Recording Device

Ron Patrick · Post by **Ron Patrick** » 24 Nov 2008 6:09 pm

Do anyone have any suggestions on what kind of recorder I should buy to hear all my mistakes in my music room. And to see if there's improvement . Thanks for your help . Ron

Richard Sinkler · Post by **Richard Sinkler** » 24 Nov 2008 6:28 pm

I hear a lot of good things about the Zoom H series portable digital recorders. I have a friend that has tried to use one to record the band we had and the quality is pretty good, although not the right equipment to try to record a live band.

Ken Lang · Post by **Ken Lang** » 24 Nov 2008 9:09 pm

I have an H4 and it would work but it's expensive. I would think any boom box with the ability to record would be just fine.

Jim Walker · Post by **Jim Walker** » 25 Nov 2008 2:31 am

You can get an Zoom H2 around $100 if ya shop.

JW

Billy Murdoch · Post by **Billy Murdoch** » 25 Nov 2008 5:07 am

I recently bought a Boss BR600 on E Bay.
Very good for hearing Your mistakes

Michael Pierce · Post by **Michael Pierce** » 25 Nov 2008 6:30 am

Ron, I use a laptop with Power Tracks Pro Audio/Band in Box and a small i/o box to either run a line directly from the amp or a microphone. There's a gentleman on the Forum who has an entire web site devoted to this. Works really well.

http://www.gwixon.com/

Walter Killam · Post by **Walter Killam** » 25 Nov 2008 7:17 am

I don't know about a recording device, but I can send my wife over, she will gladly point out all the mistakes in your playing, and the rest of your life as well.

BTW if you've ever lost anything her UTD (Uterine Tracking Device)is amazing at finding lost keys, remotes, . . ..

sorry about the hijack, I'll go stand in my corner now.

Ron Patrick · Post by **Ron Patrick** » 25 Nov 2008 12:51 pm

Walter, no thanks for your offer . I don't need another female over here yelling at me for playing too loud etc.
Ron

David Hartley · Post by **David Hartley** » 26 Nov 2008 4:08 pm

i really fancy this

http://www.dv247.com/invt/38070/product ... _a_7c38070

DH

Ron Patrick · Post by **Ron Patrick** » 26 Nov 2008 5:31 pm

Thanks to all of you for your help .
Ron

John McClung · Post by **John McClung** » 27 Nov 2008 11:23 am

Ron, I highly recommend the Zoom H2, if you don't already have a laptop you can easily record with.

The H2 is very easy to use, captures great audio in WAV or MP3 formats. I put on a rhythm track on my studio boombox, turn on the H2, and just play along. Hit "stop" on the H2, and listen back through earbuds, or a cord to an input on the boombox. Simple.

I've been using this to record private and classroom lessons that I teach, and with a little post production enhancement, the audio is great. It also captures live bands incredibly well, in my experience.

I do wish you could pause it, but that's for some reason not possible. You can put an index mark, but I never use that.

John Roche · Post by **John Roche** » 27 Nov 2008 11:59 am

Ron, all you need is this , very easy to use and great recorder...

http://www.tascam.com/products/gt-r1.html

I used it for recording the sound for my videos. You can also go line in or plug your steel direct and use the built in fx ....
http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=Zvk8CBKyVRI

Ray McCarthy · Post by **Ray McCarthy** » 28 Nov 2008 4:23 am

Has anyone tried the Tascam DP 004 4-track machine?
They're 200 bucks, and I've been looking hard at them. The only other machine I ever used was an old Yamaha mixer/4-track tape setup that I never really figured out how to use.
So, about the DP 004--anyone?

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