So I am basically tired of always having to use my xp machine for transfers, as well as the tedious nature of recording on a jb3, so I am looking to upgrade to a recorder that is vista compatible. I need a recorder that can receive the optical signal from the UA5- perhaps this is the time for me to move up from 44.1k? I would also like something that has better playback capabilities than the "preview" option on the JB3. In addition to field recording, I also use the (mic + sbd > UA5 > jb3 > playback) to record band practices and "instantly" hear how we sound when I play back the jb3 over the monitors. The highly imprecise ff and rw on the jb3 is not really the best for poking around an hour long file to find a song. I think this post is clear enough for you guys to get my drift.
Thanks so much for any recommendations!
PB