Product ReviewsKorg D888 Digital Multi Track Recorder

Korg D888-about what you'd expect for the price

Best things about this unit are the price and sound quality. Serves my purposes well as an event recorder for wedding videography, as it has enough inputs to handle most situations. The headphone jack works well, with more than enough level to drive any type of phones. Most frustrating is the incredibly long time it takes the unit to save recorded files at the end of a session-half an hour or more of watching the little clock spin with the word "working" on the LCD display at the end of a 2 hour session with all tracks enabled is typical. And if power is lost during this process, so are your files! At a typical location recording site, if you can't afford taking the time to "stand guard" over the unit while this process completes, there's a great risk someone will disconnect your AC power and really ruin your day. After this happened to me, I resorted to bringing a UPS along to provide backup power to the unit in ase of AC failure for any reason. A second problem is the lack of XLR outputs-this causes all manner of interface difficulties. And, the configuration of record/playback modes is very convoluted and non-user friendly, requiring lengthy sessions with the instruction files on PDF to sort out all the button colors and sequences. Despite the foregoing, planning and patience will reward you with great sounding WAV files, however. I do not use it for multitrack studio type mixdowns, which it is capable of, so I cannot comment on that capability.Read full review...

Nothing's Perfect, But...........

Nothing's perfect, but the Kord D-888 is a step in the right direction! I am not very experienced with the tedious process of recording with these multi-track recorders, but am learning the more advanced steps, using the several live concerts of my group that I have recorded. The main reason that I purchased it is the included 8 channel mixer section, which allows my to record any gig, rehearsal, or studio session that uses no more than 8 inputs. And it does this easily!
The review complaints that I saw before purchasing the D-888 were valid. The reverb/effects choices and parameters are limited. This only truly comes into play when you use the unit as a mixer, while recording live and using only the 2 master-outs. If you want to have better effects, EQ, and options, you could use the 8 individual outs, and feed another mixer that would have 2 aux effects. This does not mean that you have to carry all of this extra gear to the gig, as you can do this after recording.
The mixer EQ could do better by having at least a sweepable mid-EQ. But again, this can all be worked with after the fact of recording, in post-production, using another mixer and effects.
I think that you can record, and produce a good sounding CD with the D-888.
It is easy to use, and believe me, it sure beats having to record in steps, using a machine that only records 2 channels at a time!
I hope that Korg refines this machine by adding inserts or effects loops for better EQ and reverb/effects, but I'm very happy with the D-888 until the next generation comes along.Read full review...

Korg d888 is cool

I would recommend this recorder. It's designed the way I would design one if I could. It dispenses with all the bells and whistles and instead offers more meat and potatoes. So no it doesn't have 50 thousand crappy effects, a guitar input, a large screen, a cd burner, or a lot of tracks. It does however have a durable design (not plasticky, seems rugged), records 8 tracks simultaneously, one effect (reverb), and a USB port. It's really easy to upload or download wav files to your computer. I find that really convenient. You can master, add effects, or burn cds on your computer. So although you can only have 8 tracks, you can upload tracks to computer and mix as many as you need that way, or give them to a studio for mastering. Personally, I'd rather have the rugged design and 8 track simultaneous recording then the chincy design and bells and whistles of other recorders. You won't find that many on any other recorder at this price point. I have been playing for 20 years, dallying with recording for about 10. I have owned about 5 recorders and this is my fav so far. If you own a computer with a cd burner and some music recording software all ready then buy this and get more for your money. Peas and carrotsRead full review...

Most flexible mixer/recorder I found for the money. To bad its discontinued

I work the sound board for our praise and worship band and was looking for a multi-track recorder and mixer for when the band performs away from church. I researched for months to find the most capable and flexible unit for a reasonable price and found the Korg. I am by no means a professional sound man but I found the controls easy to use once you get through the basic operations. The only confusion I had was with the color coding on the channels. Usually Red is mute and Green is not. The Korg uses Orange for active channel, Green for playback and Red for record.

Only major complaint is the Trim Pots for each channel. They have to be near max in order to get decent sound and it is easy to overload if you are not careful with how fast you turn that last 1/8 of an inch.

The USB interface allowed me to transfer the tracks to my PC running Cakewalk, flawlessly. This is where I'll do the post production work. So I can speak to the Korg's features that handle that.

Working with a small band is this machines strong suit. For live mixing and/or recording it's pretty sweet. As other reviews stated you may need other equipment to expand the capabilities.Read full review...

Worth the purchase

I like the fact it has enough inputs for me to use all my mic's even though i dont need to... For an intoductory mixer, its got more than enough potential.

I have cronic problems with power outages at my house, so i have to use an "uninterruptable power supply" attached to it cause if you loose power before it saves... its gone. If you get one make sure it'll give you enough power to save your work or for the power to come back on.

It's not korg's fault my power sucks, but a better proscessor for being able to save it faster would have been nice. Overall, i enjoy it.Read full review...

Great recorder!!!

This is an awesome recorder! Easy to use, great quality.

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I love it

It's exactly what I need for my band live performances.

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Received exactly what I wanted!!!

Great product!

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Korg d888 digital multi track recorder

I was looking for a good multi-track recorder for my church band. researching the choices, this one got good ratings. I got it at a fair price and the service was great, fast I could not ask for better.
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An easy machine to use...

I like this machine...I had one years ago and love the ease of operation. I realize that everyone uses their computers, but I am old school and it still works for me.