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Features
- Discontinued Model Replaced by New & Improved DR-40X
- Switchable microphone position from X-Y to a-b. Os - Windows XP, Windows Vista, Windows 7, Windows 8
- 4-Track recording - Record the built-in microphones and mic inputs at the same time
- Dual recording captures a safety track to prevent distorted takes
- Up to 96Hz/24-bit resolution. Sampling frequency: 44. 1K/48K HZ
Description
Tascam incredible DR-40 lets you take true 4-track recording on the go! This impressively affordable 4-track recorder gives you all of the tools you need to capture audio anywhere in any environment. Want to record live music? Plug the main feed from the board right into the DR-40 and use the built-in microphones to capture the room. Want to record audio for video? Just plug your shotgun microphone into an input and enable Phantom power. Dual mode Recording, automatic level adjustment, and a built-in limiter all ensure that your recordings will come out sounding great. And the Tascam DR-40 includes great practice and Studio-style recording tools, such as a built-in tuner and reverb, making it an amazing songwriting tool too.
Compatible Devices: Various devices with audio input capabilities
Brand: Tascam
Hardware Interface: USB
Microphone Form Factor: Built-In
Format: WAV
Headphones Jack: 3.5 millimeters
Number of Batteries: 3 AAA batteries required. (included)
Product Dimensions: 3.5"D x 5.5"W x 8"H
Memory Storage Capacity: 2 GB
Item Weight: 0.21 Kilograms
Item Weight: 7.5 ounces
Product Dimensions: 5.5 x 3.5 x 8 inches
Item model number: DR-40
Batteries: 3 AAA batteries required. (included)
Is Discontinued By Manufacturer: No
Date First Available: September 15, 2011
Color Name: Black
Compatible Devices: Various devices with audio input capabilities
Hardware Interface: USB
Speaker Count: 1
Speaker Size: 4
Size: DR-40
Battery type: Alkaline
Color Screen: No
Media Format: WAV
Standing screen display size: 40 Inches
Voltage: 1.5 Volts
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I bought the DR-40 a few months ago, and just got down to using it these past few weeks. My expectations were high based on the reviews I've read, and I am happy to report that my expectations been exceeded. But first, a caveat: I am using the DR-40 in a controlled environment (more on that later) and not out and about, so my review will focus on this as a studio microphone set-up. I am also not a sound professional. I was a film major back in college, so I know a bit about sound production and technique, but by no means does my career revolve around it. If I had to label, I'd say I was an amateur enthusiast. I have the three AAs installed (they come with the unit), but am running with the USB connected (USB bus power) to my laptop. I purchased a sturdy little table top tripod to pop the unit on, and that has proven to be a wise purchase. I can position the Tascam so that it is pointing directly at my mouth, no matter how I am sitting, and the stand also keeps vibrations down. Since the Tascam is very sensitive to any movement or vibration, isolation is important. You cannot handhold the unit by its case and expect not to pick up rustling; you have to mount it on something if you want to carry it about. Learning the button layout and features is fairly straightforward. The interface and buttons labels aren't the clearest in the world; there is a shallow learning curve. But once you get them down, things are easy and make sense. With a thirty second glance at the manual I was up and recording. Hit the 'Record' button to go into standby mode (it blinks red) and hit it again to begin recording (steady red). Pretty easy. I was able to upgrade the firmware with no problem. When recording, it took me a couple of tries to get the levels right. And to be honest, they still aren't right. I'm yacking into the DR-40 relatively close, and the levels on the screen look good, but when I import the sound into Audition (yeah, I know) the levels are mediocre. I'm also getting some clipping on hard P sounds, even though I am not that close to the mics and the level monitor doesn't indicate clipping. These are small problems, and I'm happy to attribute them to user error at present. I'm also fairly certain an external mic would mitigate these problems. But again, I'm confidant I can solve them with a little experimenting. As for the sound, I'm very pleased. I've been recording short phrases for a iOS game I'm making. The first try was ok. The second try better. The third try, excellent. I was able to get a full, balanced sound out of the unit. And even after having bumped up the levels in post, there was very little noise in the signal. Listening to playback through a pair of Grado PS1000's was like listening to me talking to me. It sounded live, so much so that it startled me the first time. My setup is a bit funky: I currently live in a hotel, and it is tough to get a quiet spot. Even 25 floors up, the Tascam picks up road noise. It is very sensitive. I've been locking myself in a closet, AC off, with a heavy quilt over myself and the Tascam. Even under these less-than-optimal conditions, the sound is stellar. Importing sounds into the laptop is easy if you have a card reader. My laptop does, so it is as simple as popping the SD card out of the DR-40 and into the card reader. The card shows up as a volume on the desktop, and the individual sound files are a drag and drop away. The unit comes with a 2GB card, and I upped it to 8GB just to be safe. I didn't need to worry. A 3-4 minute file at default settings saved as a WAV comes out to be around 50MB. Based on how impressed I am so far, and realizing I've uncovered a small percentage of capability and potential, I can enthusiastically recommend the Tascam DR-40. I'm giving it five stars based on the price and quality. Fifteen years ago I used a Tascam professional DAT field recorder that cost 1KUS , and I think the DR-40 gives it a run for its money.
