I've never done any home recording before, but I'm on the verge of purchasing the micro br. Guess I'm looking for a little push. Can I realistically expect to be laying down tracks the first day, or is there a lengthy learning curve for the techno impaired? Will the br except flash cards larger than 1 gig? Thanks in advance for any information or recording encouragement you can provide.
Welcome
I'm a noobie too - so I guess my perspective might help.
Yes go and buy one - Ebay has quite a few - got mine for $115 brandy new shrink wrapped and all.
Yes you can lay down tracks the 1st day - I did.
Yes there is a learning curve, more so because the Micro BR does so much.
Yes it will take a bigger than 1 Gig card, but will only format and recognize 1 Gig. It's getting harder to find 1 Gig cards. You have to format the card in the Micro for it to work.
Enjoy!
I'm not exactly technically impaired, but I am definitely musically challenged. if you are not into reading the owners manual there posts on this site which will tell you exactly what to do in order to lay down tracks. Personally I struggled with a lot of terminology, however I was able to fire the BR up and with a little reading I too was laying down....(not exactly) tracks, but I was definitely recording something!
Just an FYI, I bought the BR because of this forum. Now I have been sucked in and my life hangs in the balance of the next post.
Buy it, it will do everything you expect and more, and all the help you need is here....
QuoteBuy it, it will do everything you expect and more, and all the help you need is here....
plenty of people here who are only a pm away. its a life changing little box, i dont think i'm exagerating , am i?
Quote from: oldrottenhead on August 25, 2009, 04:47:56 AMQuoteBuy it, it will do everything you expect and more, and all the help you need is here....
plenty of people here who are only a pm away. its a life changing little box, i dont think i'm exagerating , am i?
No, you're not. The Micro is the stuff of dreams, and this is the place to make those dreams come alive with a great and vivid intensity.
Over the top?! lol
Buy the SD card first, just to be sure you can find one. I bought the recorder first, and stores around here no longer carry memory cards that old/small.
The SD cards are readily available off of ebay, newegg and plenty of other sites. I just bought 2 on Ebay a couple seconds ago.
Try this link (http://cgi.ebay.com/New-1GB-Sandisk-Secure-Digital-SD-Flash-Memory-Card_W0QQitemZ200375667702QQcmdZViewItemQQptZDigital_Camera_Memory_Cards?hash=item2ea7520bf6&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14)
Radio Shack stores stock them, 2 x 2 gigs for $20
I pulled the trigger. Now I'm waiting on the fun. Looking forward to picking your brains.
lol, I think I'm tapped out on the brain picking thing! Glad you took the plunge, can't wait to hear your work!
The Br and this site are very addictive, They never let you go. If my br broke I would be in credit card debt. As I won't EVER be without one.
P.J.
Quote from: wiley on August 26, 2009, 06:30:44 PMThe Br and this site are very addictive, They never let you go. If my br broke I would be in credit card debt. As I won't EVER be without one.
P.J.
P.J. Is right. I agonized over which micro-recorder to buy, the same way you did. When I accidentally fried the first Micro BR that I bought (https://songcrafters.org/community/micro-br/lessons-learned-from-a-fried-micro-br-%28don%27t-fry-your-micro-br-and-backup%29/0/), I went on eBay the next day and bought another one without even considering alternative products.
Quote from: wiley on August 26, 2009, 06:30:44 PMThe Br and this site are very addictive, They never let you go. If my br broke I would be in credit card debt. As I won't EVER be without one.
P.J.
That's exactly how i feel, would feel totally lost without it now.
swiss army knife of guitar gadget's
Quote from: kentucky tele on August 25, 2009, 06:52:15 PMI pulled the trigger. Now I'm waiting on the fun. Looking forward to picking your brains.
Great choice! I was a bit hesitant for some reason too, but the MBR and this site have made my creativity boom. You can start reading the manual online anytime!