Hey,
I'm using a Fostex digital four track. I was thinking about getting a Roland 8 track to record my keyboard and guitar and some vocals. Right now, with the external zip drive I'm using to record to (it hooks up with a SCZI port to the 4 track), I get about thirty minutes of record time (adding up the time from each track. So multiply how many minutes of your record time by four if you have four tracks recorded), which is just barely enough for one song on each Zip disk. I've had to buy about twenty zip disks which, if you've ever used a zip drive, you know costed quite a bundle there. Now...the four track I have has vari-pitch, a mixer, two additional tracks for ping-pong recording...etc... What I want to know is if it would be worth it to buy a Roland 8 track and how many minutes of record time do those usually give? And if there is anyone out there who does have one, can you tell me how much you like it? How well it has worked for you? I'd appreciate it!