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Thanks for the praise! Check the added Rehearsal recordings on the same link (http://www.thegutbusters.com/Media.html), they sound much more tight and direct. This was more close up and properly levelled out ...

Done some more recordings, also a live one on a bigger venue (Bouche à Oreille). Due to restrictions in the place we had to put the Tascam about 15m away from the stage on a mic stand. I also had too low gain and only 16bit. Still the quality is acceptable I find. Check out the recordings here: http://www.thegutbusters.com/Media.html

Here is another recording of a recent rehearsal, which was real loud. Was made on 16bit/44KHz setting. Trick is to use the low mic setting and not put the levels too high to avoid the limiter having to work much. Recording Link

Phew thanks for the tip with the 1.1 update. There was no feature that was relevant for me so I didn't bother hurry too much for the update ... lucky me Sure they will fix it quickly though or offer advise on how to roll back soon.

does it fit?

Well, the point of getting the DR-1 was for me to avoid such hassles. I am very satisfied with the result and look forward to recording us again but with some more decent playing

Recorded during last rehearsal on the new "low" setting for the DR-1. It was quite loud in the room, but nice quality. There is a slight issue with the result in that the waveforms are not symmetric, so they aren't using the bits in all directions and you need to maximise with some kind of compressor/limiter combination (here I used PSP Vintage Warmer). The singer had a cold so he didn't give it all and kept it an octave down. And I bummed some parts of the solo But this gives a good idea of what it can sound like. http://www.thegutbusters.com/rehearsal20march/danicali2.mp3

Hey dude That cable is great. I was trying to hook the power supply of my USB hub, but the freakin plug is too small. Standard guitar effect plug is too big, GRRRRRR. What should I look for in the USB cable in terms of plug size? By the way, here is another recording, I am very pleased, about 1m in front of my amp, around 1,5m high, recorded in 24 bit and converted with Spark XL/Mac. Long guitar amp recording about 1m away.

Guys, have you yet seen the 1.02 version? Just installed it. There is another rec level available (Lo/Med/Hi). The old Lo became Med and the new Lo is below the old one. Works great when I crank up my Amplifier

This is looking good indeed. I was trying the same with my T-bone mic holder, but it's a bit sturdy. Well the major downside of that solution is the size. You don't wanna lug around a huge holder apparatus if you bought a compact recorder ... but let me see I might still order one...

Soooo, I went today and tested both, the Olympus LS-10 and the Tascam DR-1. Tascam won hands down. I really WANTED to buy the Olympus, because it looks cool and sexy, but the limiter was BAD and we were unable to record drums without distortion. I think it is really really good for interviews etc but defo not for my loud band rehearsals. So got the DR-1, you were right man. Did a first recording of my Marshall at home Download recording (recorded 24 bit, normalised and converted to mp3 in Spark XL) PLUS I built my own design mic stand adapter. Just glued a 6.3 mm jack onto a mic adapter with 2 component glue (epoxy). Obviously I need to be careful not to kill the 6.3mm input, so treat with caution, but this works rather well actually.

If you want to record band rehearsals w/internal mics at high volume, would the H2 or the DR-1 be the better choice? I thought that the 4 mics oh the H2 might be good for circular musician placement? Also the included accessories of the Zoom are cool, but what about the sound with the internal mics, better go Tascam?