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Reviewed in the United States on February 14, 2013 by J. Clarkson
Wonderful little toy. I bought it less for any serious or specific purpose, and more as an experiment for getting into soundscape recording, or possibly for recording interviews with people. For any of these purposes, so far it has worked well. Of course, I have no doubt that one COULD use it professionally (such as with an SLR, or an external audio rig), I'm just not a pro myself. In Japan, I used it alongside a plugin separate USB battery (which I rubber banded to the recorder), and this worked just fine. It also was handy to attach it to a tiny little tripod, which doubled as a grip. Battery life with AA's was pretty good, but I can't recall how many hours they lasted. It wasn't an issue, even with a few hours of use over several days. Plus, AA's are easy to find everywhere. The unit is a bit "plasticky", which is a bit of a letdown for its price, but the quality of the audio it records (from the built-in mics) is excellent to my ears. I've done no digital manipulation, nor have I connected separate microphones, although eventually I'll do both. I keep it in a case to protect it. I've never dropped it outright. I'm doubtful it would survive a waist-high fall onto concrete, but most electronics won't. For now, with a muff over the built-ins, it records clear audio in a variety of situations. I recorded some street festivals in Japan with remarkable results. It does very well with voice reproduction, sounds pretty life-like. I'm sure it'll do even better when paired with a quality external microphone. This unit was an excellent price, and produces exactly the results I expected, without a lot of hassle.
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Reviewed in the United States on October 3, 2018 by Arick P. Sabin
At the first time when ordering the DR-40, I was little bit influenced by Zoom H4n reviews, hence I was skeptical thinking to the DR40 performance quality. How ever after testing it many times, either the built in condenser microphones or using external AT897-Audio Technica shotgun condenser mic, both of them return excellent recording sounds. All these functions; Stereo-dual-4 Tracks and Overdub modes are put into the device to meet various field recording requirement. For an instance, the '4 Tracks' mode with the built-in mic turned on, the AT897 connected as an external mic and mixed them with built-in Hall#1 re-verb digital effects,the output mixed sound is so amazing. The digital effects function loaded into DR-40 produces great mixed sound quality which I think not too far from those tracks recorded in a recording studio . The 4-tracks mode gives the best blends and full coverage of all inputs source specifically could be arranged by setting the mixing level. Another impressive screen view at DR-40 is the visualization of 'parametric knobs' which is simulating the professional audio mixer console for mixing and panning the sources. For people who interested on ATH 897 boom mic, the TASCAM DR-40 is a perfect combination for field recording, i.e. to record an interview with a person in the middle of crowds and surrounded by ambient noise. As my brief testing result, the input mic gain setting, if used with the AT879, probably can be increased 20-25% relative to the level of DR-40 built-in mic in order to get a balanced recorded sound. I had noticed from Zoom H4n users feedback saying that the AT897 mic seems did not perform greatly when used with their recorder. For instances, the sensitivity level of Zoom H4n did not giving enough gain to AT897, while increasing the gain level will promotes the hiss and background noises. Also they were complaining the equalization frequencies not significantly improves the sound quality. ******** updated on June, 2, 2015****** From my evaluation to this far, the DR-40 and AT879 are a perfect match and works excellently with no noticeable issue. Another indirect & untold feature yet found, the DR-40 also can be used as the audio tape to MP3 converter device, by manually wired the music tracks from a tape player to be digitized/ recorded on selected digital audio format, which I had tested using TEAC-W890 cassette tape deck to MP3 format. The result, amazingly, the DR-40 has produces a very good quality/ fidelity of sounds after the recording process, which I noticed somehow the internal circuitry had removed the hiss noises/ unwanted distortion automatically while the same event it did not affecting the original audio tracks clarity. Superb! I would highly recommended this recorder.
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Reviewed in the United States on January 18, 2014 by Ztronics901.Jr