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Tascam GT-R1 Guitar Recorder Lets You Capture Those Brilliant Solos
Posted by Kit Eaton at 6:27 PM on August 4, 2008
Tascam—last heard of here on Giz with a portable MP3 guitar "trainer"—has come up with another gizmo that may interest you if you're a guitarist. The GT-R1 is a portable MP3 recorder for capturing your axe work, capable of recording to MP3/WAVE at 48/44.1 kHz 24-bits uncompressed. That's not bad quality, and since it works with SDHC, you'll have plenty of recording time. Better yet it's got multiple effects built-in, and also has a "trainer" function which allows you to play along with your fave tracks at your choice of speed—without changing the pitch. Sounds pretty handy, and it'll be out August 26th in Japan for around US$310. [Akihabaranews]
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Rhainor
Posted 7:24 PM 4/8/08
@glaeven: Look closely at the pic. "Portable Guitar/Bass Recorder".
Rhainor
Metkis
Posted 7:12 PM 4/8/08
So you have to plug the guitar into it instead of the amp... so all you can hear is the dead strings from the guitar? Or does the sound come out those measly speakers as it's recording? I see it has headphones out.... hmm...
Metkis
glaeven
Posted 7:06 PM 4/8/08
again, no love for the bassist.
glaeven
Git Em SteveDave is a poor substitute for LindsayJoy
Posted 7:57 PM 4/8/08
@Rhainor: Yeah, it'll record a guitar and a fish, but what about the bassist?
Git Em SteveDave is a poor substitute for LindsayJoy
89macrunner
Posted 8:13 PM 4/8/08
yeah..this will never sell $300 for a piece o shit digital recorder......
89macrunner
Metkis
Posted 8:58 PM 4/8/08
@Git Em SteveDave is a poor substitute for LindsayJoy: I want to laugh, really! I just... I just can't.
Metkis
jim82488
Posted 8:51 PM 4/8/08
Peice of shit. For about $260 you can get a Digidesign MBOX Mini with a mic in and quarter inch in with Pro Tools LE. You'll have the same industry standard software that the big studios use. With the capability of 32 tracks or 48 if you buy the music production toolkit. Spend about $80 more get an sm57 and pair it with a good sounding amp and you'll have unbeatable quality compared to that tascam.
jim82488
Kaiser-Machead's Raging Insomnia
Posted 9:14 PM 4/8/08
@Git Em SteveDave is a poor substitute for LindsayJoy: Needs more cowbell!
Kaiser-Machead's Raging Insomnia
Git Em SteveDave is a poor substitute for LindsayJoy
Posted 10:02 PM 4/8/08
@Kaiser-Machead's Raging Insomnia:
Git Em SteveDave is a poor substitute for LindsayJoy
Freak786
Posted 7:54 PM 4/8/08
It seems like a sweet tool, I wanna try this out :D
Freak786
johnnyabnormal
Posted 3:30 AM 5/8/08
@godwhacker: I could tune a guitar with a fish. Might be pretty gross though.
johnnyabnormal
johnnyabnormal
Posted 3:29 AM 5/8/08
@jim82488: The MBOX sounds like crap, plus you can't expect guitarists to be able to navigate ProTools easily, if they have never used it before. Tascam is no better. I recently heard Tascam is dropping support for Gigastudio, which is a MAJOR screw up: [createdigitalmusic.com] For anyone who wants to record cheaply and NOT be tethered to Digidesign, I suggest:
Mackie Onyx Satellite FireWire Recording System
[www.mackie.com]
$199
You can get it cheaper than this thing or a MBOX, do more with it and it will definitely sound better.
johnnyabnormal
godwhacker
Posted 3:28 AM 5/8/08
@Git Em SteveDave is a poor substitute for LindsayJoy:
you can tune a guitar, but you can't tuna fish!!
godwhacker
skechada
Posted 3:58 AM 5/8/08
The Boss Micro-BR does all this and multitrack recording, for a lower retail price. I bought mine on craigslist for $175.
skechada
MaxRC
Posted 6:26 AM 5/8/08
People... this is not about the best budget recording solution, it's about the best portable all-in-one recording solution. The effects, drum backing, and etc, are all built in. The attraction with something like this is that you can plug in and practice or try out a few things, anywhere, without bothering anyone. If you worked out something you really like, you can record it so that you can retrieve it later.
MaxRC
MaxRC
Posted 6:22 AM 5/8/08
I also have a Micro-BR. To be fair, this has a much better looking interface and stereo microphones. The Micro-BR interface is just slightly above Aweful.
MaxRC
godwhacker
Posted 10:13 AM 5/8/08
@johnnyabnormal:
eeeeeeeew!!!
not any guitar you care about, i hope.
godwhacker
johnnyabnormal
Posted 10:49 AM 5/8/08
@godwhacker: I've done nasty things to guitars that make Hendrix look mellow, but I try to be nice to the ones that aren't beaters.
johnnyabnormal