Originally Posted By: Charlie Fogle
< "Your whole argument here is totally ad hoc." >

Yes. my post was intentionally farcical.

Here's why:


Byron Dickens quote:
<"One would think that if one were bringing a "new, unboxed Audient EVO Bundle" on a cruise with the intent of doing some recording that one would also bring the laptop to go with it - any necessary software already installed. Not to mention anything else necessary.">

Of course I know an audio interface requires other equipment. I also know OM is aware of that. He says,"... ive used standalone mtr’s in the past i would prolly use one on a holiday with my wife...." just after saying, "By comparison , and i know its different …but for a low learning curve my audient audio interface came with a simple card…with simple instructions…
I was up and running in a few secs flat….simplicity itself."

"i know its different" - He understands the obvious difference between the self contained DP-03 and his multi-component PC. He made an ad hoc statement for comparison between the two systems. Needless to say, he knew an audio interface isn't comparable to a stand alone digital multi track recorder for remote use. You didn't catch it.

I'll rephrase your sentence to reflect his ad hoc point.

One would think that if one were bringing a "new, unboxed Tascam DP-03" on a cruise with the intent of doing some recording that one would know it's unnecessary to also bring a laptop to go with it - ALL necessary software is already installed, configured and assigned.

His subsequent post #715505 acknowledges he would choose to carry a DP-03 over a complete PC system on holiday.

Byron Dickens quote: "Know what else your "standalone" recorder needs? Multiple accessories (like microphones, instruments and storage media) and cable connections."
1. microphones -
Nope. The DP-03 has 2 built in mics.

2. Instruments -
Nope. On holiday, he may plan to only do vocals. (See item 1)

3. Storage media -
Nope. The DP-03 includes a formatted SD card.

Everything needed except headphones/earbuds is enclosed inside that "new, unboxed Tascam DP-03".



Your whole argument is still ad hoc. You keep coming up with ever increasing conditions on your fictitious scenario which are dubious at best.

Now you are taking one person's extremely limited use case and trying to extrapolate a broad generalization from it.

This is in addition to your strawman arguments about mountains of cables "complex, ever-changing configurations" and needing to completely "master" a deep, robust and complex application in order to produce anything useful. (I'm paraphrasing)

Not that the standalone recorder might not suit someone's needs perfectly. But the idea that a computer based DAW is too difficult or cumbersome is bogus.

Even my technophobe wife, with the help of a few tutorials, figured out enough of Cakewalk to record a guitar track and a couple of overdubs in the space of a couple hours.

I quote: "that was so easy! I don't know what I was afraid of."

As far as cumbersome tangles of gear, the Athanor Sound Labs mobile consists of a laptop, two channel interface and at most three cables.

Byron Dickens

BIAB. CbB. Mixbus 32C 8 HP Envy. Intel core i7. 16GB RAM W10. Focusrite Scarlett 18i 20. Various instruments played with varying degrees of proficiency.

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