For recording and playing back backing tracks

gator19482005 · June 8th, 2009, 07:33 PM

Hi can someone help me out i want to get a good 8 track recorder and i am un decided on the one i want to get. Should i go with the tascam DP-01 FX or the Korg D888. I like to make my own guitar backng tracks and then play them back through a pair of powered speakers and then play the lead guitar parts and sing with it. So what one do you think i should get

woodman · June 9th, 2009, 01:53 PM

gator, do you have your heart set on a standalone recorder rather than a computer DAW?

gator19482005 · June 9th, 2009, 07:41 PM

Not realy I am not that good with a computer to do recording.Or is there something i dont no about that mite be easyer

Gattopardo · June 12th, 2009, 11:16 AM

I have a dpoo4 4 track that works great for simple recording, it even has built in mics. Probably not the best for more detailed, finished work (I recently upgraded to the Korg D888), but good for laying stuff down to play over. Very quick and easy to use, and relatively cheap.

Professorbx · June 12th, 2009, 04:42 PM

I would actually look again at the computer, and something like Riffworks.

http://www.sonomawireworks.com

It is made to be just stupidly simple, and there is even a free 4 track version with a 5th track for drums. You don't have to be good with computers, they really make it simple for the people who aren't rocket scientists. :)

T Prior · June 12th, 2009, 06:23 PM

Being "invested" in both worlds I would say that for simplicity and ease of use you cannot beat the small 8 tracks, Boss, Tascam etc, and the price is very attractive too.

I have a Boss BR8, a Yamaha AW2816 and a PC setup with Cakewalk Sonar. If I didn't have a mind full of big projects I probably would not have come to the PC setup, but now that I am already here , oh well, I like it, I use it.

If simple , inexpensive and small is the focus, the Tascam is a nice machine, just be sure you can USB backup files both directions. .

t

electricbody · June 12th, 2009, 07:45 PM

Cakewalk/Sonar have two new units that work as stand alone recorders or as interfaces for DAWs.

One's pretty pricey--Cakewalk SONAR V-Studio 700 Console.
One's a bit more affordable--Cakewalk SONAR V-Studio 100.

I know nothing about them other than the ad copy.

June 8th, 2009, 07:33 PM	#1 (permalink)
gator19482005 Tele-Meister Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Pa Age: 61 Posts: 201	For recording and playing back backing tracks Hi can someone help me out i want to get a good 8 track recorder and i am un decided on the one i want to get. Should i go with the tascam DP-01 FX or the Korg D888. I like to make my own guitar backng tracks and then play them back through a pair of powered speakers and then play the lead guitar parts and sing with it. So what one do you think i should get

June 9th, 2009, 01:53 PM	#2 (permalink)
woodman Poster Extraordinaire Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Mint Hill, NC Age: 63 Posts: 8,022	gator, do you have your heart set on a standalone recorder rather than a computer DAW? __________________ Truth is stranger than fact ... www.myspace.com/stragglerswing (Woody & the Stragglers - Western Swing/Roots-rock)

June 12th, 2009, 06:23 PM	#6 (permalink)
T Prior Tele-Afflicted Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Charlotte NC Posts: 1,345	Being "invested" in both worlds I would say that for simplicity and ease of use you cannot beat the small 8 tracks, Boss, Tascam etc, and the price is very attractive too. I have a Boss BR8, a Yamaha AW2816 and a PC setup with Cakewalk Sonar. If I didn't have a mind full of big projects I probably would not have come to the PC setup, but now that I am already here , oh well, I like it, I use it. If simple , inexpensive and small is the focus, the Tascam is a nice machine, just be sure you can USB backup files both directions. . t __________________ www.tprior.com

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June 9th, 2009, 07:41 PM	#3 (permalink)
gator19482005 Tele-Meister Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Pa Age: 61 Posts: 201	Not realy I am not that good with a computer to do recording.Or is there something i dont no about that mite be easyer

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Gattopardo NEW MEMBER! Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: Wakefield, MA Age: 32 Posts: 5	I have a dpoo4 4 track that works great for simple recording, it even has built in mics. Probably not the best for more detailed, finished work (I recently upgraded to the Korg D888), but good for laying stuff down to play over. Very quick and easy to use, and relatively cheap.

June 12th, 2009, 04:42 PM	#5 (permalink)
Professorbx TDPRI Member Join Date: Jul 2005 Posts: 54	I would actually look again at the computer, and something like Riffworks. http://www.sonomawireworks.com It is made to be just stupidly simple, and there is even a free 4 track version with a 5th track for drums. You don't have to be good with computers, they really make it simple for the people who aren't rocket scientists. :)

June 12th, 2009, 07:45 PM	#7 (permalink)
electricbody Tele-Holic Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Reno, NV USA Age: 40 Posts: 650 8 Photos	Cakewalk/Sonar have two new units that work as stand alone recorders or as interfaces for DAWs. One's pretty pricey--Cakewalk SONAR V-Studio 700 Console. One's a bit more affordable--Cakewalk SONAR V-Studio 100. I know nothing about them other than the ad copy.

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