With the Yamaha, I had to burn songs to a CD to get them to a computer.Īnd the Tascam has a built in pair of mics that are remarkably good. But–lo and behold!–the Tascam uses SD cards and has a USB connection for uploading to a computer. It has some built in features the Yamaha doesn’t have, while lacking one or two the Yamaha has.
The Yamaha had been somewhere between $500-1000 way back when, while the Tascam was only $150! It’s the ultimate in small–nine by five inches–while still providing most of the features of more expensive units. So when I saw an advertisement a week or two back for a new Tascam eight-track recorder (the DP-008EX, if you’re interested–still the DP-008EX even if you’re not) pictured above. Not to mention I wonder what I would’ve done if it had ever needed repair. Not when one of those critters only holds about eighteen minutes’ worth of music.Īnd the MD-8 was getting harder for me to get motivated to use. Although I still have a couple of unused media and could reuse the ones I’ve already recorded on, it’s not an appealing thought. You remember those things?īut the MD-8 recorded on a special digital media that I’m not certain is even still being manufactured now. But that one was analog–I won’t try to explain that, either–and recorded on cassette tapes. It replaced a similar looking Yamaha recorder.
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And I’m sure I never have made full use of everything this recorder is capable of doing. I won’t bore you by trying to tell you what all of those knobs, switches, and sliders do, but suffice it to say it took months to learn to use it effectively. It’s pretty big–19 inches wide and 16 inches front to back. Especially gadgets that have to do with making or recording music.įor a number of years I’ve been using the Yamaha MD-8 8-track digital recorder pictured above.
If you’ve been with me a while, you probably realize that I’m fond of gadgets.
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