Review: Fostex MR-16HD

I bought a Fostex 16-track HD recorder about a year ago, because my previous one, a Fostex MRII-8 track recorder broke.
Now the reason my Fostex mrII8 broke, was because I left it in my father's garage. Moisture must have gotten in, and destroyed the LCD screen. The recorder still worked, but the LCD screen was dead. I now keep my recorders in the house, where the humidity is around 45.
The Fostex 16 Track recorder, with a build-in cd burner, and hard drive. I've recorded myself, and a few friends with this recorder, and it is great! I highly recomend it if you are just starting out recording. This recorder would be good if you are a solo player. You can lay down your own drum track, via drum machine, then make a guitar track, then a vocal track, and wahlaa, your done! Actually, you have 13 more tracks to play with, so you can get really creative!

Information about: Fostex MR-16HD

Ever since they pioneered the first 8-track recorder that could use 1/4" tape (without the expected crosstalk), Fostex has found new ways to give you more in less space and for less money.The MR16 digital recorder gives you 4-track simultaneous recording and 16-track playback, plus the ability to bounce 16 tracks to a new song file, so you get your full 16 tracks at mixdown. A built-in 40GB hard drive gives you up to 8 hours of recording (16-track). The Fostex MR16 also provides 4 x analog inputs (mic/line) with phantom power, one of which features built-in analog distortion, amp simulation, and mic simulation, for guitar. Input EQ for sound-shaping is also available. Input signals can be assigned to the stereo buss to output through the monitor and stereo output along with playback audio.On the output side, the MR16 recorder offers 2 x aux output so you can use outboard signal processors, S/PDIF digital out (optical) for digital dubbing to MD/DAT recorder, and a MIDI output to send MTC or MIDI Clock to an external sequencer or recorder.You also get built-in digital effects including reverb and delay, plus dedicated mastering effects (3 presets) on a stereo bus (good for track bouncing or stereo mixing). The Fostex MR16 also features powerful editing functions including Copy/Paste, Move, Import, Exchange, Erase, etc of selected tracks or part.A USB 1.1 host port lets you to connect an external CD-R for creating audio CDs and a USB 2.0 port gives you high-speed transfer to a PC, plus easy file conversion of audio data on Track 15-16 to stereo WAV file. Used with the bounce function, this provides a convenient way to create audio CDs on PC, or music files for a portable playe