What are my options for recording without going digital?

I know the 4k has something for an ADAT, but is there anyway to hook one up to a 1000 or an external cd burner or something?

for CDs i would just rip the file and transfer it on the MPC4000.
mpc1000 has SPDIF but its the coax version not the laser version, so if 4000 has spdif in you just connect em

My bad I brought up the 4000 as an example, I don't have a 4000.

well maybe a 4 track tape deck (like the portastudios) which would work for the 4 outs on the 1000... or maybe a hard disk recorder machine..

then later you can track or transfer the result from those onto the computer.

If I were to just record directly into a tape-deck recorder how shitty would the quality be? (Serious question, I don't remember the last time I used one of those.

it would be shittier than if you recorded right into the computer... probably it would sound rugged. it could turn out sounding bad ass... or who knows. that is up to you.

i have been looking into this as well...just to get away from the computer. the only thing is, getting away from the computer means no soundcloud... regardless, this is the equipment i have been looking at purchasing, seems like it would be worth checking out

http://www.rolandus.com/products/vs-880/

The VS-Series is digital as well. If you want pure analog, you might have to get a 4-track tape machine. Even that has a tiny bit of digital help.

sorry, was thinking he was wanting to get away from the computer... a cd burner is digital as well, so i thought of the VS880 as an option... maybe im just overly excited about that stupid machine

Yeah, my vocab is not on par when it comes to this shit. I meant staying away from any sort of computer (ideally anything I can pack up into a neat little stack when ever I need to move it because I'm working on my kitchen table at the moment.) But yeah, CD or tape was what I was looking for. I think I'm just gonna buy a mid range tape recorder or something.

craveone wrote:i have been looking into this as well...just to get away from the computer. the only thing is, getting away from the computer means no soundcloud... regardless, this is the equipment i have been looking at purchasing, seems like it would be worth checking out

http://www.rolandus.com/products/vs-880/

120.00
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Roland-VS-880-Digital-Workstation-V-Xpanded-/161659828916?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item25a3ad3ab4

that looks like it would be fun to use...

you know what? there is one guy here on the forums ian canefire who knows a lot about the roland recorders.. the various models they made... there is a thread or two on here where he goes in depth and compares the pros and cons of the different models and some other brands too if memory serves me correctly.