Tascam DP02 8-Track Hard Disk Recorder with CDRW

Composing and recording use two completely different parts of your brain. When you've been struck with inspiration, you don't want complicated machinery stifling your creative flow, but you also don't want a unit that's so simple it limits your creative expression. The Tascam DP02 8-Track Hard Disk Recorder strikes the perfect balance between ease of use and powerful design. And with the integrated CD burner, sharing your vision is just that much easier. It's like a conduit through which your greatest ideas can enter the world.

If the term "multitrack recorder" makes you nervous, fear not: the DP02's layout was designed around a streamlined recording workflow, and it makes laying down multi-part instrumentation a snap. Plug a microphone into one of the recorder's two XLR inputs or a guitar into the dedicated instrument jack, "arm" the first two tracks, and hit record. When you've captured your basic idea, keep the mics plugged in, select two different tracks, and hit record again. . . you're overdubbing! Repeat this process to layer embellishments, harmonies, and counter-melodies until you've got a pop-orchestral number that'll make Brian Wilson green with envy. A built-in metronome helps keep all those parts in synch with one another, and the clear LCD and footswitch punch-in option make it easy to clean up flubbed takes. The overdub process is made so effortless by the Tascam DP02, it's like having your own studio assistant.

Intuitive layout is only the beginning. With eight separate tracks, you've got plenty of space for even complex arrangements, and keeping each element separate gives you more arranging flexibility after you're done recording. Say you've just added a violin part that you think might conflict with the accordion lick you recorded three takes ago, but you're not sure which one you want to keep. Simply ride the respective tracks' faders to pull them in and out of the mix and listen to which one sounds best. Do you think that vocal track could use a little reverb to really sparkle? Don't just imagine it, use the DP02's built-in effects section and give it a listen. There's even flanger, overdrive and a bunch more effects to add a little spank to your guitar and bass parts. Dedicated EQ and left-right panning controls on every track helps you hear exactly what works and what doesn't in your stereo mix.

This flexibility makes the Tascam DP02 a great sketch pad and indispensable pre-production tool, but you can also use it to take your project from idea to finished product. Simply bounce down your song to the Tascam's 40GB internal hard disk, then burn to audio CD with the integrated CDRW burner. Now you've got a physical recording you can take with you anywhere and share with anyone. Alternately, connect your DP02 to a computer via USB and drop your project into any multitrack recording program for the ultimate in mixing and mastering flexibility.

Optional Recording Pack Or Tascam LaunchPad Sarter Pack
Specially priced as an optional add-on, the Tascam LaunchPad Starter Pack is the perfect companion piece for your new DP02. Intended for the beginning recordist, this accessory pack comes with a pair of reference-quality Tascam HPVT1 headphones and a dynamic microphone designed by MXL; makers of some of the most popular studio microphones on Earth. It's just what you'll need to start basic tracking right away.

If you're itching for that real studio experience, however, the Recording Pack represents an amazing opportunity to outfit a complete home studio at an amazing price. The Multitrack Recording Pack is assembled by our pro-audio experts from some of our most popular recording accessories. It'll transform your Tascam DP02 into an enviable recording rig. The Recording Pack includes a pair of second-generation KRK Rokit RP5 self-powered reference speakers for real, studio-quality playback monitoring. For a microphone, we've outfitted the recording pack with the Audio Technica AT2020, a beautifully detailed condenser microphone that sounds stellar on vocals, acoustic guitar, piano. . . just about anything you point it at. Of course, we've also included all the little extras--mic stand, cables, vocal pop-filter--to get your project studio off the ground without delay. We've even thrown in a spindle of fifty blank CDRs, so you'll be that much closer to your first record release.

Great ideas that aren't acted upon remain just that: ideas. Let the Tascam DP02 help you get those ideas out of your head and into the world! Whether or not you've used a multitrack recorder before, the DP02 makes expressing, developing, and sharing your unique creativity a whole lot easier. You won't have to keep those unrealized musical masterpieces to yourself any longer.

Tacam's DP02 makes recording simple by matching 8-track CD-quality recording with a Portastudio interface--so you can ditch the menus and concentrate on the music. A pair of record-quality Tascam mic pres feature XLR inputs with phantom power for condenser mics and a guitar in for direct recording. Each channel gives you dedicated controls for instant access to fader level, record arm/track mute, pan, effect send, high and low EQ. There's also an EQ frequency button for finer control over the mix.

Two effects processors are included in the DP02. A multieffects processor on the input provides great-sounding overdrive, flange, delay and more for your guitar, vocal, drum and bass tracks. In addition, there's a reverb processor on a send and return for adding hall, room, plate or chamber reverb to your mix. The DP02 is loaded with great Tascam extras like a chromatic tuner, metronome, and bar-and-beat display for getting around your song.

The DP02 records two channels at a time to a built-in 40GB hard drive. When you're satisfied with your production, arm the dedicated master track for your stereo mixdown. You can transfer your tracks and mixes or backup your song to a computer through a speedy USB 2.0 connection or burn it to a CD with the slot-loading drive. No other workstation makes recording so simple, affordable and fun as the Tascam DP02.

Features:

Two XLR mic/line inputs with phantom power for condenser microphones

Eight-track recording at uncompressed 44.1k/16-bit audio quality

Portastudio-based interface with volume fader, pan, effect send, high and low EQ controls per channel

EQ frequency button to access high and low EQ shelf frequencies

USB 2.0 interface for transferring tracks, mixes and backup files to a computer

Dedicated stereo master track for mixdown

Internal metronome and bar/beat display for song position

Headphone output

Stereo line outputs on RCA analog and S/PDIF optical digital connectors

40GB internal hard drive

Multieffects processor with guitar, bass, vocal and drum programs

Stereo reverb processor with send/return controls for multichannel mixing

Built-in chromatic tuner

Built-in CD-RW burner for CD mastering and song backup

Optional Recording Pack Contents
1 x Hosa CRA203 Dual RCA to Dual RCA Cable (9.75 Foot)

1 x Stoppit Microphone Pop Filter/Popper Stopper

1 x On Stage 7701B Tripod Boom Mic Stand

1 x Audio Technica AT2020 Side Address Studio Mic

1 x Memorex CDR80 50-Pack Spindle (52x, 700MB)

1 x CBI MLC20 Mic Cable (20 Foot)

2 x KRK RP5G2 Rokit G2 5In Powered Studio Monitors

Tascam LaunchPad Starter Pack information (optional)
LaunchPad - The Tascam recording kit includes headphones, cables and a microphone to help musicians start recording at an affordable price. Since revolutionizing home recording 25 years ago with the Portastudio, the name TASCAM has become synonymous with creative home recording. The LaunchPad is the ideal accessory for musicians to start recording with their TASCAM DP01 Digital Portastudio, cassette Portastudio or USB computer interface.

Included in the LaunchPad are a pair of TASCAM HPVT1 studio-quality headphones and a TASCAM microphone designed by MXL, whose mics have found their way into a number of studios and hit songs. It also includes a mic clip, mic pouch and cable so you're ready to record right out of the box. The TASCAM LaunchPad is the ultimate mic & headphone kit for passionate musicians.

Includes 40GB internal hard drive, slot-load CD-RW.