Owning both really wasn't my intention. 
While I'm quite comfortable with a DAW I also like the immediacy of using real synths and physical recording equipment. So recently I decided to pickup a decent multitrack recorder. I settled on the Tascam equipment and was leaning toward the dp-02 when a mint dp-24 became available locally. I did some research and quickly figured out that the "sd" versions were nothing more than a cost reduction program at Tascam. I'm not even interested in something with no MIDI sync capability?
I picked that up and then visited a local music shop where they had a very clean 2488 neo sitting on the shelf for... wait for it... $10. It was labeled "will not play or record" so I figured it would be a fun project and good for parts if nothing else. Well so much for a project. I spent a couple hours testing everything I possibly could trying to find a problem. No dice. I can only assume that the person who tested it didn't really know how to use it.
Obviously I like the dp-24 for it's more modern editing features and wonderful color screen but the 2488 neo is really a nice machine as well.
I do feel like a simple fade-in and fade-out would have made a big difference in the editing area.
Nevertheless, these are both really amazing machines.
While I'm quite comfortable with a DAW I also like the immediacy of using real synths and physical recording equipment. So recently I decided to pickup a decent multitrack recorder. I settled on the Tascam equipment and was leaning toward the dp-02 when a mint dp-24 became available locally. I did some research and quickly figured out that the "sd" versions were nothing more than a cost reduction program at Tascam.
I'm not even interested in something with no MIDI sync capability?I picked that up and then visited a local music shop where they had a very clean 2488 neo sitting on the shelf for... wait for it... $10. It was labeled "will not play or record" so I figured it would be a fun project and good for parts if nothing else. Well so much for a project. I spent a couple hours testing everything I possibly could trying to find a problem. No dice. I can only assume that the person who tested it didn't really know how to use it.
Obviously I like the dp-24 for it's more modern editing features and wonderful color screen but the 2488 neo is really a nice machine as well.
I do feel like a simple fade-in and fade-out would have made a big difference in the editing area.
Nevertheless, these are both really amazing machines.
