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I've got a Yamaha 4 track Cassette recorder too. It's ace! The best thing is it forces you to play all the way through in spite of any errors, because stopping and rewinding etc takes time. downsides are as it's about 10 years old there is some hiss and flutter, but hey it's a 4 track cassette recorder not Pro Tools. If as Beef said you don't mind a lo-fi flavour, then pick one of these up. I think I paid ?40 for mine - make sure you buy the correct tapes though otherwise everything will sound really woolly. Computer gear is great, but one can spend a lot of time noodling with plugins, effects and instruments rather than recording. Often playing the first 4 bars over and over again until it's perfect. Never finish anything. I like doing everything in one take now, mistakes and all. Here's some. soundcloud Off topic, but if anyone wants to form a band playing indie/rock type stuff I'd really like to meet people in ED area. Again. If you'd like to have a go, get in touch. Iain

Hi Keef I've got a Tascam DP004 Tascam Dp004 if you'd like to have a go. It's pretty straight-forward, good for getting stuff down, but only records 2 sepearate tracks at once. It's small - about the size of a paperback book, so very portable. If you've got the cash get the 8-track one DP008, just for the extra recording/mixing tracks. All good stuff. Iain

Hi I play guitar and enjoy making a racket. Also, I've been making stompboxes, fuzzes mostly, but am planning on making a Gristleizer. I do make electronic music too - I have a TR606, Reaktor, Sonar and have dabbled with Supercollider, but my PC isn't working any more. I'd be interested in meeting even if for a chat about what's good and what's not. Iain

Jah Lush Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > There's one up near the station at Forest Hill. Please can you let me know details/ contact? Thanks Iain