Yamaha AW16G vs. Korg D1200

[swillpcb]

OK, any help will be appreciated. I'm ready to buy and portability is a must even though I'm using a G4 Power Mac. Can anyone give me any information on the USB conectivity of the Korg D1200? Would I be able to download my wav. files into ProTools or something similar. The Yamaha AW16G and the Korg D1200 seem very close but I can't find them in the music stores for some hands-on comparison.

 

[The Green Hornet]

Yo Swill:

I just read about the Korg unit in a Korg magazine I get free. Pretty interesting box.

I use the yam 2816 and enjoy its sound and it has many features.

You would have to buy a UPS power supply for the Yam unit. If the AW16 is like the 2816, and it is, you can damage the HD if you suddenly lose your power and that happens around my area. Don't know if you'd need one for the Korg, but it's a good idea to protect your unit.

You can get Korg on the net and get more information.

As well, you can get into sites dealing with the Yamaha unit.

But, I'd make a real effort to see either unit in action so you can really see what you're getting into before you drop the cash.

Have fun,
Green Hornet

 

[Dinsdale]

You can get a lot of information on the AW16G at www.aw16g.com, namely in the forums. I'll bet a lot of the questions you might have have already been answered.

I don't know very much about the D1200, but I do know that it has 2GB of space on its harddrive allocated as a USB drive, so you can hook it up to your computer and transfer files back and forth. So, yes you'd be able to transfer wav files pretty easily onto your computer and into Pro Tools or what have you. Pretty cool feature. I wish all of the new DAW's came with USB connectivity.

If you end up going for the AW16G, look in the Newbies section of the forum at aw16g.com and at the top there's a thread called "Where to Buy a 16G" that will help you hunt down a 16G.

Hope that helps
-Dinsdale

 

[swillpcb]

Thanks for the help. I've been trying to make a decision for several months and it seems new gear comes out every day to muddy the picture even more. I'll be making my decision soon.

 

[jeffree]

Just to mention that Sound-On-Sound magazine (a fine British recording source and website) featured in-depth, hands-on reviews of the Yamaha 16G in December, and the Korg D1200 in this month's mag. In short, they really like both machines although the writer, primarily a guitarist, closes by stating that he'd lean toward the 16G primarily because of its 16 tracks, 8 at once. Either way, the reviews are positive and interesting, and even helpful in actually getting started with either unit.

I also heard about, but didn't see, a head-to-head comparison of the Korg 1200 and Yammie 16G in the December Guitarist magazine, another English mag that happens to not be available in my town. (SOS, though, is popular here in all the bookstores.)

Happy browsing,

J.