Zoom MRS4B 4-Track Digital Recorder with 32MB SmartMedia Card

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Overall User Ratings

Overall:: 8.8 out of 10
Quality:: 9.6 out of 10
The Wow Factor:: 8.8 out of 10
Ease of Use:: 8.2 out of 10

Features:: 8.7 out of 10
Value:: 9.1 out of 10
Sound:: 9.8 out of 10
Manufacturer Support:: 6.8 out of 10

User Reviews for Zoom MRS4B 4-Track Digital Recorder with 32MB SmartMedia Card

Overall:: 5 out of 10
Features:: 8 out of 10
Quality:: 10 out of 10
Value:: 8 out of 10
The Wow Factor:: 6 out of 10
Sound:: 10 out of 10
Ease of Use:: 8 out of 10
Manufacturer Support:: 1 out of 10

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By a customer from yahoo.com

Submitted: 3/23/2006

Style of Music: Rock, gospel rock, alternitive gospel, and of all things, Bluegrass gospel

Experience: Active musician

"Best bang for the Buck !!"

Sound:

Hey...this is digital, CD quality. I own two of these things, If your EQ, pans, and input levels are right, you can make professional sounding recordings easily! This product is mostly for small projects, there are not enough tracks for large compositions. For electric guitars, you need to play through an effects processor in between your guitar and the recorder, or it won't sound powerful enough.

Feature:

If this recorder is used often, you need to use an A/C adapter. Be sure you get the right one though, the wrong one will fry it. I really like the fully adjustable metronome feature, it's hugh help when you record solo. Some of the features this product has are quite difficut to figure out, most are simple though. It comes with a 32mb smart media card, trust me, get a 128mb card, recording times are greatly increased.

Ease of Use:

It took me a few tries to get the sound quality I wanted, but after that, I was creating sound track CD's. I don't have a drum mechine so I used a Casio keyboard with built in drum effects to do my drum tracks, hey..it works. I put my bass, rhythm, drums and lead tracks, and there you have it!

Quality:

All of the controls are well made work like the best ones do. I've even accidently pulled mine off of the table to the floor while recording, that didn't change a thing. Made very well.

Manufacturer Support:

The one thing I dislike most about it, is the owner's manual. It's instructions are not very clear on how use certain features. I tried several times to contact the customer support on a few matters, and never recieved a response, so I gave up on it.

Value:

It is worth the price you pay for the quality digital recording you get.

The Wow Factor:

Now that I have extensive experience with it, it is a wonderful addition to my gear and has been a very useful tool to me.

Overall:

I've had these recorders about two years and have done lots of projects with them. I am now ready to move on to bigger and better products, such as an 8 or 10 track recorder, but this product is, with no dought, the perfect thing to start out with, or to use as a project idea recording tool.