Not to confuse you, give you more options--but now that you've decided to blow your budget, and lean mostly toward open taping taping, you should look at the larger, multichannel all-in-ones, like the Edirol R-44 and the Tascam DR-680, (cause soon you will be wanting to get a board feed to mix with your 460's). The DR-680 can be found for less than $600 new, has 8 channels and does everything you could foreseeably want (p48, clean pres, xlr ins). The R-44 does the same, but is spendier and only 4 channels. There are other options out there in this category, but most are much more expensive.
yltfan - I couldn't resist, I had to pick up a R-44.
Sweet man, nice score on the deck and nice score on the AKG's! Those are hot, you will make some nice tapes.
Make sure to check into Team AKG!
http://taperssection.com/index.php?topic=141495.0
chinaridersti -Thanks, I hope so! I've been learking through the pages over in the Team AKG thread. A lot of great information! I'm sure I'll be asking some typical newb stuff soon. lol
Alright, it felt like Christmas today when I got home from work! Everything I've ordered (just about) was on the porch. The mics only came with adapters for the Newman power supply and a 3' cable with an RCA connector on the power supply side so I can't plug them into that or the DR-40, yet. I am trying to decide if I should go with a 15' or 25' set of cables? I'll have the 11' stand, plus I have the 3 piece 92" ext pole, not that I intend to use them together, but I thought there may be time I'm not sure or if I had to clamp on to someone else's stand, I thought I may need the 25'ers. Any recommendations?
Here I was all pumped up and happy, and then the debbie downer frowner walked into the house. haha I'm not sure why she apparently thought I was joking about moving from fantasy to reality with my new hobby.
I've only expressed my interest for a long time and even more so after the last few shows. Anyway, she comes in from work, I've got my new quick release clamp (649) latched on to the in-table, mics flying on the 92" ext pole...all I needed was a beer in my hand. Well, my setup on her in-table was probably really NOT a good move and didn't set the stage for my good time to go any further. LMAO
After the look, she follows up with, "what are you doing, you are going to ruin going to shows now because you are going to be all anal about THAT!!!" WTH??? Honey, trust me, I still plan on having a great time.
I think I'm going to go get some beer now. haha Just thought I'd share that with ya'll. Happy Friday everyone!