| I get your point of a hardware recorder opposed to a PC/Mac based DAW. You just want a machine where you hit record and then it'll start to record and also no file housekeeping.
But to me there's not such a large difference, except for the amount of space a setup takes... there you got a valid point.
If you'd work with easy templates most PC DAW's are as easy as standalone machine, and to some point easier because you can see more easily what's happening, while with a standalone machine something can go wrong too, and you won't notice it till after the show (I've witnessed this one time... in this case with a MX2424, we had to resort to less quality backups on DA88).
Also troubleshooting on a standalone machine can be very troublesome, troubleshooting on a PC isn't a lot of joy either, but you can always resort to putting back a disk image of a fully working operating system + software install.
And also if you don't install any 3rd party plugins and such it can be remarkedly stable as well.
Still I understand your point and enjoyed reading your report. How about an IZ Radar or like I mentioned before a Tascam MX2424? |