Although there is not any information yet on the Tascam website, they will release a new model on the Recording product line. This new model is an update of 2 of the DP-01 product series, The Tascam DP-02 and DP-02CF Digital Portastudios
The Tascam DP-02 Digital Portastudio features 8-channel recording, 40GB internal hard drive, 16-bit resolution and 44.1 kHz sampling rate, volume fader, pan and effect send controls and 2-band EQ per channel, transport controls, backlit LCD display, built-in metronome and chromatic tuner, guitar, bass, drum and vocal multi-effects (including a stereo reverb processor), 2 XLR mic/line inputs, headphones, stereo RCA line and S/PDIF digital outputs, +48V phantom power, built-in CD-RW recorder and USB 2.0 port.
The Tascam DP-02CF Digital Portastudio features 8-channel recording, 16-bit resolution and 44.1 kHz sampling rate, volume fader, pan and effect send controls and 2-band EQ per channel, transport controls, backlit LCD display, built-in metronome, 2 XLR mic/line inputs, headphones, stereo RCA line and S/PDIF digital outputs, +48V phantom power, compact flash card slot, 1GB included compact flash card and USB 2.0 port.
Both models are now available and their prices are $299.95 for the Tascam DP-02CF model and $499.95 for the Tascam DP-02 model.
- From Gearwire
- Official site
I NEED A DECENT DIGITALL RECORDER. I NEED 2-3 CHANNELS FOR SYNTHS [LEAD, PADS & BEAT] AND 1-2 CHANNELS FOR VOICE & CLASSICAL PIANO. I WILL RECORD DIRECTLY FROM MY KORG TRITON LE AND 2 M-AUDIO LUNA CONDENSER MICS. I DON’T WANT TO USE PC, SOFT SYNTHS, OR DAW. I JUST WANT TO REHEARSE, REC AND PLAY. THE ONLY THING I WILL DO WITH MY LAPTOP IS TO INSERT THE FLASH CARD AND BACKUP THE .WAV FILES OR CONVERT THEM TO .MP3. THAT’S ALL. WHICH ONE OF THE FOLLOWING DO YOU RECOMMEND?
FLASH CARD-BASED
FOSTEX MR-8 MKII
TASCAM DP-02 CF
ZOOM MRS 8SD
BOSS BR-600
HD/CDRW-BASED
FOSTEX MR-8 HD/CD
TASCAM DP-02
BOSS BR-900CD V2
Well,
I’m making my choice between Tascam DP-02CF and Fostex MR-8 mkII.
Reasons:
* HD versions are way more expensive (Flash versions are generally 2/3 or 1/2 of the price)
* HDs break more easily than Flash card readers/writers
* I’m not interested on Zoom and Boss products (personal distaste)
Here is my Google-research results on these two machines with nearly same price tag….
Tascam DP-02CF
* 8/10 points in zzsound.com reviews (43 rated)
seems to have a durable metal casing (atleast DP02 has)
mixer section really good for the price (hi-EQ lo-EQ EQ-freq pan FX-send)
easy to operate, all useful controls on top
operates on 12V (is probably usable outdoors/in-summer-cottage on your car’s accu-battery/similar)
- will not burn master CDs, needs a computer…
Fostex MR-8 mkII
* 6/10 points in zzsound.com reviews (48 people rated)
internal mic for quick idea-captures
apparenly burns CDs with “off the shelf USB CD-recorder”
battery operable
- headphone-output is said to be noisy
- toy-like plastic casing
- mixer section quite limited
- uses some frustrating menu navigation and uses some useless buttons on top (mastering fx for example)
- because of FAT16 filesystem, cannot really use CF-cards larger than 2GB
This much I’ve gathered after surfing the net for 2 hours… None of these is my own experiences, since I don’t own neither device yet. I just wrote this to make my decision on which one to buy. Seems like I’m gonna get Tascam tomorrow.
Hope this research helps anybody…
Further to Arttu’s recapitulation: BOSS 600 in the similar price bracket does not have Phantom power, so some microphones won’t work, its 128MB memory is not enough and suppliers are not certain, which flash card is actualy compatible, it has on the other hand good range of effects (BOSS is good at that)manufacture does not includes power supply and batteries last about 2 hrs!!!!
I agree with Arttu, Fostex appears to be somehow toylike plastic, also it does not have TONE CONTROL!!
Hi there Guru, what entice you to post an article on Music gadgets? This article was extremely interesting, especially since I was searching for thoughts on this subject last Thursday.