Thinking About Getting A Tascam Digital Recorder

[Hoyt]

I have a Dr44. I can overdub on this unit and apply reverb after recording. Internal mics are decent , but it accepts external condensers as well. Like the sound and features. Not as cheap as some, but a very good recorder.

I've had others, including Zoom H4n, Sony D50, etc. Zoom was decent, and Sony was excellent sounding but only 2 tracks and no effects.

[robj144]

I've always thought for $99, this thing looks pretty cool:

http://www.amazon.com/DP-006-Portast...ascam+recorder

I have enough stuff like this, so I don't need it, but I would like to try one some day.

[a-coustica]

Originally Posted by robj144

I've always thought for $99, this thing looks pretty cool:

Like the DP004 you can get some decent recordings
with this 006.
That being said, you can use it only 4 hours
on batteries.
With only two AA batteries you can use a
Olympus LS14 during 45 hours!

[tbeltrans]

Originally Posted by Hoyt

I have a Dr44. I can overdub on this unit and apply reverb after recording. Internal mics are decent , but it accepts external condensers as well. Like the sound and features. Not as cheap as some, but a very good recorder.

I've had others, including Zoom H4n, Sony D50, etc. Zoom was decent, and Sony was excellent sounding but only 2 tracks and no effects.

I have the Sony PCM-D100 and really like it. It has EQ and a few other things, but no overdubbing. What it does do is very, very good sounding recordings and excellent playback with the ability to loop points and slow down to 25% of original speed without changing pitch. Great for learning by ear, especially with its very high quality sound capabilities. You can assign functions to two buttons, which makes learning by ear very simple so as to avoid menus and do it all with a button press. Very handy, and much nicer than working with PC software. For me, it is a sort of "Swiss Army Knife", most everything I need in a handheld package that has very good battery life.

For multi-tracking, should I ever need it, I have the Tascam DP-008EX - small and simple, but not great battery life.

Tony

[Hoyt]

I liked by Sony D50 because it really sounded nice, and was definitely a professional quality unit. It recorded better than any of the units less than $600 or so, and it had some nice features like digital in/outs. Your 100 is even better.

But, I like to record and sing with guitar, then go back and add in some bass and mandola or banjo. I needed overdub capability. Plus, I can add reverb.

Truthfully, even the less expensive units sound pretty good and clear (especially if you can use external mics), much better than the cassette portastudios I started with decades ago.

You are exactly right about easier than using the computer. I have a computer setup, but seldom use it. I'm just having fun, but like it to sound nice.

[rrgguitarman]

For multi-tracking, should I ever need it, I have the Tascam DP-008EX - small and simple, but not great battery life.

+1

I bought the power adapter.

Great little recorder. I use it as my scratch pad.

[a-coustica]

I, too, got power adapters (two), buy they generate
a background noise that I perfectly hear on the recordings....