And therein lies the difference, Bernie ...

Bernie, go for it! Why not? I've done a lot of this in the past, putting in my own harmonies is so much fun and realistic (I just don't care for VHs).

Thank you all too, t, Harold, Donny, Gary. After my DOA I bought, this was definitely a real blessing.

Sure is fun to feel like a kid again Not many of those days left.

Hi Zuki, I have a spanking brand new Tascam 32SD which I bought on a whim on a MF SDOTD. I even bought the remote footswitch for it. Tried it for a couple of hours and quickly decided that I much preferred computer multi-track recording. I use an Alesis I/O26 which with my two 8ch ADAT units and my 20ch digital mixer with SPDIF I/O gives me a total of 34 inputs into REAPER. System is old but crystal clear and works flawlessly. It's complimented with tons of VST's, VSTi's, etc. for very sophisticated sound processing.

As I recall, Tascam left off some of the 24's features when they produced the '32. Most old experienced Tascam users seemed to prefer the DP24 to the DP32 and suddenly the '24 became very hard to find, so you're very lucky to get one. Good luck with it. They're all easy to use once you get used to them and develop your own workflow around them.

chas

Wow Chas, your list keeps growing - you truly are a gear junky

I'm more comfortable with stand alone recorders and couldn't pass up a beautiful (really like new) DP24CD. The unit was the only one for sale in the country that had the burner onboard. The seller was fantastic too.

eBay sided with me on my return of the DOA unit I bought 2 weeks ago. What a seller jerk - OMG. When I opened that unit she sent, it reeked so bad of cigarette smoke, my wife made me take it outside. My house still stinks!

Anyway.....more ahead

Actually more of an compulsive shopper/impulse buyer. I also get bored easily so my initial excitement is usually very short-lived .

chas