for me.
 
how many bucks?

I think the amount of cash you have to spend will determine what your gonna end up with. If your well cashed up then may be a 2480 is the go .I would like to know what your trying that you need more tracks ,are you refering to just inputs or tracks in general.Are you recording a whole band or a bunch of digital /midi/techy type things? I can only say that if you go for a mixer then you will most likly have to dump that down to a stereo pair wich will mean that you need to get the mix of those intruments right first wich takes time.Having said that we have to take the time to get it right in the first place,and if this the case then it don 't matter as long as your happy .If you got another 1880/`1680 to slave together then a new world of possibilitys open up i.e double the power than what you already have .
there is no right answer but it depends on your project and how you are aproaching it .please let me know more and if this is of any help

ROCKY OUTCROP>>>>
 
Yes this is helpful and I know it is a tough question. I am looking for more simultanias tracks. Basically enough for drums. Am kind off thinking about the computer based systems such as motu. Think I could probably purchase another computer and the audio card and software for what I would pay for a 2480. Anyhow I am kind of thinking about a mixer because am thinking of doing some live sound. Can you suggest anything in the $1,500-$2,000 range that does not add much noise.
Thanks again.
 
less is more

I'm in austrailia so I don't know about prices if you are in the U.S. But you say that you need enough for drums. It would be good to know just how big the kit is.Ihave been a drummer for 20 years and the best drum sounds i have gotten have been my 1880 and just 4 or 5 mics .I recorded a 5 pce kit with kick mic snare mic (top &bbb bottom and 2 over heads.I have good mics but the most important thing is a pair of over head mics the same make and model and just play with positioning,pan them hard left and hard right .this gives a nice wide stereo image of the whole kit ,then just use your E.Q. to fill them out try to use as little as possible. Also the compressors on the 1880 will help control the dynamics but try to use them to just catch the peaks so you don't destroy all that work you have done positioning your mics,expect to spend a lot of time positioning.If you want a more punchy tom sound then another mic close to the toms might help but if the kit is sounding and the room is sounding good then you will find that less is more.Also a room mic placed away form the kit can realy ad some depth to the drum mix....But trust your machine because they do sound good
 
Roland makes a rack mount 8 track hard disk tracker that you can use with your 1880.I don't know much about them but i've seen them advertised.Try rolandus.com and see if it will do the trick for you.

Monty,
 
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