Re: OT: other recorder recommendations ?

[Mark Hamburg <mark_hamburg@baymoon.com>]

On a related subject. I'm looking for a stereo recorder to use with my 
rig when doing live gigs. Preferably something rackmountable or easily 
hidden inside my relatively small rack. Preferably higher bit depth 
than 16-bit so that I've got headroom to spare while playing. My 
portable DAT fails on multiple fronts such as being somewhat bulky and 
being only 16-bit and recording at 48kHz unless one feeds it digital 
which is non-ideal when the target is CD output.

I'm seriously considering getting a MOTU 828mkII to replace my current 
line mixer and it would be lovely if it had an option to just record to 
a portable Firewire hard disk, but it doesn't.

My somewhat Rube Goldberg option would be something like an ART DI/O as 
a front end to the DAT deck and figure out how to mount them both to 
something at least moderately portable. That leaves me at 16-bit, but 
my understanding is that the ART stuff does a reasonable job of 
avoiding digital clipping.

Mark