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Date: 14-Aug-02 @ 11:04 AM -
RE: gigging with a 4 track
Cheers for the reply Brett. The main problem with the SP808 is that with the output board you get 4 outs, not 4 ins (i think?). This means recording tracks seperately, then having to rearrange them in the 808 to get them to sync. We do quite a lot of gigs and this is too much hassle. Hopefully the crashes were due to dodgy zip-disks, but the sound quality is still shit. Dunno if it's better converters with the extra outputs.
Loop based sequencing doesn't really work for our music, as it is mainly breaks and cutups, so it changes every couple of bars. The timing on our beats has to be totally tight, so i don't want to mess around with sequences live... just FX on the backing, then we've got the guitar, keys, more FX, and silly dancing for the live bit.
What emu are you on about? Does it do HD recording then? I guess the DA88 is ADAT. Maybe i'll look into that. Has anyone got experience of using one for live stuff? How reliable are they?.. Gotta be better than a PC.
Cheers,
Al