8-track recording at CD quality 44.1k/16-bit. 2-track simultaneous recording. Includes 1 GB Compact Flash card.
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Feature:
It is a basic machine that's good enough to do the job if you can figure out the every difficult steps to record and playback sounds.
Quality:
Would have rated it higher if the manual and method of operating the unit was easy to use....it isn't!
Value:
If you don't mind flying solo without a sectional, GPS or radio while in heavy weather, operating the DP-02 shouldn't bother you if you're just interested in value (and not ease of use or quick operability).
Desirability:
I strongly recommend you first look at other manufacturers if you need a multi-track recorder. TASCAM's affinity to make a simple process complex and non-intuitive, coupled with its use of a Chinese-produced instruction manual suggests the company has their own ideas of how musicians should interface with recording equipment; they have NOT made the DP-02 intuitively simple.
Sound:
It takes time to get it working...but when you do, the sound is good.
Ease of Use:
Probably the worst of any musical product! I purchased TASCAM's Portastudio DP-02CF two weeks ago and have struggled with the "printed in China" manual to figure out how to record and play a few simple audio samples. Using this unit requires several non-intuitive steps with buttons pushed and held; no common sense human interface design would ever require such mental gymnastics, but TASCAM has apparently figured out how to make a relatively simple procedure sufficiently complex to make their product nearly inoperable. One hint on how complex and non-intuitive the Portastudio has become as it evolved over the years is that the manual is now over 76 pages long (some of those pages actually have instructions, but most didn't work as stated). If you read someone's review that claims this is very simple to operate, I suggest you visit a music store to try even a 10 to 20 second recording...then see if you can play back the results...this dispels any notion of simplicity or intuivity (yes, a new word).
Support:
TASCAM has got to be the worst ever. Try calling them before you buy anything and it will confirm this. This alone should be sufficient to buy another brand.
Overall:
If TASCAM rewrote the user manual and reprogrammed some of the onerous button-pushing steps on their DP-02CF, I would consider repurchasing the unit because the audio portion is not all that bad....but it is a very cumbersome interface, and the DP-02 manual is terrible, and customer support is non-existant.
Submitted: 10/19/2008
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