<BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by 2lim:
Here is my solution, it is not the greatest, but it will save me the most pain later. My guitarist bought a four track off ebay for like 50$ or something thinkind we could link the two four tracks together(HAHAHAHA) anyway we are gonna use it as a mixer to mix four drum mics into one input on the other four track, so we will be able to record live now , and this will give m time to consider what i really want , and also i will have time to save money.<HR></BLOCKQUOTE>
That works!
I would say save your Money and go Digital. I went with Tascam Da-38's, and I'm very happy with the setup.
I was going to go with a 2" machine (I found an old MCI 2" machine for $8,995.00 with a brand new headblock), but I could not justify spending for 2" tape.
I knew that Unless I went with a pro machine, I was going to fighting the "Hiss monster", and i HATE Noise Reduction units-they just seem to suck the life out of recordings; so, I went with The Tascam Machines....I don't like Alesis, and I simply don't trust their machines. I've had to many problems using them.
So My Basic setup is a Pair of
Tascam DA-38's, and
a Mackie 1604Vlz Pro. I have my Mixer and my Outboard gear in 1 rack, and I have my DA-38's and
my DA-302 Dual DAT unit in another rack beneath it.
So, the whole system is rack mounted and Portable-everything just hooks together via HOSE Snakes and Pathcbays mounted in the Backs of the racks.
Works great.
Tim