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by Gregory Ford

Date Added: 09/23/2011

This thing makes producing CDs stupid simple. The functions are very clear and easy to use.The sound of this thing as a CD player is pretty durned good, as is that of the DSP options. The look-ahead limiter is absolutely brilliant; I use it on just about every project to get the levels right at the top. It works much better than normalization, and takes a tenth of the time of fiddling with a compressor. the DSP options are, as I said, good, but not great. I look at them as a final touch, as a complement to everything else that I can do to the music, and I think that's what it's intended as. No, it is not Howie Weinberg in a box, but it'll add a little polish to your work. I have to agree with the comment about hard drives, but must also add that it's pretty hard to actually run out of space -- most people are going to archive their music somewhere else, and if you're really pressed for HD space, you can always use the CD24 feature to burn them off in full resolution.

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[5 of 5 Stars]

by Elaine Misonzhnik

Date Added: 07/06/2010

I got one of the Alesis MasterLink ML-9600 in the spring of 2006. It is one of the most important processors in my studio. I like the fact that when I'm recording live, I don't have to worry about stopping and starting the recorder, but just record everything. The editing features on the Masterlink make it easy to organize the performance any way I want later on.

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[5 of 5 Stars]

by Julia Neal

Date Added: 06/25/2010

It dosen't work as advertised. Can't trust mine to do anything but straight forward 16 bit CD burning, and then there are artifacts such as clicks between trax, even after updating the OS. My unit also will not perform the data back-up. Sound is great except for an occasional click - very irritating, ususally have to re-record. Also, mine is flawed and wont do andy of the higher spec (20, 24 bit) recording. I'm thinking of buying another one and checking it out totally before the warranty expires, and just putting this one in my home stereo rack.

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[2 of 5 Stars]

by Paul Hahn

Date Added: 05/27/2010

Comes with remote control rack mount ears screws not included.I like the fade out features because I can't quite get a good fade out on my Tascam 2488. It produces is a pretty good master copy I only wish it was the final product. You still have to sent it out to get mastered the rest of the way. Great Quality! It is made fairly well I wouldn't toss it out of an airplane. It is road ready and it looks like it would last about 5 years or better. I would buy another one really soon. I have to have the Master link. It was the missing link to my equipment.

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[5 of 5 Stars]

by Christopher Cantrell

Date Added: 05/27/2010

I feel the masterlink is the best purchase i've made. I basically use it as a two-track recorder and the results are excellent. high resolution recording, sample rate conversion on-board effects, all for under a grand, and i upgraded to a 20 gig hardrive in less than an hour. And it's a cd duplicater, in my opinion it's a must have unit for all home studios.

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[5 of 5 Stars]

by Andrew Riches

Date Added: 03/06/2010

I had mine for about 18 months and really liked everything about it until one day when I turned it on the screen read fatal error . I knew from past experience this was not good . to make a long story short , the power unit went bad and distroyed the CD burner and the hard 20 gig drive. the repair cost me around 475.00 after shipping cost. I starting to rethink Alesis products.

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[4 of 5 Stars]

by Julia Hart

Date Added: 03/04/2010

This is a very solid device. The buttons feel solid and high quality. Front panel is thought out and logical. Output quality is very good using digital or analog outputs. Lots of features for editing songs. Support for high sample rates and rendering of 24-bit CD's. A very nice recorder!

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[5 of 5 Stars]

by Racheal Newnam

Date Added: 03/02/2010

I have been using the Masterlink since it came out and it is so far above any other standalone mix down recorder out there, I cannot think of anything else I would rather have, even the dsp in it rivals the best I have heard on DAW systems. Thanks Alesis and this site for the opportunity to rant.

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[5 of 5 Stars]

by Michael W. Ross

Date Added: 12/27/2009

Everthing that is needed is provided. The Normalizer DSP is very usefull. It would be nice to have more than 16 playlists. It would also be noce to be able to drop a 100gig drive and use all the space. The only real knock I have is the unit has no RS-232 port for computer control.

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[5 of 5 Stars]

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