Does anyone else detest the VS840. I've had it for a while - got it shortly after they came out - and have struggled to get really good sound out of it. Now, I am no engineer, but, goddammit, I shouldn't have to be. The best I can get out of it is passable - a step above recording into a boombox. The sound is invariably brittle and thin - even using a good mic and preamp. The effects are crappy and difficult to tweak and are of marginal benefit. Of course I don't expect genuine studio quality, but I would expect a little bit of richness and depth. Maybe in the hands of a master you can produce master quality recordings - the best I can get is not very good demo quality. Maybe it's me. Maybe I am simple too much of a dunce to be able to use the thing, but, hell, you know, this things are supposed to be used by novices. My feeling at this point is that I should have gotten a Fostex cassette recorder. I chose the Roland based on a review I read in an equipment mag which said it was a fantastic piece of equipment. I suspect they were just quoting Roland literature.
