Re: Re: Re: [Harp-L] new boss recorder

["Tim Moyer" <wmharps@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Jim Greenwald wrote:
> Roland/Boss in the past has had some propietary data 
> formats that required conversion utilities on the computer.

Garry Hodgson wrote:
> this would be an absolute showstopper for me.  i've had enough
> of that nonsense with sony's lousy minidisc software.  this sounds
> like a great unit, but it'd be worth your while to confirm that 
> this is not the case before you buy.

According to the owners manual, recorded files are transferrable 
to/from the unit via USB by drag-and-drop.  They appear to be MP3 
and WAV format.  Not all bitrates are supported for recording, but 
there appear to be a number of options.  

This product is very much targeted to guitarists, and a lot of the 
features are effects settings on input that can be used to get 
various guitar tones without an external effects unit.  I'd just as 
soon have something without all that stuff -- that I won't use -- 
and focussed more on the recording aspects.  But I do like the form 
factor and the price!

-tim