AKAI U400 - riff-o-matic...what do you think?

[chilln2music]

hey people...i was thinking about picking this up to help me transcribe some of the solos on my jazz cds (grover washington, charlie parker...amazing horn players)...anyway...just wondering if anyone has used the AKAI riff-o-matic and what was your opinion are about it...thanks!

oh yea...this is the unit that berklee recommends.

(Edited by Andrew Amicarelli at 2:45 pm on April 9, 2001)

[bammbamm]

I'm guessing you have a computer...
I have been using Cool Edit 2000 demo version to slow tracks down and not change the pitch, very helpful with some of those high speed Liquid Tension runs.
The demo is free BTW which is perfect for the musician's budget. :biggrin:

Bammbamm

[chilln2music]

hey bammbamm
gotta link?...with cool edit i could only slow down songs on cd's while at my comp....and it'd be hard taking my comp places...anyway its worth a look at...thanks!

[rbjammin]

Having tried both portable transcribers and computer based transcribers, I think the computer based work best. *But if you want a portable, I'm pleased with the TR-1000 made by Reed-Kotler: * http://www.reedkotler.com/

It's really only good at slowing things down to about 1/4 - 1/8 speed. *Any slower and it's difficult to hear the notes clearly. *You can plug in a cd or tape player and your guitar at the same time and listen to them together through headphones (which is great if volume is a concern). *It's pretty easy to setup and use. *The main downside for me is it's best recording rate is only half of cd-quality.

Do not bother with the Sabine transcriber. *I tried two of them, and neither of them worked as advertised.

I haven't heard anything about the Akai. *Whatever you decide, make sure you can return it if it doesn't work for you.