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esse.rock « Cheap but handy »
Published on 11/25/10 at 08:24I use it for 2 years, mainly to record rehearsals and work the songs.
It's still great practice, one branch, one that cares the middle of the studio and go!
Settings:
* The input gain is easily adjusted according to 3 presets (low / medium / high) and we can refine it in the menus.
* We choose the recording mode: front, rear or both (in a single file or two in order to rebalance the stuff by hand later). But use "repeat" it's hard to balance the front and rear, each transplanting a little sound from the other because we are in a small environment with sounds that turn.
* A lot of other more advanced settings are possible, but the menu navigation is not great and I did not really useful anyway.
* It can serve as an audio interface for recording directly to PC. Never tested but it may be useful for some.
Sound:
* I'm no expert but for me it highly enough. A little behind and treatment was sound about right. We could even use it to put zics on the net. Everything depends on the use to which it wishes to make.
Weaknesses:
* Already, it is plastic and not breathing strength. The SD card door is already broken home (thank you my friend who I lent it
). That said I did not have other worries than this, and it's not very penalizing.
* If you use it plugged in, like me, do not forget to turn it off before unplugging it, otherwise you lose the recording made. Or have to put batteries in to be sure.
* Not at all convenient for listening, the functions of fast forward / reverse is probably the worst I've seen and are on the verge of unusable.
Edit: I am advised that it is possible to update the firmware and it's worth the effort. I may therefore change this (and others?) After upd.
Conclusion:
For the low price, quality is more than adequate for my use. I had not tried other models before so I could not compare, but I probably would do the same choice.
There's already a lot of opinions here, but I saw that in asking others if you have any specific questions feel free to ask.
It's still great practice, one branch, one that cares the middle of the studio and go!
Settings:
* The input gain is easily adjusted according to 3 presets (low / medium / high) and we can refine it in the menus.
* We choose the recording mode: front, rear or both (in a single file or two in order to rebalance the stuff by hand later). But use "repeat" it's hard to balance the front and rear, each transplanting a little sound from the other because we are in a small environment with sounds that turn.
* A lot of other more advanced settings are possible, but the menu navigation is not great and I did not really useful anyway.
* It can serve as an audio interface for recording directly to PC. Never tested but it may be useful for some.
Sound:
* I'm no expert but for me it highly enough. A little behind and treatment was sound about right. We could even use it to put zics on the net. Everything depends on the use to which it wishes to make.
Weaknesses:
* Already, it is plastic and not breathing strength. The SD card door is already broken home (thank you my friend who I lent it
). That said I did not have other worries than this, and it's not very penalizing.* If you use it plugged in, like me, do not forget to turn it off before unplugging it, otherwise you lose the recording made. Or have to put batteries in to be sure.
* Not at all convenient for listening, the functions of fast forward / reverse is probably the worst I've seen and are on the verge of unusable.
Edit: I am advised that it is possible to update the firmware and it's worth the effort. I may therefore change this (and others?) After upd.
Conclusion:
For the low price, quality is more than adequate for my use. I had not tried other models before so I could not compare, but I probably would do the same choice.
There's already a lot of opinions here, but I saw that in asking others if you have any specific questions feel free to ask.