Product Review - Tascam DR40
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Tascam’s new handheld recorder boasts four-track recording capability, but is that enough to help it break through in a very competitive market?
The DR40 is the latest in a long line of digital recorders designed to be small enough be carried in a pocket and held with one hand. It records to SD and SDHC cards of up to 32GB, allows 24-bit, 96kHz recording and has a pair of movable condenser microphone capsules mounted on its nose.
This particular recorder is large compared to some of the competition, but there is good reason for that: it features two locking XLR/jack combo sockets so that external microphones and other audio sources can be connected, and accommodates three AA batteries to deliver the 24 and 48 Volts of phantom power required by condenser microphones.
Like some of Tascam’s older handheld recording products, the DR40 has both Overdub and Dual recording modes, the first enabling ‘sound-on-sound’-style recording, the second simultaneously capturing a variable -6 to -12dB ‘safe copy’ recording to fall back on if the primary version is ruined by clipping. A new feature that the DR40 brings to the table is four-track recording, which is achieved by using the on-board condenser capsules in conjunction with external microphones or line-level instruments, plugged into the XLR and/or jack part of the combo sockets. It is this tracking ability that sets the DR40 apart from much of the competition at this price point.
Other hardware features worth highlighting include a headphone/line out, a mono speaker for auditioning newly recorded material, a screw thread for stand mounting and a socket for connecting the recorder to a computer via USB. A large, feature-packed display and a range of buttons on the upper surface allow the user to navigate menus and reach commonly used commands.
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Mon 21 May 2012
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