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I think you hit the nail on the head here. Those little things
[integrated recorder/mixer] sound OK, and
it seems you are more interested in being a songwriter and saving some
money
than you are in having a studio. I think you ought to give some of them
another chance.

The user interface on those things runs all the way from simple and
limited to dumbfounding and nearly unlimited. There are a few (Korg
seems to do a pretty good job of this) that are simple enough so that
I can understand them, yet are still fairly capable.

Most are pretty menu-heavy, but the Fostex units in particular work for the
most part like a tape deck, with some editing features.

If
your budget is tiny, though, the flash card recorder from fostex is
usable
for 'non-production quality' audio work. It costs $300 and has eight
tracks
and effects that sound fine if used modestly, for your application.

That's one that's really simple and straightforward, and I think that
a singer/songwriter could get a lot of demo work done on one of those
Fostex things. But it would be rare that there would be any "keeper"
tracks just in case she gets a major deal.

I agree. I wonder if the 'portastudio' concept will grow into something more
useful in that regard. Fostex' 16-track unit already has ADAT i/o. Many of
them have 24 bit audio, and flash cards are getting bigger. The idea of a
USB port to write tracks to a notebook or pc is brilliant IMO. The only
other thing I'd think essential to the 'perfect portastudio' is a word clock
or midi port.

jb

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