Recorder suggestions to go with my mixer

blair_one9

--I have a eurorack ub2442fx- pro mixer, can anyone recommend a low budge - decent price recorder for drums and guitar to go along with it?
--Not looking for studio quality here, but it would be nice if the recording sounded good when played in my car or on a home system.
--also, mic suggestions are welcome.
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JayCam · Alley Cat Joined: 10 Apr 2005 Posts: 192

I would just go for a basic DAT recorded. You should be able to get one fairly cheaply and the quality should be good. You should be able to plug the stereo outs of the mixer into the recorder then transfer the files to you PC via SDIF where you can then burn them to CD.

This means though that you would have to mix on the fly. All you would get on the DAT would be the stereo signal of all the mics combined.

If you wanted to take the individual channels you would have to invest in perhaps a USB2 or Firewire sound interface with several inputs. You could then route the outputs of the mixer into these inputs and you would be able to record onto your hard drive several individual tracks at a time.

The problem with this is its much more expensive and also you will need some kind of digital audio workstation such as logic of protools: again expensive. THEN you have to worry about latency and drivers etc.

I would go for the DAT option.

You can also buy direct to CD recorders which take a stereo input. Try looking for a Marantz portable CD recorder, I have some experience using them and they seem ok but are not entirely user friendly and quite fragile (drop it and your out 700 pounds) They cost 700 pounds by the way.

J.