I've been mostly a dialog guy. Boom poles, shogun mics, small lightweight field mixers and recorders good for just a couple of tracks. But I'm starting to pick up more work in music, particularly acoustic music. All location work, no studio work. So I'm thinking of picking up a bigger better field recorder with more tracks for this. I can see flying a Decca tree and having some spots, so I'd need 6 or 8 mics in play and a way to record them.
I'd like, of course, an SD 788t, but I can't afford it, so I'm looking at a Tascam HS-P82 instead. Reports here and on other forums are encouraging about the mic pres.
But before I do this, is there a better way? It's 2014, technology keeps improving, all that. I was looking at a Soundcraft Si Expression 1, which would give me 16 channels. But it's big, would require a desk to set it on, I doubt I can battery power it, and it requires at least a computer to do the recording.
I've just got this nagging feeling that I'm missing something. Am I?