bob@cucca.UUCP (Bob Tschudi) (02/12/86)
I'd like to make a good-quality demo tape of guitar/vocals/piano. I'd like to spend money on equipment to do this rather than rent studio time (which runs from $25/hr and up...). Has anyone set up a multi-track system that can be mixed down? Tascam (Teac) has a "Porta Studio Mixer/Cassette Deck" for around $1300., but I'm a little wary re: the sound quality (it has a 4-channel head). Any comments? Recommendations? Also--I appreaciated the discussion on piano miking--it was very informative! //bob disclaimer: Columbia University is in no way related to Columbia Pictures, nor to Coca-Cola, who owns the latter, but we do stock the soft drink in our refrigerator here...thank you.
tim@fisher.UUCP (Tim Snyder) (02/14/86)
> > Tascam (Teac) has a "Porta Studio Mixer/Cassette Deck" for around > $1300., but I'm a little wary re: the sound quality (it has a 4-channel > head). > > Any comments? > Recommendations? > //bob In the $1000 and a bit over range, the machine with the best specs is clearly Audio-technica's RMX64 4-track 6-input cassette recorder/ mixer. The six inputs gives lots of surprising versatility, especiallly when dubbing an ponging. Furthermore, the mixer is really unbelievable. There are two busses for effects or whatever, with pre- or post- eq/fader options, choice of peak/dip/rolloff or shelving paramatric eq, and an array of input/output facilities that rivals any mixer ever made! I like to call it a CPU for recording, for one rarely has to play "patch-man" with it. Moreover, the instruction manual and company support are very complete, and the unit is designed for extreme ease of use. Any channel can be sent to any combination of tracks at any time. I have yet to find a situation where I end up saying, "if this only had a ...," which is common (especially in input/output) when using a mixer or recorder of any type. Obviously recommended. Tim Snyder