Re: OT: Yamaha AW4416 vs. Roland VS-1880: Recommendations?

[Jim Coker <jimc@jguru.com>]

Two easy questions: How noisy is the fan/disk?
and: Is it quick to setup for impromtu recording?

BTW: if you get a chance, have your dealer complain to yamaha about
not introducing a Mini-YGDAI mLan interface board yet.

Jim

Kevin Mulvihill wrote:

> Well, I just wanted to thank those of you that suggested that I go with 
>the
> AW4416. I bought one last Thursday. Wow. What a wonderful tool it is. In
> fact, it's much better at what it does than I am at doing the music. 
>Still,
> I plan to grow into it.
>
> Thanks again for your recommendations!
>
> Kevin
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: jim@hemlock.violacea.com [mailto:jim@hemlock.violacea.com]On
> > Behalf Of Jim Coker
> > Sent: Wednesday, October 18, 2000 12:06 AM
> > To: Loopers-Delight@loopers-delight.com
> > Subject: Re: Yamaha AW4416 vs. Roland VS-1880: Recommendations?
> >
> >
> > Kevin Mulvihill wrote:
> >
> > > Hi all,
> > >
> > > I'm currently wrestling with whether to buy a Yamaha AW4416 or Roland
> > > VS-1880. I was just wondering if any of you out there had
> > either of these
> > > recorders and what your recommendations might be. What do you 
>especially
> > > like or dislike about these boxes?
> > >
> > > Thanks in advance,
> > > Kevin
> >
> > The roland will be much cheaper.  The Yamaha has much better
> > specs, expandability, etc.  I used an 01V for a while, and it is an
> > extremely powerful mixer. Moving faders make things a lot easier
> > on a digital mixer of any sort.  There's a review of the AW4416 at
> > Sound on Sound (www.sospubs.co.uk), but a subscription is required.
> > If you can afford it, go for the AW4416.
> >
> > Jim
> >