Tascam DR100: Oral History and Digital Technology

[MMAandK1]

Gradual Report-dany brought me here

[peterbf91]

thumbs up if your watching this to find out what Danny was unboxing :)

[Vnix]

did you make this video with that recording device?

[aggzish]

would this be appropriate for recording mixing desk audio out for a band with no current recordings for like a live ep type thing or would the built in mic's be sufficient

or should i be llooking at a different product if so any ideas which one would be good

[VisorTM]

TASCAM or ZOOM 4N?

[RundFyrkant]

good review

got some additional questions though

Can it be set to record monofiles?

Will the XLR inputs accept a line signal with the phantom power turned off?

I'm going to use it to record sounds directly from the audio outs from synthesizers and drummachines and is also concidering the zoom h4n.

[jittwoi]

Great review. Only one I could find that actually shows you how the damn thing works. Keep up the good work!

[Shaggy72]

This is the PERFECT hardware for HALF of my applications!

I swear if it had multi-track recording (minimum of 2 sources - like I could record a vocal onto one track, and his guitar onto another track, then mix them later, with other instruments) THIS WOULD BE MY DREAM PIECE OF EQUIPMENT!

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As far as pairing it for video recording with the Canon 7d, it's perfect.

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However, I'm just saying, for this price and all the features, it is AWESOME! I only wish they made a Dr101 w/ multi-track rec

[Caravane17]

Thank you for this beautiful presentation, but that seems a little complicated. I am French and the menus are in English!

[auscult]

I am wondering if you can adjust the mic level of the xlr ports independently. This is not possible on the H4n. I was disappointed.

[SigawNa]

does the XLR inputs also do +4 line in or are they just mic level? do you have a dr100 vs h4n review somewhere? this unit looks to have a better build quality over the h4n.

[qbranchtechnician]

yes duel mono so it will appear as if on the Centre speaker and seperate gains L&R become Ch1&2 in mono mode

[SagginWillies]

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[qbranchtechnician]

Why?

[airscrew1]

Excellent review. But you'd think at the price they would throw in a mains adapter. I just bought the Zoom H2 which is a lot cheaper but I have to admit that build quality is a bit iffy. If it breaks I'll get a DR100 next.  I use it for filming wildtracks for 16mm filming.

[qbranchtechnician]

cheaper to buy a 12V adapter and charge it in the Car or on a Comms PSU

[dabigjokeoftheday]

charge with my old phone charger or on computer usb

[f90looksnice]

Thanks for this video! Can the Tascam also act as a usb audio device, so one could directly record into some DAW without using the SD-Card?

[qbranchtechnician]

no its dissabled when in USB mode

[kirs54]

Great great videos. I'm starting off as an audio journalist, and will be doing interviews in the field. I've heard a lot about the Zoom h4n, does it compare well to the tascam dr100?

[qbranchtechnician]

6 of one half a dozen of the other look and you will see.

[moliba11]

hello !

is the tascam a multitrack recorder, or can we only recors one tracks by one.

can we listen to one track and record another at the same time ?

thanks

[nunncenter]

no, not multitrack-technically. You can, however, overdub---record over a playback file with a new signal and mix. So multitrack, kind of.

[golafs]

is it possible to record to 4 channels? f. ex record simultaneously both onboard mics + mics connected to XLR.

thanks.

and btw nice video :)

[nunncenter]

Thanks. Unfortunately not.  However, the Zoom H4n which we are reviewing right now does. An interesting omission by Tascam which hasa long history of inexpensive multi track recorders (thinking of my 4-track cassette of yesteryear). Still, an excellent 2-track recorder for oral history.

[gbleddynn]

Thanks for the walk through! This really does appear to be a very user friendly recorder!

[qbranchtechnician]

easy peasy dont even need the manual