Edirol R-09 !! Updated with a pic and a mesmerizing video!

Azalin · Post by **Azalin** » Tue Jun 13, 2006 4:02 pm

Well, there you go, I got my Edirol R-09 today! Ha-ha! Did anyone beat me to it or am I the first one on the board to have one? Are you all deeply jealous now! I certainly hope so. I am now happy to lower my ratio, yet again, of the quality music I play divided by the value of my recording gear. Must now be 1/100 or something.

Anyway, I will post a review and test clips later on this week.

Walden · Post by **Walden** » Tue Jun 13, 2006 4:05 pm

What is that? Some kind of family planning pill?

emmline · Post by **emmline** » Tue Jun 13, 2006 4:20 pm

Walden wrote:What is that? Some kind of family planning pill?

now that you mention it, does sound like that.

Jack · Post by **Jack** » Tue Jun 13, 2006 5:16 pm

I third the having no idea what it is.

Bretton · Post by **Bretton** » Tue Jun 13, 2006 6:02 pm

Cranberry wrote:I third the having no idea what it is.

It's a digital audio recorder.

http://www.rolandus.com/products/produc ... rentId=114

I'm curious to hear what you think of the built-in mics...

I've got an M-Audio Microtrack that I use at work, but it needs an external mic and the battery life is only about 1/3 of the R-9. When/If prices come down enough that I can buy my own personal device, I'll probably get an R-9 unless something smaller & better has materialized.

-Brett

Congratulations · Post by **Congratulations** » Tue Jun 13, 2006 6:43 pm

I use a Marantz PMD660, with a handheld condenser (the built-ins suck):

[img]http://www.d-mpro.com/users/FolderData/ ... _large.jpg[/img]

How's the quality out of the Edirol?

fel bautista · Post by **fel bautista** » Tue Jun 13, 2006 7:02 pm

I've seen and heard both the Edirol and M-Audio recorders and I can't make up my mind which one I would like to own. Congrats on getting one. Post a sound file when you get a chance. How easy is it to move files across from recorder to computer?? Tell us all that good stuff.

Congratulations · Post by **Congratulations** » Tue Jun 13, 2006 7:05 pm

fel bautista wrote:I've seen and heard both the Edirol and M-Audio recorders and I can't make up my mind which one I would like to own. Congrats on getting one. Post a sound file when you get a chance. How easy is it to move files across from recorder to computer?? Tell us all that good stuff.

I believe the Edirol in question records to SD, so moving the files to a computer is just a matter of popping the card into a card reader.

djm · Post by **djm** » Tue Jun 13, 2006 7:05 pm

I was briefly in contact with Slaved by Technology on these about a year ago, but the price was way too high for me. Have they come down in price at all?

djm

Azalin · Post by **Azalin** » Tue Jun 13, 2006 9:40 pm

Congratulations wrote: I believe the Edirol in question records to SD, so moving the files to a computer is just a matter of popping the card into a card reader.

Actually, it comes with a USB cable, you simply need to plug it in the device to transfer the MP3 files on the SD card. It can handle cards of 2MB, this is what I'm going to buy this week.

The device cost me 400$US, this is the general price for the device.

I will tape a few tunes this week and test the recording capabilities, now it's kind of late so I don't want to upset my neighbors

rh · Post by rh » Wed Jun 14, 2006 5:49 am

Azalin wrote:It can handle cards of 2MB, this is what I'm going to buy this week.

2MB? You mean 2GB, right? 2MB isn't much capacity at all.

chas · Post by **chas** » Wed Jun 14, 2006 5:56 am

does this offer any advantages over an iRiver (other than reverb, which one can always add on the computer)? The great thing about the iRiver is it has 20 gigs of storage (heck, I sometimes use it to transfer big files between computers) as well as good sound; the only drawback is the inability to monitor the input level.

Flyingcursor · Post by **Flyingcursor** » Wed Jun 14, 2006 5:58 am

Does it allow you to plug an external mic?
What type of mic is the internal? I worry about internal mics picking up too much ambient noise.

Azalin · Post by **Azalin** » Wed Jun 14, 2006 6:09 am

rh wrote:
Azalin wrote:It can handle cards of 2MB, this is what I'm going to buy this week.
2MB? You mean 2GB, right? 2MB isn't much capacity at all.

Hehe, yes, 2GB!

Yes, it has a line-in jack for external microphone. Advantages over the iRiver is the weight, the speed at which it can start recording (instatneous compared to 20-30 seconds boot sequence) and also doesnt require an external microphone (if the internal microphone is good enough with the Edirol, which I think it will be for sessions). You can also adjust recording level externally and some other goodies, and you can see the recording meter, so you know when you are really recording or not, the iRiver doesnt show anything, just "recording", so I had many blank tracks because my microphone was off.

Loren · Post by **Loren** » Wed Jun 14, 2006 7:31 am

Right then dude, let's hear how it sounds already!!!

Loren