JTGGUITAR

I looked real close at the HD-4 for almost a year while I thought about this purchase. Looked in person a couple times. Didn't have a lot of confidence in the plastic shell that covered it. The buttons were small and lots of screens to navigate. The ability to multitrac record and guitar effects built in were interesting but in the final analysis I decided I wasn't going to be doing all the fancy stuff and if I did I would probable have computer software vs. ability on the recorder. There is not an adaptor on the DR-1 to screw a tripod attachment to. I think I'm going to try and figure out a way to attach via Velcro the female thread nut that a tripod would screw into. There is a nice large spot on the back to attach the Velcro and not be in the way of anything and with ability to adjust the mic's it would work verticle or horizontal. JTG

I have only had mine for about a week and don't have any recording experience but that being said I sure have liked it so far. I play guitar acustic and acusic/electric and have had been very happy with the quality of recordings at all levels and the features. The only negative I see right now for you is recording sounds in the streets. You need to get a wind screen. The built in mic's are very sensitive and pick up everything. So get your machine prior to leaving on the trip so that you can play with it and figure out a work around for the wind screens or who knows they may have come out with one by then. I have read that you can go to a fabic store and buy the fake furry stuff and make one. I'm hoping someone will sone post of a picture or two of theirs. TASCAM say's there is an optional mic stand holder. I have not seen one yet. I have a mini camera tripod and I'm thinking I will try and fashion something that will work with that. On Sunday I made a recording with built in mic's of congregations singing at church and just layed the machine on a railing and the sound was fine. I was checking on getting the update and my unit already has it. DR-1 issue in Germany must have be prior to USA release Good Luck JTG

I was a little quick on the trigger about having emailed the recorded sermon off. After I was done here and went back to Outlook it was still in the Outbox. I had that I had used Winzip (evaluation edition) to reduce the file size but in looking close today I see that it is not. So I will burn a CD. Jerry

GF Thanks I made my first recording this morning. I recorded the sermon off the board and also set the unit on the rail upstairs and recorded for awhile with the internal mic's. It was very easy to put the recorded sermon on my computer and email to the church office so they can add to the web site. Very slick. I'm 61 not the most computer literate person on the planet. The recording with the internal mic's I thought was pretty impressive. You could hear the cough's, nose blowing etc. In the normal course of events do we get as registered users a heads up from TASCAM that there are updates available? Question. Is there a way to record a voice over in front of something previously recorded. Example. I recorded the sermon today and I wanted to in front of the start insert something like " Easter service March 23rd 2008, Pastor XXXXXX etc, etc. and then the recorded sermon. Or another example I recorded something live and wanted to put a voice tag at the front of it. Thanks again Jerry

After day one. Questions. I printed the manual off the SD card and then without doing much reading I was playing with the unit and ended up hitting the button to reformat the SD card and waiting around for that to happen. It took awhile. Question? Did I lose any valuable information doing that? I'm going to guess not. I have the manual printed out and I don't think there was anything else. How do we get notification of software updates and how do they get into the machine. Like we get an email and hook up the USB cable and off they go? I have not tried to record anything yet. Still reading the manual. Jerry

Guitarfxr Thank you, Thank you, your informative posts. They have really made me feel good about my purchase yesterday. I am waiting for the unit to charge now. If I want to record the pastors sermon on Sunday would I be better off coming out of the board into the Mic 2 in or with a cord that splits into the line in and mic 1 in? I bought that cord for this reason but reading your comments about the Mic 2 input I'm wondering which would be better. I would like to be able to post the sermon on the church web site or burn CD's for shut-ins. I have read some other reviews mentioned the need for a wind screen for outside and walking around. How about attaching it to a tripod or a mic stand? Anyone comes up with ideas post a picture. I'm sure it won't record at the best quality laying on a table and standing up is just asking for someone to bump the table, stand etc. Looking forward to maybe some time to play with my new toy and my guitar this weekend. JTG