Tascam DP-02 Digital Portastudio – 8 Track
Jan.21, 2010 in
Virtual Drum Machine
- Two XLR mic/line inputs with phantom power for condenser microphones
- Eight-track recording at uncompressed 44.1k/16-bit audio quality
- Portastudio-based interface with volume fader, pan, effect send, high and low EQ controls per channel
- EQ frequency button to access high and low EQ shelf frequencies
- USB 2.0 interface for transferring tracks, mixes and backup files to a computer
Product Description
The Tascam DP-02 makes recording simple by matching 8-track CD-quality recording with a Portastudio interface – so you can ditch the menus and concentrate on the music. A pair of record-quality Tascam mic pres features XLR inputs with phantom power for condenser mics and a guitar in for direct recording. Each channel gives you dedicated controls for instant access to fader level, record arm/track mute, pan, effect send, high and low EQ. There’s also an EQ frequen… More >>
January 21st, 2010 at 8:13 pm
This is a great little recorder. Even though it’s limited to 2 tracks at a time, it works great, sounds great and has all the built in effects you could want. The built in CD recorder makes mastering easy. It does a lot of stuff so you will need to read the manual but it’s written clearly and will guide you through the steps to get things done.
As usual, Amazon had the best price and fantastic delivery. I just love ordering anything from Amazon!
Rating: 5 / 5
January 21st, 2010 at 10:30 pm
So far, I am absolutely loving my new Tascam Portastudio. It does everything I need it to. That being said, I wish it had a built in metronome, which I havent found yet… and I also wish that it had a line-out for every line-in for monitoring. All in all though, a great product at a great price. Look at the feature list, it does all the things it claims and sounds great to match.
I have read some reviews which make mention of a “whining” or “high-pitched” sound coming from the internal hard-drive but I have not heard any of this, not while playing, not while recording, not while playing back. A+ product. Perfect for beginners looking to do a little recording and pros that want a rig to practice/write on.
Rating: 5 / 5
January 21st, 2010 at 11:42 pm
I bought this 2 weeks ago based on some mostly good reviews, but I missed the review about “not stopped”. I recorded a few songs (I am doing all a capella stuff) and although it was easy to learn and the sound was excellent, the unit tends to crash at the WORST time, with the infamous “not stopped” message. This has happened 3 times now. When you get the “not stopped” message, everything you have been working on is lost, gone, history, bye-bye. I’m sending it back and getting a Yamaha, we’ll see if that is any better. Or maybe I should just bite the bullet and learn protools.
Rating: 1 / 5
January 22nd, 2010 at 12:19 am
Just got the Tascam DP-02 for Christmas from my wife. I just started playing with it last night and it seems like a solid little unit. It pretty much takes away most of the need for a computer to record. I haven’t really done much with the advanced features, but after about an hour, I had composed a 3 track guitar ditty, mixed it to master, and burnt a CD.
It’s a little tricky out of the box. The manual doesn’t really have a start to finish tutorial for dummies, so trial and error had to suffice using the manual as a reference. It probably isn’t that hard if you have used something like this before, but arming the tracks and assigning the input to a track before anything would record was a little funny with the shift key functions at first. I had trouble recording anything through the 1/4″ mic line in. Once I plugged in a guitar it worked fine. I guess I’ll have to use the XLR inputs for mics, but those are better quality anyway.
All in all it’s a great little unit. I’m looking forward to recording jam sessions live and archiving them to my PC. Super cool computer interface options. I give this device 5 stars. It is well built, and fairly easy to use.
Rating: 5 / 5
January 22nd, 2010 at 2:30 am
Let me start with product quality -the unit appears to be well made, and has the weight and feel of a well designed and constructed machine. The sliders are solid, smooth, and there is no “mixer noise” during recording. The unit is advertised as intuitive -not so much, the physical layout is clean, easy to read, intuitive and straight forward. But, the instruction manual is an insult to anyone who can read; it lacks logic -operationally and sequentially, plus the manual mixes the DP-02 (CD Version) with the DP-02CF (mem card version). This gets to be VERY confusing.
I’m a classical musician, so sound quality is imperative, and this unit does a very nice job of giving back what is recorded. The mics need to be of HIGH quality for this to occur, but you should have these for all acoustic recording. It is best to use phantom power, not the battery power of many XLR mics. Even with phantom, you gotta push the gain to get anything to record from mics.
I purchased TASCAM’s Portastudio DP-02 after reading reviews -obviously by techno geeks who love mixing electronic media. I struggled with the “Printed in China” manual to figure out how to record and playback the piano in my studio. TASCAM has apparently figured out how to make a relatively simple procedure sufficiently complex to make their product nearly inoperable out of the box. To make recording even more of a hassle, try calling “Customer Support.” I called Tascam five times, 42 minutes of long distance toll calls, I was put on hold every time, and hung up after 8, and 10 minutes wait times -listening to their recorded announcement about customer service. There’s no support at TASCAM…customer support is a delusion.
My votes: HIGH for the unit, LOW for Tascam Customer service.
Rating: 4 / 5
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