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Digital Recorder-- Boss BR600 vs Fostex MR-16HD

ive been looking into getting a digital recorder and thought some of you could help me out...right now its between the Boss BR-600 (2 simultaneous tracks) selling for $349 and the Fostex 16-track (4 simultaneous tracks) recorder w/ a built-in 40 GB hard drive on sale for $399 (was previously $499) ..I'm having a hard time deciding-- Boss seems to have much greater variety of effects (including

Time to buy a portable digital recorder! Advice needed!

I can't seem to go wrong when I post at Recording.org for advice on new gear purchases. So here we go again!

I am ready to buy a standalone portable digital recorder for ENG, sound effects/walla capturing for film, quick and dirty concert/practice recordings and other field work.

Budget: Less than $1000.

I have been considering these:

Fostex MR-8

Is there a way to fool the MR-8 to connect with a MAC to record directly into Garageband, or as an alternative, for mixing in Garageband? Analog output to analog/digital interface?

I know the machine is designed to connect to a PC or use a card reader to bring the WAV file into the MAC, but it seems like ther should be a way to fool it.

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