Here is a quick look at the $700 Korg D12 12-Track Digital Recorder. Let me cut to the chase- save your precious money. I have said it before and I will say it again, for this kind of money you can buy some amazing hardware and software solutions for your computer that will make the D12 look like a toy.
I do suggest a standalone multi track recorder for anyone who is interested in buying a truly portable recording system for live shows or demos.
There has always been two camps of thinking with multi track recorders, including the Korg D12. Essentially, one must first look at the history to understand the present. Before home computers were very powerful, the multitrack recording products were THE ONLY way to digitally record audio.
They were large, clunky, expensive, and had little recording flexibility. My first foray into digital recording was with the now legendary Roland VS-880, which had a whooping 500 megabyte hard drive! Amazingly, computers have gotten smaller, cheaper, and more powerful. My argument is that these standalone multitrack recorders are beginning to look like an old VCR to me- dated.
Let's face it, one of the key things you want to do with multitrack digital recording is simply editing with ease. You cannot do that on the Korg D12, or any other standalone recorder. No matter how great the digital display is on the D12, you do not have a mouse and therefore you will never be able to edit easily on this thing. Again, if you are a traveling person who wants to forget the computer and just capture your ideas digitally, by all means a multitrack recorder is a great idea.
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