But when I did more research on the forums, discovered the unit uses a FAT32 storage architecture which limits file sizes to 2g max, like older PC hard drives

After the hard drive in my laptop got nearly full, I found myself barely writing any music at all

This recorder mounts as a USB bulk storage device, so I plug it into any computer's USB port, drag and drop the .wav files onto the local hard drive, and then I can do professional-quality effects, mixing, and mastering with free software downloads like Audacity, or import into a full-featured DAW.My

Tascam recorder is doing great after more than a year, I don't use it often now since our equipment is digital and now I record to hard drive.

Your computer will recognize the recorder as a drive and you can drag and drop files to and from the unit

I want to like it, from reviews I