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Tascam DP008 8-Track Digital Pocketstudio

8-track Digital Portastudio. Chromatic tuner and metronome features. 44.1kHz/16-bit recording resolution. Records to SD or SDHC Card media.

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TASCAM culminates 30 years of Portastudio Recording with the DP-008, a portable 8-track recorder for all musicians. TASCAM's DP-008 is an eight-track recorder that captures CD-quality audio, two tracks at a time. You can use built-in microphones to grab ideas, plug condenser mics into the XLR inputs or plug a guitar directly in to lay tracks. There's even a metronome and chromatic tuner built-in for tight-sounding tracks. The DP-008 also allows you to digitally bounce tracks to make room for more, and touches like editing and undo make recording stress-free.

Features
- 8-track Digital Portastudio

- 2-track simultaneous recording

- (2) XLR microphone inputs with phantom power

- (2) 1/4-inch line inputs, one switchable to guitar level for direct recording

- 1/4-inch footswitch input and Autopunch features for punch-in recording

- RCA line outputs

- 1/8-inch stereo headphone output

- Powered by four AA batteries (included) or PS-P520 power supply (optional)

- Chromatic tuner and metronome features

- Stereo reverb effect on send/return path

- Level, Pan and 2-band EQ controls per channel

- 44.1kHz/16-bit recording resolution

- Records to SD or SDHC Card media, up to 32GB supported

- USB 2.0 connection to computer for backup and track/mixdown export

- 2GB SD Card, USB cable, AA batteries included

- Built-in stereo electret condenser microphones

- Backlit LCD display

Each track on the DP-008 has its own row of knobs for level, pan and effects, just like our classic cassette Portastudios of the past. The effects knob sends to a built-in stereo reverb processor with hall, room, stage and other effects. Each track also has EQ to tailor the sound for your mix. When your song is complete, mix it to a dedicated stereo track while riding levels and flipping pan as much as you want. You can export your mix, or even individual tracks, as a WAV or MP3 file.

TASCAM invented the home recording studio with the original cassette Portastudio. The DP-008 takes the ease-of-use of those classic songwriting tools and adds portability, digital sound quality, effects and mixdown to bring home recording into the 21st century. Simplify your recording workflow with TASCAM's DP-008.
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Tascam DP008 8-Track Digital Pocketstudio Reviews

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"better than its little bro. slightly."
Feature:
Cute little reverb application. Could get that anywhere though. Nice that it's built in, but a dedicated send would have been cooler. It gets points for the nice built in stereo mic.

Quality:
It's solid enough. I wouldn't go tossing it around much but it can sit on a desk well enough.

Value:
BOSS micro BR, or one of those Zoom things are around the same price, with a lot more features. This is a BASIC recorder with the (gasp) bonus of a simple EQ and reverb. There's other stuff out for the same price, also with good built-in mics, that have a lot more possibilities. It does sound nice and clear though, and is easy to use.

Desirability:
I messed around mixing together a couple of guitar parts and drum machine track at the store, and sorry, was just not impressed. It looks nice and sleek and streamlined, but that's about it.

Sound:
very clear, very good. the EQ and reverb is a plus, but it's not like having an effect send on a mix board. It sure beats its little brother though.

Ease of Use:
Yeah this guy is a no-brainer for simple recordings, and has a very small amount of mixdown capability with the built in EQ, but not as much as some other recorders in its range that include compressor programs and such.

Support:
No idea

Overall:
It just doesn't have as many options as I would like, and can find in other all-in-one recorders. If you just want direct recordings from the built-in mics and a tiny bit of sound manipulation (HI/LO eq + reverb) then I guess it's fine, but there are so many more intricate recorders, also portable, and with built-in mics, around the same price. It is very easy to use though I have to give it that.

Submitted: 11/13/2009
Style of Music: unique
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