Sigh - dreams on furlough

So many ideas to capture - but no way of doing so properly.

Okay - I'll be less obtuse.

My old 12-track recorder has reached its technical limits of what I can do with it as is. By this I mean that it has limited space on its internal hard drive, and I've reached that limit. To make matters worse, it's one of those ones from the 90's which used an archaic JAZ technology that's obsolete now.

To make matters worse, my old PC died, and replacing it will be a bundle of cash. And there's no priority to include a really good sound card and recording software because Internet usage and regular family use take priority.

I've been looking at other digital multi-track recorders from BOSS, Zoom, and TASCAM. Each have their relative strengths and weaknesses, but none of them are enough of a value proposition for me to be able to justify spending $500-$700 over the needs of getting a PC for the family.

And a dedicated digital audio workstation (DAW) is simply beyond my financial means.

So I'm stuck. Happy Holidays - YAY!