2 Weeks ago I purchased a Tascam DR-07 as I had grown so tired of latency issues in recording with my laptop at 2496. I thought that a $109 investment would prove, or disprove, that this might be an appropirate path to take for the location recording gigs I do for universities and high school I love doing.
The Tascam DR-07 proved to be all that I could have every hoped for a redbook quality recorder, even discounting the cheap price. I do not use the mics that are attached to the head of the unit, but outboard mics and mic pres. The quality is excellent and with the 8 gig SDHC card I bought, I will have all the storage space I could ever want.
I then bought the Tascam DR-2d for doing 2496 recordings. At the $209 price it may be the neatest piece of gear I have bought in the last 10 years. The recording quailty IS an improvement over the -07 and is easily as good, if not better, than any 2496 recordings I made with my laptop when it was working properly. The 8 gig card I bought for it will give me 4 hours of location recording...more than enough.
On both it is easy to create individual tracks as you you just hit stop after each song, and then can hit the record button twice to begin "rollling" the recording of the next track, all accomplished in under 5 seconds and not miss a beat. I usually have much more time than that anyway, but still easy to do.
The recording quality at 2496 is excellent and leaves me not wanting much more. Once dumped into my computer I then open them with Sony Sound Forge and clean up the headers and tails and make sure all the levels are appropriate. I don't compress or gain ride during the recording so I must set levels prior very accurately. Knowing the material is always helpful.
I would easily recommend the Tascam line of flash recorders to any one and an easy way to do needle drops if your TT is not close to your computer rig. Go from the tape out of your big rig and use a stereo phone to stereo mini jack into the Tascams and on both you can set the line levels easily. The 07 has a analog volume wheel on the side, the DR-2d as up and down buttons. The displays are easy to read when back lit, but at the recording site a small book light is a big help. If for nothing else the DR-2d would make a great back up recorder for any one who knows how important having a back up is. That is what I use my -07 for.
You don't need to do location recording to appreciate these little recorders. If I was a college student and lectures were a big part of my classwork, I would get a DR-07, or the new -05 ($99), set them to record at mp3, and record my lectures for post review. The built in stereo mics would be great for that.
The Tascam DR-07 proved to be all that I could have every hoped for a redbook quality recorder, even discounting the cheap price. I do not use the mics that are attached to the head of the unit, but outboard mics and mic pres. The quality is excellent and with the 8 gig SDHC card I bought, I will have all the storage space I could ever want.
I then bought the Tascam DR-2d for doing 2496 recordings. At the $209 price it may be the neatest piece of gear I have bought in the last 10 years. The recording quailty IS an improvement over the -07 and is easily as good, if not better, than any 2496 recordings I made with my laptop when it was working properly. The 8 gig card I bought for it will give me 4 hours of location recording...more than enough.
On both it is easy to create individual tracks as you you just hit stop after each song, and then can hit the record button twice to begin "rollling" the recording of the next track, all accomplished in under 5 seconds and not miss a beat. I usually have much more time than that anyway, but still easy to do.
The recording quality at 2496 is excellent and leaves me not wanting much more. Once dumped into my computer I then open them with Sony Sound Forge and clean up the headers and tails and make sure all the levels are appropriate. I don't compress or gain ride during the recording so I must set levels prior very accurately. Knowing the material is always helpful.
I would easily recommend the Tascam line of flash recorders to any one and an easy way to do needle drops if your TT is not close to your computer rig. Go from the tape out of your big rig and use a stereo phone to stereo mini jack into the Tascams and on both you can set the line levels easily. The 07 has a analog volume wheel on the side, the DR-2d as up and down buttons. The displays are easy to read when back lit, but at the recording site a small book light is a big help. If for nothing else the DR-2d would make a great back up recorder for any one who knows how important having a back up is. That is what I use my -07 for.
You don't need to do location recording to appreciate these little recorders. If I was a college student and lectures were a big part of my classwork, I would get a DR-07, or the new -05 ($99), set them to record at mp3, and record my lectures for post review. The built in stereo mics would be great for that.
