My band want to do some live recordings and having looked at various options I've concluded that the cheapest and leasr time-pressured way will be for us to buy a multitrack recorder of some description.
We need 8 tracks simultaneously and there is plenty of good kit out there that will do it, but it got me thinking...
I'm not planning to mix the recording on the multitrack recorder as it is so much easier to do on the computer, so we will record in a location and then i will take the unit home and export the raw tracks to reaper.
This got me wondering - does anyone make a multitrack recorder which is designed exactly for this purpose? All it would need would be the input channel strips, a transport panel and some track faders so you could do a quick check/listen back before you pack up. There'd be no need for complicated routing options and effects, the unit could be kept small, simple, reasonably cheap and very portable.
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Studio: https://www.voltperoctave.com
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If you've got a suitable desk with direct channel outs (I've used the mixwizard and soundcraft fx16 as cheap but decent desks).
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I could only get £180 for mine over a year ago and I see them regularly for around £100, in fact one is for sale on the Sound on Sound classifieds.
http://www.soundonsound.com/readersads/AdBrowse.php?Cat=9
It has FX and mastering tools if you need them but if using it as you mentioned you can export the raw WAV's you record to the CD Writer and use them on your PC, it has a hard disk and can be upgraded (with the newest firmware) to either a 180 GB or 250 GB drive. It comes with either a 20 GB or 40 GB from new.
Failing that the Tascam 2488 recorders seem to be going from between £150 to £250 dependent on age and model i.e. MKI or MKII.
Having said that, money is always tight so if the price was right I'd happily use the yamaha. Did you have a figure in mind?
I'll get back to you
We got a zoom r16 for £200 of the Bay in the end