Tascam DR-40X Four Track Handheld Recorder and USB Interface

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When held in the left hand, the various hardware controls are all very easy to reach — the input level can be altered with your thumb, while your right hand presses the various top-panel buttons — but there's too much handling noise to make high-quality recordings while it's held like this. Another new feature in the DR-05X is the ability to use as a USB audio interface by connecting to a compatible computer or iOS device, performing recording and playback functions with DAW or streaming software. It is also suitable for other products powered by DC 5V or USB and can be used with 'any Tascam product powered by PS-P520U adapter or any product powered by USB'. Whilst the two 3-pin XLR inputs allow the user to input microphones and/or instruments, including those that require 24/48V phantom power. Great care has been taken to ensure accuracy in the preparation of this article but neither Sound On Sound Limited nor the publishers can be held responsible for its contents.

There's no USB cable either, which is arguably a touch miserly — it's not that I begrudge spending the small amount these things now cost, but rather that it wouldn't cost the manufacturer much and most people will prefer the device to be record-ready out of the box.But while the smaller devices will appeal to some, SOS readers will probably be most interested in the DR-40X, reviewed here.

Please include what you were doing when this page came up and the Cloudflare Ray ID found at the bottom of this page. colour touchscreen allows the user to navigate menus and adjust settings including the onboard DSP, which includes compressions, limiting, low-cut, noise gate, and automatic gain control, and reverb – to which there are six different room presets. Don't let yourself be stuck without a functioning unit, because you didn't bring extra batteries to power your device.Finance is provided by PayPal Credit (a trading name of PayPal UK Ltd, Whittaker House, Whittaker Avenue, Richmond-Upon-Thames, Surrey, United Kingdom, TW9 1EH). At this point you can adjust the input sensitivity from the input level buttons on the left side of the unit and press the REC button again when ready to start the recording.