VocoPro Multitrack Recorder, One Size (SDR4000)

Outstanding recorder and this is my first time using a Digital Recorder such as this in a setting where I want to record tracks and audio from various sources. I was able to plug it all in and put the audio input cable from my mixer and Sterling Audio ST-51 microphone and make a quality recording within minutes. It took me about ten minutes at most to understand how to use the recorder and how all the function buttons work out. Its a good quality recorder for the price in the 200 to 300 dollar range. I considered buying a lesser recorder for sale here in the 120 to 150 dollar range but I went ahead and spent the extra 80 bucks and got something that I really like and have been pleased with over the last couple of days.They also provide as they should a proper manual that shows you what to do unlike some of the cheap 100 to 150 dollar recorders being sold here. The shipping box was excellent and the package showed up as it was supposed to. Other than UPS ground being painstakingly slow at almost a week, its a great little product. Not to mention it also has various microphone inputs and outputs as well as places for phono cable inputs and outputs. Properly built and designed, its easy to use and to learn quickly if you have any electronic know how. Even if not, read your manual and you will be up and running in no time.One thing you will want to do depending on your recording circumstances is to purchase some extra cables for the inputs and outputs and then even some microphone cables to hook to your microphone directly. In my current setup, I have a Sterling Audio ST51 that I recently purchased new for about 70 bucks which is a 5 star microphone rating at places like Guitar Center. My microphone is fed into a Behringer Mixer as are other components and then into the recorder.However, if you want to record straight from the microphone to the recorder and bypass the mixer then you can hook up microphone cords to the provided sockets and then use your microphone that way. I was very impressed with the quality and build of the product as well. It will make a nice first piece in the audio rack system I am building piece by piece.Most of my recording experience over the years came either using reel to reel machines, tape decks, or other audio components or even my computer. This is the first stand alone digital recorder I have purchased and easily impressed by how you can record easily with this product.The only negative is that they don't provide a SD/USB card for the device so you'll have to spend a few bucks to get something like a 16GB or maybe a 32GB SD card or USB drive to record your tracks on. Very pleased with this product.

unit is good, instructions are a little weak.

NO ES PARA GRABAR LARGAS SESIONES DE MEZCLAS DJ YA QUE SE CORTA LA GRABACION NO DURA MAS DE 4 MINUTOS DECEPCIONANTE.LA COMPAÑIA NO ADVIERTE ESTA SITUACION EN EL INSTRUCTIVO.TAMBIEN SE ENTRECORTA LAS CANCIONES AL REVISAR LA GRABACION ES UN DESASTRE ESTE EQUIPO NO LO RECOMIENDO MUY MALAS GRABACIONES. DJ DINKY

Might be ok for hobby or personal fun. Not very useful for anything professional. Hard to find the right tracks. Folders are impossible. Couldn't read the ID3 tags. A great toy, but that's all.

The first time I used this device, I slide in my USB flash drive and started recording. It's not obvious how to start recording, so I had to read the instruction manual. After pressing record, you must wait quite a long time for READY to appear, then press record again. Everything seemed to work well. Then I connected the same USB flash drive to my computer, and ALL of the files (about 30 GB) were gone! Poof! Nothing but the folder and files created by the SDR4000. I cannot believe it. The SDR4000 deleted all of the files on the USB flash drive without any warning. This is totally unacceptable for any device to do.Update 21 FEB 2016: This update was lost by Amazon! Amazon, what happened?Update 28 APR 2016: I just discovered that my February update was not posted, so I'll try and remember...I tried to recreate the data loss episode, but have not been able to do so, so I am raising my review from one star to three. I tried numerous USB drives, several with bootable operating systems, some without, and I can't get the unit to erase the USB drive. I suspect that before I understood that the unit takes significant time to lay down the directory structure, that somehow my fast button-pushing caused the unit to malfunction and cause the data loss. According to VocoPro technical support, they had not heard of this happening before.The unit offers no options for recording (filename, format, and bitrates), unlike more expensive units, although the filename can be supposedly be changed after recording, although I have never attempted it. The audio recording quality seems fine, although I have not thoroughly tested the recording quality, as I use this unit primarily for conference room recording, where quality is not critical. It takes quite a bit of practice to learn how to use the unit; it is not as intuitive as one would expect. It took a while to learn that if the operation push buttons are held down for even a second (or longer), the unit disregards the input. One must quickly tap the buttons in order for the action to be recognized.The unit will only recognize FAT or FAT32 formatted media. However, I used a FAT32 formatted 64GB USB drive and the unit recorded to it without any problems, although I had to use third-party software to format the USB drive, as my Windows PC will not format a 64GB drive with FAT32; it offers NTFS or exFAT, both which are not compatible with the SDR4000.