Recording Musician-types!

[DarkNoise]

I'm in the market to finally replace my 4-track cassette tape (you read that right) recorder. I'm looking for something compact with 2 track simultaneous and at least 16 virtual tracks. Preferably some sort of drum system built in. I don't wanna go more than 250 US Dollars if possible.

 

[Brooks]

You can't beat a CPU + software.

If you need hardware, the Zoom H4 is a great field recorder and 4 track (and cheap as fuck here), and includes guitar amp models, direct inputs. I use, and love, mine. No drum machine though.

There are surely other units, but I can't comment further.

 

[Det Som Engang Var]

After a fuck ton of research I went with the Boss BR-600 for $300. I love everything about it except the high gain guitar tones. It has a riduculous amount of virtual tracks, loop effects, tons of different voice and guitar tones, bass simulator, acoustic simulator, pitch correction, built in drum programmer "the drums sound great", and much much more.

Check it out mang.

 

[DarkNoise]

good suggestions so far, i'm paying attention... waiting...

 

[DarkNoise]

Doesn't look like it has a drum machine built in, but for the price I think it's very workable. I have a beat thing on a multieffects pedal I can use. I like it. Though I'd still like the other two as well.

 

[Altitudes]

Digital Audio Workstations such as Cubase are the way to go. There are tons of amp simulators and effects software that it has made recording very convenient. I used to have a 4-track recorder, but I lost it. I think my friend from middle school still has it

 

[DarkNoise]

I don't even really need an amp simulator, but having that in them is a huge bonus. Personally, I've found that some of my best recordings have been direct, not mic'd through an amp.