Recorders

The Portacapture X6 makes Tascam’s touchscreen approach to mobile recording more portable and affordable than ever.

We get hands‑on with Zoom’s new dedicated podcast recorder.

The original podcast production station has grown up — and it’s not just for podcasters!

Boss’s best‑in‑class looper just got even better.

iZotope’s clever Spire Studio is back and better than ever.

Could this be the perfect portable package for podcasters and musicians alike?

Rode's one-stop podcasting shop continues to evolve.

The RodeCaster Pro is a one‑stop shop for creating high‑quality podcasts.

iZotope’s Spire Studio breathes new life into a format that will be familiar to many home studio owners.

DPA’s iOS-friendly interface and mic set is aimed squarely at broadcasters and interviewers who need the very best audio quality.

Zoom reimagine the stand-alone multitracker for the DAW generation.

Until now, specialised multitrack digital recorders designed for capturing live shows have been niche products with hefty price tags. Will Cymatic’s LR16 change that?

With eight-track simultaneous recording and up to 32 tracks on mixdown, the DP24 proves you don’t need a computer to produce music.

Zoom have launched a sibling for their R16, adding a further eight tracks and some neat loop-sampling and rhythm-track features.

Have computers made digital multitrackers obsolete? Zoom dont think so.

Line 6 BackTrack is a single-channel, Flash-memory audio recorder that’s tailored to the needs of guitar players and songwriters. Designed to sit in-line with your guitar (it has an instrument input impedance), it records everything you play as soon as audio is detected. Check out our test report...

Have Roland finally outgunned Akai's renowned MPC series in the battle for the hip-hop market?

Roland's eagerly awaited new flagship VS workstation builds on the success of the VS1680 and VS1880, offering a massive range of features including 24-track, 24-bit and 96kHz recording, a 64-channel digital mixer, up to eight stereo effects processors, 24-voice phrase sampling, and an enhanced graphical output for a VGA monitor.

With new 16-track portable digital multitracker, Korg have packed a lot of features into a surprisingly small case.

We get our hands on Fostex's latest affordable digital recorder — and the company's first ever stand‑alone digital mixer.

Hot on the heels of Fostex's DMT8 Roland's new VS880 offers another take on the affordable digital multitracker concept. But as Paul White discovers, beneath the apparent similarities lie significant differences...