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I'd like to start recording myself

#7
Yeah, that 4-track would be the one I would go with if I bought one of the ones mentioned. I mainly just want to record some bass lines I've come up with. Lately I've been coming up with something I think sounds good, but it goes down the memory hole.
 
#8
EriktheRed said:
Yeah, that 4-track would be the one I would go with if I bought one of the ones mentioned. I mainly just want to record some bass lines I've come up with. Lately I've been coming up with something I think sounds good, but it goes down the memory hole.
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I feel your pain. I'm sure everyone has lost a song or three because they had no way to record it and after a good night's sleep, poof! Anyway, the Tascam DP-004 is a small and easy to use 4 track recorder that sounds like it might be what your looking for.
 
#11
you can plug a bass direclty to your sound card and record to Audacity... audacity is free to download.. can import/export mp3s and multi track.

most of the time folks way over buy gear when just starting... theres tons of unused gear listed in many places.

To only record one track there are countless divices that will ASIO record to software... pandora... digitech... zoom... pod farm... line6... and so on.. or a basic interface.


I own tons of expensive gear and will be the first to admit I use simple stuff 95% of the time.. even recording remote tracks for higher paying digital recordings.
 
#12
I've been using an Olympus LS-10 for a while now. I looked at the Zoom H1 before I got it and I like the Olympus better. Dunno how the Tascams compare.

If you want to hear how the Olympus does, listen to the clips I posted here:

http://www.talkbass.com/forum/f8/p-vs-p-like-can-you-tell-difference-838140/

They're from the headphone out of my practice amp to the Mic In on the Olympus. It also has a Stereo Line In jack, too. With my last band, I recorded all our shows by taking the Monitor Out from the board to the Line In on the Olympus.

It will record up 24-bit, 96kHz WAV (i.e. uncompressed), or you can have it encode straight to MP3 or WMA format.

And it has an optional wireless remote you can buy for it. I have used that, too, to record demos of my band. Set it on a camera tripod somewhere in our practice space and then use the remote to start and stop the recording. I got a lot of gigs the last couple of years using demo tracks that were recorded that way.
 
#13
I just got the h4n, great little device, I am liking the built in metronome too. Would recommend for sure, was also looking into the tascam dr-100, looked like a good one too, tascam makes great stuff but found the h4n used. Though I think some of the other models mentioned might be more cost effective if that is an issue.
 

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