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minoru · March 27th, 2003, 11:45 PM

I currently don't have a recorder, but have;

pair of Royer 121 mics
Neumann 269 mic
Neumann UM57 mic
Neumann bottle mic
pair of Schoeps 221b mics
Lomo mic
pair of Shure SM57 mics
AKG D25 mic
Shure Beta 52 mic
Korg SDD3000
Zoom 9010 (sounds crap, but has nasty sounding patches I made)
Roland DC30 analogue delay
custom made 2 channel mic pre
2 channel BBC mic pre
Little Labs IBP Jr
various pedals
lots of cable
Tannoy NFM8 monitors
and some more stuff

I make a living out of using this stuff, so my setup is obviously quite elaborate. I'm definitely buying more recording gear than I am guitars/amps.

A general rule when buying a recorder is to first determine analogue or digital. Then, set budget. After that, you start to worry about the details like track count, individual sound quality, etc.

If going digital, general rule of thumb is to go for the latest, but not the absolutely new latest, since those still may have bugs (I usually wait at least 6 months for the product to mature and have bugs worked out).

I've used recorders including most of the pro tape formats, hard disk/computer, standalone hard disk, cassette, etc. I don't really have a favourite, since at the end of the day, it's the music, and then circumstances that dictate (budget, schedule, etc) what to record to. I try to do my best within the situation. However, if you're not making music that needs to be precise and intricately edited, I tend to prefer restrictions. Too many people forget to listen and trust their ears and instead, keep staring at the screen. I even put stuff over the screen at times or power it down when things get too overboard.

March 27th, 2003, 11:45 PM	#13 (permalink)
minoru TDPRI Member Join Date: Mar 2003 Posts: 12	I currently don't have a recorder, but have; pair of Royer 121 mics Neumann 269 mic Neumann UM57 mic Neumann bottle mic pair of Schoeps 221b mics Lomo mic pair of Shure SM57 mics AKG D25 mic Shure Beta 52 mic Korg SDD3000 Zoom 9010 (sounds crap, but has nasty sounding patches I made) Roland DC30 analogue delay custom made 2 channel mic pre 2 channel BBC mic pre Little Labs IBP Jr various pedals lots of cable Tannoy NFM8 monitors and some more stuff I make a living out of using this stuff, so my setup is obviously quite elaborate. I'm definitely buying more recording gear than I am guitars/amps. A general rule when buying a recorder is to first determine analogue or digital. Then, set budget. After that, you start to worry about the details like track count, individual sound quality, etc. If going digital, general rule of thumb is to go for the latest, but not the absolutely new latest, since those still may have bugs (I usually wait at least 6 months for the product to mature and have bugs worked out). I've used recorders including most of the pro tape formats, hard disk/computer, standalone hard disk, cassette, etc. I don't really have a favourite, since at the end of the day, it's the music, and then circumstances that dictate (budget, schedule, etc) what to record to. I try to do my best within the situation. However, if you're not making music that needs to be precise and intricately edited, I tend to prefer restrictions. Too many people forget to listen and trust their ears and instead, keep staring at the screen. I even put stuff over the screen at times or power it down when things get too overboard.