recording my practice sessions

[vinnieL]

I wanted to find out what the cheapest way is to record my practice seesions on conga without them sounding like a rubber band. I am not looking for professional type results just want to be able to tell which sounds are which. It seems from what I am reading I am looking at $1500 or more. I went to Sam Ash and they had these digital recorders that were like $300-400 dollars with built in mics etc. Any opinions?

[vinnieL]

I was specifically looking at this:
http://www.samash.com/catalog/showit...subsearch=true

[brandondrury]

How important is sound quality?

Are you looking to only record the congas and nothing else?

Do you need the ability to layer tracks?

Are you planning on putting this on cd or just listening to your work?

Brandon

[vinnieL]

SOund quality only has to be ok nothing pro-level or anything like that.
may record fun get together jam with buddies every once in a while mainly in my house. CD's would be nice just to keep a record of my practices.No need for layering or anything like that.

[siski]

Originally Posted by vinnieL

I was specifically looking at this:
http://www.samash.com/catalog/showit...subsearch=true

Sounds pretty expensive for a cassete recorder, I'm not sure your results would be that much better than buying any old cassete recorder/cd player/radio combo with a built in mic.

Si

[vinnieL]

no that zoom from the link is digital not cassette. I tried the cassette deal with a cheap mic and I can't even tell what sound is what from my conga. Maybe a better mic?

[richiebee]

Originally Posted by vinnieL

no that zoom from the link is digital not cassette. I tried the cassette deal with a cheap mic and I can't even tell what sound is what from my conga. Maybe a better mic?

Your link comes up with a Marantz cassette recorder.

If I was going to use a portable flash recorder, I'd get something like this -

[vinnieL]

Damn links i get the Zoom portable digital but anyway the marantz is another option. I wonder about mics I wonder if my cassette recordings would be better with a better mic.