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By Ian Canefire Sat Jan 26, 2013 2:01 pm
Here is a video of an older Roland VS with Reaper...




The roland VS 2000 has usb. The VS2480 has the most options and worth getting the adapters that connect to computers like the roland dif-at and the RPC connectors. There are others as well. The faders can be used to control the faders in your DAW and vice versa.
VS1880 and VS1824's are all over the place. Last night one was on ebay for $130. Just know that the roland machines have recording options. If you decide to use linear PCM no compression then usually you have less tracks. If you use the compression then you have the full range of tracks. Many people use the compression and like it. It sounds good enough for a pro recording. If you have fancy hardware compressors / limiters thenyou would not want to mix and match, you would rather have that compressor come into your recorder clean.
I record without their compression. The VS 1824 and 1880 only have 8 tracks if you record without compression. The VS2000 is the only one that does not have roland compression. It is just linear PCM.
Yamaha made a great recorder as well with lots of options.

Cheers,
Ian
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By maximum robot Thu Feb 21, 2013 7:58 am
Maleh wrote:*UPDATE* After checking the Tascam site, found the new update v1.10!
http://tascam.com/product/dp-24/downloads/

Fixes the 48khz and 24bit to CD issues, meter peak hold function, powersave function and "SUBFRAME EDITTING!"

Recorded some stuff with midi clock sync to MPC, cut to BAR time and works like a charm! 8)


So this works now?
I'm planning to get this or Fostex VF16 Ex and Behringer ADA800, but still not sure which one.
With Fostex I could record 16 channels simultaneosly, but eight more tracks is intriguing.
So if the midi sync works now, I guess I buy the Tascam.
By Maleh Fri Feb 22, 2013 6:28 am
maximum robot wrote:
Maleh wrote:*UPDATE* After checking the Tascam site, found the new update v1.10!
http://tascam.com/product/dp-24/downloads/

Fixes the 48khz and 24bit to CD issues, meter peak hold function, powersave function and "SUBFRAME EDITTING!"

Recorded some stuff with midi clock sync to MPC, cut to BAR time and works like a charm! 8)


So this works now?
I'm planning to get this or Fostex VF16 Ex and Behringer ADA800, but still not sure which one.
With Fostex I could record 16 channels simultaneosly, but eight more tracks is intriguing.
So if the midi sync works now, I guess I buy the Tascam.



http://www.soundonsound.com/sos/oct00/articles/fostex.htm
VS
http://www.soundonsound.com/sos/aug12/articles/tascam-dp24.htm


It's a close comparison, i guess big pro for Fostex is the extra 8 digital inputs and larger faders, but lacking the audio resolution, just 8 virtual tracks and a mechanical drive.

The DP24 is about 12 years older, hencing newer tech inside the box.. and i guess that colour screen really adds up to it..

Im keeping my DP! :nod:
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By Ill-Green Tue Jul 09, 2013 7:05 pm
$600 for a hardware 24bit DAW/Mixer is a steal. Back in the days, the concept was $3000 for something like that.

I love the Tascam recorders, they're easy to use and the sound is always what you put in. I have the P414, DP01, DP008 and the DP03. All are big studio features in small boxes.

The MIDI thing is just for the MIDI clock and metronome, thats it. Don't expect audio tracks to be read or converted to MIDI because, it does not do that.