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  • #23499
    acoustica1
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    Hi
    I searched on this forum,but i didn’t read anything about the Zoom mrs8 (multi-tracks recorder with built-in mic and drum kits).I know that many people are looking for a good recorder=>
    http://www.zoom.co.jp/english/products/mrs8/index.php
    I bought it a few month ago just for trying it but now i know : i’ll keep it!
    I use it to record very quickly my ideas.You really need nothing else and i would like to get your opinion about the recording quality (enough for what i do anyway!!)

    You’re looking for something unexpensive to record your songs and…your wife needs the laptop to check her e-mails? Zoom made the mrs8 for you

    EDIT/new link
    The five songs on my blog were recorded with the mrs8
    http://guitarlover.free.fr

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    • #74553
      lee_UK
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      [quote=”acoustica1″]Hi
      Is there any acoustic guitar players here?
      This is for you :
      http://www.samsontech.com/products/productpage.cfm?prodID=1810

      lee_UK : i dont’ know the edirol R-09 but this mic (with buit-in preamp) is very less expensive.I found two samples on the internet recorded with the samson and audacity :
      http://accoustic91.free.fr/Test1.mp3
      http://accoustic91.free.fr/Test2.mp3

      Another test with a 35 usd software : Mixcraft (www.acoustica.com)
      I plugged two guitars and the bass direct into the line in of my laptop :
      http://accoustic91.free.fr/Test-mixcraft.mp3[/quote]

      Very nice quality on test3.
      Nice accoustic sound.

    • #74535
      acoustica1
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      Hi
      No comments about the samson microphone?Nobody using it?
      …could be a cheap good mic for recording.
      I’m wondering if i order one or not…

    • #77068
      acoustica1
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      Hi
      Is there any acoustic guitar players here?
      This is for you :
      http://www.samsontech.com/products/productpage.cfm?prodID=1810

      lee_UK : i dont’ know the edirol R-09 but this mic (with buit-in preamp) is very less expensive.I found two samples on the internet recorded with the samson and audacity :
      http://accoustic91.free.fr/Test1.mp3
      http://accoustic91.free.fr/Test2.mp3

      Another test with a 35 usd software : Mixcraft (www.acoustica.com)
      I plugged two guitars and the bass direct into the line in of my laptop :
      http://accoustic91.free.fr/Test-mixcraft.mp3

    • #74405
      lee_UK
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      isnt this the same?
      http://www.musiciansbuy.com/Edirol_R09_WavMP3_Recorder_R09.html

      ive seen one of these for around the £200 mark, it looked very similar in silver with the twin mics, but still too expensive, i think if it gets sub £100 i might be tempted.

    • #74389
      1bassleft
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      😯 , at $1850 it would have to be. The idea is good, but I can see this becoming a $200 item (OK, maybe without the titanium case) in a few years’ time.

    • #74399
      acoustica1
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      Hi
      Take a look at this :
      http://www.zzounds.com/item–SNYPCMD1

      ……all you need for band recording….

    • #74385
      Tim
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      We’re not working with a drummer yet so everything goes straight into my PC (Betty III) Terratec 6fire card recorded with Acid Pro4, bass plugs straight in, for guitar I tend to mic up the amp ( I have an old Shure 515SA, Whatever the huck that is, which I use for everything) Sometimes I run the bass through the my LMB-3 pedal if I know I’m going to get loud but thats it. I think of it as an audio sketchbook basically.

    • #74346
      lee_UK
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      Thats what we do in ‘Land’ if we are recording around the drummer Pauls flat we all go through the desk, Paul uses a Yamaha DD?? drum machine with the pads, i go through a Pandora PX4 then to the desk, and Gary plays his bass straight through, Paul records to a tape deck and spins us off a copy of the tape at the end of the night.
      When we play in rehearsal space i use a MiniDisc Walkman with external mic , and it does quite a good job.

    • #74383
      1bassleft
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      Great city, Paris.

      For putting ideas down, I and the guitarist use the fairly lo-tech approach of the portable Minidisc player with the mic pointing between our amps. Rubbish sound quality, of course, but it gets the basics on record without too much messing about. Plus, it’s so easy to erase all those embarrassing noodles a few days later.

    • #74336
      lee_UK
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      London?? Freezing and raining, even big ben isnt looking so big.

    • #74382
      acoustica1
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      Hi Michael
      That was a pleasure to post those samples recorded…..very very quickly!!
      I tried to read many reviews about zoom, boss BR600 ,Korg D4,tascam, fostex MR8 on different websites as “musicianfriends”.Everybody seemed to be very satisfied by the Mrs8.

      As i said that’s enough for what i do…my daughter (4 years old) is autist (autistic..how do you say?) and i have time for nothing!!
      Crazy life…..i’ve been dreaming about her for more than 20 years…

      You’re located in australia?A friend of mine lived there a few years ago,i’ll ask him where exactly.
      I live in one of the most beautiful city in the world => Paris……13th of august: rainy….15 celsius degrees (57 farenheit)!!!!!
      ….live in London lee_UK?….not very hot i imagine….

    • #74386
      Michael
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      Acoustica, cheers for the taking the time and effort mate. Very helpful for those on the lookout for a new recorder.

      Did you have any trouble deciding or was the MRS8 the clear winner?

    • #74374
      acoustica1
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      Thanks a lot , i appreciate!

    • #74348
      lee_UK
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      I really like your playing accoustica, you have good timing and rhythm, some good ideas in there too, finger picking is very good too.
      very nice recordings, well done.

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