Harddisc Recorder

Hey, I was looking at the Edirol R-1 harddisk recorder that someone recommended in another thread, but I just found a Zoom Ps 04 for about $100

Does anyone know anything about this little fella? Is it good? Blablabla? Hullamabulla?

looks cool! zoom makes a lot of cheap hardware. dunno if they're any good, but I remember reading some good reviews about an effect pedal.

man for 150$ you can't go far wrong.

I've found it at my local music store and it costs about $450 so this is quite a bargain - if it's worth it of course. I'm not all that good at reading all the technical details on music equipment but I can tell if I like what I hear.

The technical detals can be found here http://www.zzounds.com/item--ZOMPS04

Lots of reviews on Harmony Central

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Includes 93 effects, drum/bass machine & built-in mic preamp.

it includes a drum and bass machine. what the hell is that supposed to mean? :grin:

i have a zoom fx pedal, pretty cool

for 100quid tho you cant go wrong, its a steal

  kaen said:

i have a zoom fx pedal, pretty cool

 

for 100quid tho you cant go wrong, its a steal

I'm buying it! Hot dang!

yeah im pretty keen on it myself actually

Seems like a waste of money to me. Someone sell me the idea.

  Promo said:

Seems like a waste of money to me. Someone sell me the idea.

I wanna make my own recordings. I want my very own stash of samples. I want my very own ambient tracks so no one can identify the synths I've been using. I want I want I want I want...

its designed for guitarist looking to record parts on the fly when you're away from the studio.

that's all these things are. digital portastudios...nothin more.

/end of excitement.

  ~ism said:

its designed for guitarist looking to record parts on the fly when you're away from the studio.

 

that's all these things are. digital portastudios...nothin more.

 

/end of excitement.

exactly thats what i thought

i have a zoom pedal. its not too exciting but its not bad. the only problem is that its always breaking.

  Promo said:

  ~ism said:

its designed for guitarist looking to record parts on the fly when you're away from the studio.

 

that's all these things are. digital portastudios...nothin more.

 

/end of excitement.

 

exactly thats what i thought

Hm - so what you're saying is that it won't be any good for field recordings? Do I really have to buy the damn expensive one from Edirol?

  Squee said:

  Promo said:

  ~ism said:

its designed for guitarist looking to record parts on the fly when you're away from the studio.

 

that's all these things are. digital portastudios...nothin more.

 

/end of excitement.

 

exactly thats what i thought

 

Hm - so what you're saying is that it won't be any good for field recordings? Do I really have to buy the damn expensive one from Edirol?

if it's field recordings you want to make - all you need is a MD player (or a flash mp3 player/encoder to avoid mechanical noise) and small mic like a c1000s.

but the ps04 will do that as well certainly, don't get me wrong.