clarmusic

http://www.yamahasynth.com/products/pocketrak/index.html I am a musician, so I would like to make good recordings of myself and groups I'm in playing - I also gather samples (outside, inside, on trains, in the woods, etc) to use later, so I'd like to have something that's at least adequate for that. I'm not too concerned about extra features. Does the replacement machine still have the distortion problem when you shake it a little? About the noise in a quiet environment - would this be a serious problem if I'm trying to record myself playing solo clarinet in a quiet room? Did they indicate that they would fix this when you talked to them? Also - from what you've heard from your lute player friend, could you make a judgment about the mic/sound quality of the Tascam versus the Edirol? Thanks so much, this is all extremely helpful!

Guitarfxr: Now that you have your new unit, with the properly functioning firmware 1.10, are the on-board mics still uneven? In the earlier pages, you have a sound sample of how the left and right internal mics sound different from each other. I'm trying to decide between this and the Edirol R-09 (or possibly the Yamaha Pocketrack when it comes out). Does anyone have any general advice? I know people who have the Edirol, and its built-in mics sound amazingly clear and open, but I don't know how they compare to the Tascam's. My hesitation about the Tascam is the built-in mic quality. My hesitations about the Edirol are reports of flimsy construction and the input jacks flaking out after just a few weeks of use.