David@liminal wrote:
thanks all for the wise advice. i did use a fostex once a while back
and didn't really rate the sound much.
My VF16 sounds just fine. It's the usual cheap A/D/D/A
tone, but it measures well and is relatively transparent.
I've done several live CDs with it.
Curiously i've felt the same
way about all the portable tascam stuff i've used in the past. I've
never used the sound devices machines but I've only heard good about
them so they would be my first choice if i could afford one but my
interest in the motu traveller was that it does actually sound pretty
good and it seems a shame that it's 3/4 way there to a truely portable
8 track solution.
That's a lot to ask for - ten years ago, the only
portable 8 track was stuff like a Tascam casette - and
it required wall power.
I'll certainly take all this advice on board -
especially the overheating issue. I'm going to talk with some unix
friends to see what the possibilities are of building a small recorder
box. probably wishful thinking.
If we're into sience fiction already
, then see if
there's a Linux distro for one of the tablet PCs. Dunno
how you'll power the A/D, though...
david
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Les Cargill