Originally Posted by Turn Media The only problem is portability. Now I want one I can strap to my back and works on batteries. |
Now that, sir, is the real trick and the heart of my original question. Fostex do a battery powered 8 track mixer recorder
http://www.fostexinternational.com/d...ucts/mr8.shtml andis also solid state. This year's model also has a hard drive in it but only runs off the mains as far as I can tell. Both are postable-ish and if you can suffer a mains lead then the hard drive version could be a winner for you
http://www.fostexinternational.com/d...ts/mr8hd.shtml
I even made a few phone calls and got the geeral consensus that this piece if kit is NOT suitable to be shoulder trapped and carried around. Shame, as it's half the price of the next best choice.
For me, all roads seems to lead back the Marantz PMD660. It does look like a decent bit of kit but it's just damn hard justifying the price - especially when you have the cost of a couple fo decent sized CompactFlah cards as well.