Drawbacks to PS-02? Help sooth my fears March 4 2002 at 6:43 PM
Magma
A good friend of mine has a problem: she has an iMac with computer recording software. But she plays piano (doesn't own one) so has to use this crappy cassette 4-track to record at a university practice room. The quality is horrible-- a little recordable walkman would even be better. But she wants multi-tracking ability because she layers the piano.
What she needs is a digital multi-track record that can then be transfered into the computer. I'm really encouraging her to get the PS-02. I've done a lot of research into this, and read the Harmony Central reviews. Everyone seems to love the PS-02.
However, there seem to be a few drawbacks:
1. Not being able to export the drum n' bass tracks.
(But I've read you can export 'em as midi files.
Has anyone done that?)
2. Not being able to fast forward/rewind or start recording from the middle of a song. This sounds like a tedious letdown.
3. You can't listen to the other tracks when punching in on one track. If you aren't using the built-in drum n' bass track, then that means you'd be punching-in in silence, right?
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I'm looking into the Korg PXR4 as well.
What's the verdict? What do you say about the drawbacks?
Using a USB cardreader, can you really pull the tracks off the smartcard and covert them to 44.1K wavs?
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re: Drawbacks to PS-02? Help sooth my fears
March 4 2002, 7:20 PM
>However, there seem to be a few drawbacks:
>
>1. Not being able to export the drum n' bass tracks.
>(But I've read you can export 'em as midi files.
>Has anyone done that?)
I haven't played with this myself but it's my understanding it can be done, however you'd be using the built in samples on your computer or whatever samples you may have purchased. I think what I'll end up doing is recording the stereo drum/bass track to my computer via line in as its own stereo wav file then line it up with the wav's exported from the PS02. Bit of work but worth it for the HQ samples included with the PS02.
>2. Not being able to fast forward/rewind or start >recording from the middle of a song. This sounds like >a tedious letdown.
Press play, press it again so it pauses... curser up and down FF's and RWD's.
>3. You can't listen to the other tracks when punching >in on one track. If you aren't using the built-in >drum n' bass track, then that means you'd be punching->in in silence, right?
Yes... I agree this is a pain in the ass, I'd say you could always just record an alternate take on that track and edit it together after. I think the pros of the PS02 outway cons like this in my opinion.
>Using a USB cardreader, can you really pull the >tracks off the smartcard and covert them to 44.1K >wavs?
If I can anyone can hehe. Go to my post titled "My turn, new mp3" to hear a upsampled mix of multiple tracks all created on the PS02.
I'm happy with the PS02, I think the key to really unlocking the power of this machine as more than a way to jot down notes or jam a bit is using it with software like cooledit2000 or similar software... you can literally do anything with this method and the # of tracks is pretty much unlimited.
Cheers,
Rob.
Drawbacks?
March 4 2002, 8:24 PM
I use the USB card reader for doing other things with the PS-02, but not for transferring songs. I just put all the takes/tracks on the PS-02, mixdown, EQ, pan, etc, then when it sounds right, I just plug the headhphone output (of the PS-02) into the line in on the soundcard and press play on the PS-02, and record on the computer software. I haven't even tried the punch in/out function...I find it easier to just re-do the take.<G>
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If she doesn't need the drums and bass....
March 4 2002, 9:19 PM
I would suggest the new ZOOM 4-track would be better for her. Go to www.samsontech.com to read about it.
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