How do you record on the road? I'm grappling with how to do this. So far I'm thinking portable recorder like the zoom h5, but worry about how to edit that file. Brainstorming here. I have a thousand dollar tax rebate ready for use plus $200 cash.
Things I want :
I play the acoustic guitar. I want to be able to record over a track. I want to play with collecting aural odds and ends when I'm travelling. I want playback. I want to be able to record in odd environments where noise could be an issue. I want battery power.
Options:
Things I want :
I play the acoustic guitar. I want to be able to record over a track. I want to play with collecting aural odds and ends when I'm travelling. I want playback. I want to be able to record in odd environments where noise could be an issue. I want battery power.
Options:
- Battery operated recorder only
- Pro
- Lightweight.
- Cheaper. At most $400. Lowest around $200.
- Con
- Editing is either painful or nonexistence (overdubbing is a must-have for me).
- Pro
- Battery operated recorder + Macbook
- Pro
- Full setup.
- Editing is easy.
- Con
- Expensive, $1000 give or take. ($700 or 800 for used mac+ 300 for recorder. Or i could go for a cheaper phantom power mic. And if I don't want to use mac software I would drop another 100 for Ableton.)
- It's a Mac. Therefore, valuable and might be stolen.
- Comes in at 5 pounds total extra weight.
- More features than I need.
- Pro
- Portastudio (And similar devices)
- Pro
- Close to full setup. Can loop, dub, create and edit multiple tracks. Contains microphone.
- Relatively inexpensive. $150-300.
- Con
- Mics are adequate, but not super.
- Editing is harder than in a proper DAW.
- Pro