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It all depends on what level of recording you want to accomplish. For $100 you can get a interface like Presonus Audiobox that comes with a powerful DAW Studio One 3. This will take you from basic 4 track recording, to using it's drum loops, and MIDI synth to creating songs, for professional quality digital audio tracks. Can be portable with a laptop, and a decent set of headphones to monitor and record. I find it much easier to use than recorders with multiple menus and buttons that serve multi purpose.
Or you can pay $120 to $150 for a portable digital audio recorder. The graphic interface is a little more complicated than a DAW, but will turn out CD quality recordings. Check out Tascam DP-06 or DP-04. Both are your basic digital audio recorders.
Or you can pay $120 to $150 for a portable digital audio recorder. The graphic interface is a little more complicated than a DAW, but will turn out CD quality recordings. Check out Tascam DP-06 or DP-04. Both are your basic digital audio recorders.
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What kind of phone do you have?
If you have any kind of smart phone, you can make 4 track recordings right out of there. If ya don't want to do that and really want an inexpensive stand alone recorder, I'd go with one of these as they were the ones that pretty much invented the multitrack for consumers....
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If you have any kind of smart phone, you can make 4 track recordings right out of there. If ya don't want to do that and really want an inexpensive stand alone recorder, I'd go with one of these as they were the ones that pretty much invented the multitrack for consumers....
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The Zoom multitrack recorders are very versatile and affordable. They can be used as interfaces and even as remote-controler for DAWs too.
I think you need to define cheap. I recently sprang for a Zoom R8, at about £250, and it is very good. Comes with a Cubase licence, a ton of loops, a reasonable set of drum/percussion sounds, some useable effects and CD quality mastering.
Edit @DirkP just beat me to it...
250,- Euros a few years ago. Still use it although I have far more expensive gear like a SPL Crimson. Among the multitrack recorders I have owned or tried it is really easy to manage. Can't say that about the Boss and Tascam units I've tried.
And if you don't use it as a standalone unit that runs on batteries if needed and that has halfway decent microphones if needed, you can use it as an ordinary audio-interface. And you can use it as a remote-mixer for your daw. And it has a drum machine and it can be used as a phrase sampler...
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