Which Is EASIER- Using R16 As Recorder, or Interface? Is BOTH An Option?

[stevieb]

Doing live sound for the rock n roll summer camp again this year. Tascam CDRW2000 has become unreliable, so gotta use something else to make the 2-track CD required in the contract. I see my options as:

1. Record to R16, then save in CDRW-equipped laptop via Cubase LE4, and burn a CD.

2. Record to laptop HD, using R16 as an interface. Then burn CD.

Got lots other stuff going on, so I want to do the easier of the two. It SEEMS to be #2 (fewer steps) but I am not sure. Which is EASIER? I am not concerned with recording quality, unless one is going to be world's better than the other.

I plan on running both R16 and laptop on AC power, but with fully-charged batteries in both in case of power failure, btw.

Is it possible to record to the R16 AND send the signal to the laptop, so I have redundancy?

 

[TeyshaBlue]

Well, for me, I much prefer the R16 in interface mode. The menu tree is a bit wonky for standalone recording, but I'm geared more towards DAW than standalones anyway. And no, once it's in interface mode, you cannot record on the R16....sorry.