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Fostex has broken the digital recorder price barrier with their new MR8. It's the world first 8-track that records into solid-state, Compact Flash Card memory ? and there's more! It's got a USB port for WAV file data transfer to a Windows PC for data editing, CD burning, and backup. And operating the MR8 is more intuitive than many other digital recorders ? it's ideal for users who have no experience in digital multi-track recording.
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Technical Details
- 8 tracks recording & playback- .WAV import/export
- Built-In Microphone
- 2 XLR Mic Inputs, 2 Guitar Inputs
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By D. Smith
I bought one of these about 5 years ago as a solo musician playing all instruments of a rock/progressive and ambient style. Able to record live mic'd drums, guitar, vocals, keyboards, bass directly into the unit; record 4 tracks, easily stereo submix them down to tracks 5/6 then record 4 more tracks and then easily stereo submix all of them to tracks 7/8; convert it to wav, pop on the computer and it's done. The built in guitar amp sounds are not the best but the reverb and delay are perfectly acceptable as are the mastering features. I made some really professional sounding songs on it. I then upgraded to the tascam 2488 24 track studio and loaned the MR8 to a friend I do recording with. He records pieces on the MR8; e-mails them to me; I put them into the 2488 and add bass and drums and mix down to a nice sounding song. Very versatile and well worth the money.
By bsr2002 (USA)
I will record initial trax to the MR-8 and then transfer them to Sonar an make more trax...very nice.
By Robert MacDougall (Burbank, CA USA)
I've had this for over 5 years now and have recorded many a tune. When I purchased this, I had absolutely no clue about recording music, but the controls are simple enough to get anyone off the ground. After using it for about a year, I finally started messing around with punch in/out. It seems like this little machine can do it all. I've plugged in guitars, vocal mics, condenser mics (with phantom power) and amps. I would recommend upgrading to the 2GB flash card since the 128MB card it comes with can fill up fast. There is a list of compatible flash cards here:
http://www.fostexusa.com/support/pdf/fostex/mr8/mr8_confirmed_media_list.pdf
The faders respond beautifully and have a great feel. Overall, I consider this a great start for anyone looking to mess around with 8-track digital recording, especially for the price!
By Rick H (NC)
I've had my MR-8 for 5 years now and, although I haven't used it a whole lot during that time, when I have recorded tracks with it, I've always been amazed at the results. Back in the 80's when those 4-track Teac cassette multitrackers came out, I wanted one pretty bad but never did get one, so when this "new toy" came out, I held out no longer. I decided to go with this unit due to being overwhelmed & frustrated with computer recording programs and, let me tell you, the day I brought the MR-8 home I was recording multitracks as easily as recording on a cassette machine. While you're obviously not going to get a polished studio sound out of this, you can get a pretty darn good recording out of it, if everything else is done right along the way (proper miking, good room acoustics...the basics of good recording). The main reasons you should get an MR-8 - especially if you're starting out and want to learn multitracking basics- is that it's easy to use, sounds more than good enough to post music recorded on it to MySpace and similar sites, and is just plain fun!
By Mike Halloran (San Jose, CA United States)
I have an MR-8 and have had it since new. I use it for field recording and live recording of concerts. It works very well and files transfer to my Mac quite easily. I know that I could edit and mix internally but I can't imagine ever doing so -- I use this to bring outside sounds to my studio. For this reason, I will never use most of the functionality. It can be used with CF cards up to 2 Gig -- the web site has a list of cards that have been tested and are known to work (interestingly, the SanDisk cards that I use are not recommended but I have had no problems).
The manual and web site do not mention that all of the file transfer functions and systerm updates can be done on a Macintosh but it's easy and intuative using the USB port.
Tech support is inadequate but there is a good user forum that is up to date and knowledgable. The Mr-8 comes in two colors: red and black. The black one was later but updating the firmware makes both identical.
If I had my way, there would be support for more than 2 tracks of simultaneous record and phantom power would be available (it is on the MkII). Using a mixer bypasses the adequate (but not great) mic pre-amps. For what I use it for, I am happy with the job it does.
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