Output quality is very good using digital or analog outputs.

Everthing that is needed is provided. The Normalizer DSP is very usefull. It would be nice to have more than 16 playlists. It would also be noce to be able to drop a 100gig drive and use all the space. The only real knock I have is the unit has no RS-232 port for computer control.

Top notch. This is a very solid device. The buttons feel solid and high quality. Front panel is thought out and logical.

$799.95 for this mastering deck is outstanding deal. Big bang for the buck.

I had questions that were answered in 24 hr.

I have it!

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this machine came iriginally with 4 g.b. hard drive and I change to 60 g.b. for mayself,but the problem was when I tried to change de burner for another faster it dint not worked.you can not use this machine for too long time because it turns off by itself and this machine damages to many blanks c.d.s.If I would have the chance to get back my money,I would do it,because definitely I make better work in my computer,this machine does not have the capacity to make mp3 music like computer does,is very complicate to learn to work well,the speed of the burner is too low,however I burn my c.d.s only at 8x speed.I would like to get the leatest sofwear,from you to see what happe with the marterlink

I dont use this machine like musician

The only thing that I can say about this,is that this machine must be factory in Japan, I belive more in produts from this country,too many companies make the products in countries like China Taywan etc,to get cheapets price in builts their products,but in America peple like me know a lot about electronics products.

When I boutgh this product it was the best in the market but not right now

The only time that needed from you it was very fine

good

I like latin jazz and salsa music

Sound is great except for an occasional click - very irritating, ususally have to re-record. Also, mine is flawed and wont do andy of the higher spec (20, 24 bit) recording.

An optical in and out is desired.

Can't trust mine to do anything but straight forward 16 bit CD burning, and then there are artifacts such as clicks between trax, even after updating the OS. My unit also will not perform the data back-up. I'm thinking of buying another one and checking it out totally before the warranty expires, and just putting this one in my home stereo rack.

My attitude would be different if all of the features on mine worked. I may purchase another, grudgingly, and will be very happy if all the features work per manual instructions works.

Unfortunately, did not discover problems til after warranty expired because of my wife's very serious illness, but there is virtually no support after the warranty expires. My only solution is to buy another one and check it out thoroughly before the warranty expires, and put the lemon that I got into my stereo system as a cd player.

I badly want one that works as advertised. My singer/songwriter wife died of her illness, and having to purchase another one to master and archive her DAW based recordings is like a kick in the head. Now I have to buy another one, or take the old DAT out of mothballs.

Native American Flute, pop, ambient, blues, new age, and

Clean, clear digital sound. If you're okay with with digital this is as good as it gets.

The ability to mix and burn a CD right then is a major factor with me. And while I rarely use the mastering features, I prefer to send a finished mix out to a fresh set of ears with mastering specific equipment, for demos it'll do the trick.

Arrived flawless and in 2 years of studio work it has never failed.

The combo or price, quality and features make this a lot of bang for the buk!

I've never had a problem. No news is good news...

I don't know if it's sexy, I'm more into the practical applications. It's a piece of rack gear.

Rock n roll

Good sound once u figure out what the thing takes to come out correctly...

nice addition of the internal DSP, but it has no computer port for remote control... also, if u choose to apply a DSP, it will double or triple the time it takes to burn the CD

Performance Engineer

Christian Alt

I have no problem with the sound of this unit...it's the fact that the damn thing doesn't work properly. For $999, it should have a thing wrong with it.

Has lots of features...if only it would work on my unit. I guess I got a lemon.

First, there was static instead of sound. Had that fixed. Then, it would burn a CD but wouldn;t complete the process. Had that fixed. Then, it wouldn't burn a CD at all !!! Haven't had it fixed because I'm about ready to throw it against a wall !

For $999, it shouldn't be this problematic. Again, maybe I just got a lemon, but mine doesn't work correctly at all.

Can't comment yet.

I'm no fan of Alesis. I think I'm going to get a Tascam CD burner next. I have a TSR 8 open reel that's about 12 or 13 years old and it works perfectly.

pop / rock / anything that I like

I have one of the first available with the 60GB drive. Sound has been perfect, never a single artifact - with one exception. I tried increasing the volume on a 16-bit track, and felt it produced distortion (I'm assuming it's inherent in the process), so now if I have to do that, I'll use 24-bit - which is what it's for.

I use it for concert and demo recording, off a mixing board, track it (and do simple editing like track length and dropping tuning sessions); if I need more editing, I send it to the computer. I also use it for digitizing our library of old albums and cassettes (after passing them through a mixer for track level adjustment and occasional EQ). For that, it's been almost perfect. Wish list: keyboard for naming tracks, faster CD burner (it's only 4X - although I've never had an unplayable CD from it, and maybe there's a connection), more than 16 playlists. 30 hours of recording is plenty, although it encourages me to be lazy in cleaning up, and it's 50% more than 16 burnable playlists.

Takes some figuring out, but fairly easy once you get the hang of it. Easy to mark, trim, join tracks, shift audio files to different playlists. Especially handy to be able to just turn it on and forget it - no elapsed time to keep track of, no media to change - and edit it down and track it later.

I'd have given it a 10 except that when my disk got full, and I tried deleting audio files, it hung and I had to reformat the drive. That incidentally wiped some critical unburned work, but luckily I had simultaneously recorded to DAT. Now I never let the disk get full, and reformat periodically.

Paid $1000 for mine five years ago, and don't regret it.

Never had to use it, so I have no idea how good it is.

Nothing sexy about it, just a very useful piece of gear.

Active acoustic musician/singer, volunteer live sound/recording engineer

Folk, traditional, country

I had mine for about 18 months and really liked everything about it until one day when I turned it on the screen read fatal error . I knew from past experience this was not good . to make a long story short , the power unit went bad and distroyed the CD burner and the hard 20 gig drive. the repair cost me around 475.00 after shipping cost. I starting to rethink Alesis products.

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