Re: can you hear it
rocky outcrop said:
But i will sterss that with good recording technique even a tascam 4 track from the 80's can get you great results.As always the trick is not comp verses uncomp or roland verses yammy its what you put in and weather you like it or not.I'm in austrailia and we have had a few bands get no:1 hits with 4 track machines(flowers , Icant help myself) or even the whitlams who recorded their first record on some small and cheap machine(the name of wich escapes me for now) and were massive but with the second album had budget,budget,budget and over 160 tracks on some songs but failed to get half the sales of the first record.
Very well stated outcrop.
Your reasoning is sound, sir. I hate it when people start trashing the Roland machines because of data compression. I'm sure you can get "professional" results from any of these machines, or even from any of the different media. Goodness, hit records have been recorded on cassette multi-trackers. (Bruce Springsteen)
I would be interested to know who is using some of the different brands professionally, and what their results are. If anyone knows who's using some of the other brands like Yammie, Korg, Akai, etc. etc. please post the information. I would like to hear about it. I'm sure they are being used, I'm just not aware of who is using them.
I know that a Grammy nominated Jazz album was recorded on a VS1680. George Lynch (Dokken) is working on his new solo album and was recording it on a 1680, now he's dumped it to the 2480. You can read about it here:
http://www.rolandus.com/USERS/RUG/RUG.HTM
With these machines, our only limitations is really ourselves, as rocky outcrop so plainly stated. Take in all the information you can, and then make a decision. I bought
a VS-2480. I could have had anything I wanted as far as the all-in-one DAW's go. I thought about even waiting for
the AKAI DPS24, but after talking with some people who really know their stuff, I decided the Roland machine was for me. I couldn't be happier with my choice. I love it, and the support from Roland has been A-1 IMO.
The Roland may not be for everybody. They may do better with one of the other brands. But don't make you decision based upon the sound quality of the Roland unit. You will have a powerful little machine in your hands if you decide on it, and your only limitations, as rocky alluded to, will only be your own skill level. And that's the fun part. Everytime you learn something new, everytime you get a better sound, to make your recordings sound better, it's really a thrill.
Taylor