Originally posted by Scottyee:
Hi Terry & Roel & all: I too have been seriously considering purchasing a hard disk recorder (like the Yamaha's AW16G or Tascam recorder) to add to my setup, but a telephone sales Rep at Zzounds.com warned me I won't be able to easily transfer individual HD recorder tracks to my PC for editing in Cakewalk Sonar, which I already own. He said I would first must 'mix down' all the individual tracks to 2 (stereo) tracks. He said I need to decide between: recording on a hard disk recorder standalone unit, or recording using computer software, and that's its NOT recommended to combine the 2 recording types. He strongly recommended that I stick with Sonar and if I wanted to record outside the studio, to purchase a laptop instead. I'm a bit suprised he told me this because he just lost a potential commission in selling me a HD recorder. Was this guy giving me mis-information? - Scott 
Scott,
I love my AW4416, been using it for probably 2-3 years since they first came out. Certainly much more push record and go than Sonar (I have that too) is, without hassles.
About what the rep told you:
It depends on how one defines "easily." I would agree to get seperate tracks from the AW into Sonar for editing purposes is not just push and record.
If on the other hand you want to wind up with a pair of stereo tracks in Sonar for mastering then it is that easy. You do not have to mix it down first, you can mix it realtime into Sonar and leave them all as seperate tracks on the AW.
The AW burns to disc pretty slow. You can though burn seperate tracks to disc, then import them into Sonar. I'm not sure that would be much of an advantage though unless you want to cut and paste, or have access to more plugin effects for seperate tracks.
You're limited on the AW to 2 effects per channel, such as reverb and chorus or distortion or any one of several that are on board, unless you buy an optional board at about $1000.00 was the last price I heard and can then do 8 per channel.
The one advantage that Sonar has of course is being able to record midi, which the AW cannot.
You do not have to decide between one or the other. With my latest cd, I am going back and forth between the two.
Don't know who it is that recommends you cannot mix the two recording types that's nonsense.
Terry
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jam on,
Terry
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