Seriously thinking....

[Roytoy]

 About buying a 1600. I was leaning toward the 1200. but I can't help but be mezmerized by the looks of the 1600. I see one on ebay for 999$. Hmmmmm.

[blkmonday]

you can do way better used than 999..i got mine used from guitar centers for 600 bucks....then the hard drive died after about a month..only cost me 35 bucks to replace it..did it myself it was really easy. just make sure if you do buy one you back up your work often..if the hard drive dies and you didnt back it up..you are screwed!. good machine otherwise

[Bluesberry]

The only real advantage of the 1600 over the 1200 is the multiple inputs for recording simultaneously, so you can mic up a drum kit with a bunch of mics and record to different tracks and then mix it all in nice.  Or do like Blooby and hook up his whole jam band in one shot and play live while recording it, mixing it down into a perfect sounding "live" recording.  If you are after this kind of thing the 1600 is really cool.  If, like me, you are doing your recording at home by yourself, one layer at a time, one instrument at a time, the 1200 is all you need, other than the multiple simultaneous inputs the two machines are pretty much the same (oh sure the 1600 has 4 more tracks, but really, 12 is plenty enough, plus each track has virtual tracks behind it). 

[chapperz66]

On the other hand, you can never have too many tracks.  I guess it depends on the type of music you need to record.  I traded up to a BR1600 from the old BR1180 largely because of the extra tracks.  I tend to go a bit OTT on overdubs and found bouncing a bit of a pain.  (I don't mean the actual process of bouncing which really couldn't be easier. I mean having to try to think about the final mix during a first bounce).  Having a few extra tracks means you might not have to do extra bounces. 

If you sing over an acoustic guitar this is not likely to be a problem.  You really can't go too far wrong with either machine.

Paul Chapman

[Roytoy]

I guess I might change my mind back to the 1200. I have "retired" from 25 yrs of live gigging. I may just do some gigs with my sr18 and a bassist, so I could prolly record those performances live with a 1200? Most of the time I will be at home recording by myself. I'll check around for a used 1200. I'm just taking my time making up my mind.

[Bluesberry]

What do you think of the SR-18, I am seriously thinking of getting one of those.

[Roytoy]

I don't have alot of other experiences to compare it to, but it does have good drum sounds and is very easy to use. If I have a song idea that I need to get down I can scratch out a beat quickly. And each pattern has A & B versions of it so you can do a whole song by just using the A & B buttons and adding your fills as you record. I don't know how the Boss drums sound, but I'd be happy to just keep using the sr-18.