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A beautiful little machine
Astonishing quality and versatility in such a small and elegant package. Easy to use; so far I've only used the built in mikes - sat down with the recorder on the table in front of me, played guitar and sang. Played back on my portable speakers and heard better sound than on my TEAC reel to reel with great microphones. The line out/headphone jack, two mic. inputs, 4 tracks, bounce and punch in capabilities, ease of use and brilliant sound - and you can download on to your computer - I guess you could say I am pleased.
Reviewed by Jonathan Hogan on 1/21/2009 who plays Folk/Pop/Rock.
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Great Pocket Studio!
Everything you can ask for at this price! Great for home guitar projects.I have many tascam products and this a 5 star take anywhere studio.
Reviewed by tmoretti on 12/16/2008 who plays Classic Rock,metal.
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Great Device!
Just got the Tascam DP-004 and I love it. So far I've only messed around with recording multi-tracks, but have found it easy to use. I just quickly reviewed the quick start guidelines and was off and recording my keyboard. Love it so far!
Reviewed by JP on 12/31/2008 who plays Strings & Keys.
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Awesome piece of equipment
This is an impressive piece of equipment. For it's size and price, you can't go wrong with this jem. It is very easy to use with great features and , it sounds great. One of the best things about this unit is how much you can do, internally. I used the built in mics for something (which you can set the sensitivity for)and when I hit record, the noise of actually pushing the button was captured. I went back and was able to silence that noise with an easy to use editing function. You can master, bounce, backup, edit, and other things, all without any external equipment and for every action that you perform, there is a history kept and you can undo by simply deleting the action from the history. Once done with a recording, you connect to your computer and put it on there as a wave file and then use your computer to convert it to whatever type of sound file you want. All in all, this is a great tool for the recording musician in a compact, easy to use, well priced package.
Reviewed by jeff on 4/17/2009 who plays whatever .
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Best musical investment yet
Yeah, I've only been playing guitar for like 3 years. I have been wanting to record my own stuff, but had trouble getting people together to do it. This device here is a Godsend! You can record everything yourself, and it is very easy to use. The portability makes it easy to drag it along when you want to jam or create music with someone else. It was very important for me to be able to upload and download songs/tracks to my computer to edit them, and this thing does it with ease. This is something you can really have fun with, and it's very well worth the price tag, I would have paid more for something like this.
Reviewed by Joe K. on 2/17/2009 who plays Alternative, Indie, Rock, Punk.
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Good Sound, but also annoying
Like any other product, there is good and bad. The good is that this device----like all digital recorders, does a wonderful job of recording in rooms that don't have all of the sound-deadening foam and acoustic values. This means you can record in a concrete floored basement---unlike back in the day when such would make for aweful sound. What is good about this unit is essentially what's good about digital recording as a whole. The bad---I would caution buyers ---some of the annoyances are more than just peaves---they can be very frustrating. No AC adaptor---which costs extra. This is like buying a car with no tires. Next; The screen isn't lit---and you might think saving some cash and sacrificing such is ok---it will drive you crazy if you want to record in a soft lighting (hello, that's what we musicians do.) The single most annoying thing is that everytime you execute a major function---like erasing a piece--you have to reassign the recording inputs,i.e. mic, guitar/line, internal mic, off---etc. Everytime. Such a neat lil machine with such an annoying shortcoming. And last---and this can be very limiting when studying your tracks at playback(levels, overall sound), the headphone jack puts out a very weak power signal---so, no jammimg whatsoever til you play it through a amp or mixer. And if you are playing acoustic drums (or even an acoustic guitar) and want to use the click---forget about being able to hear the click through ANY type of phones, regardless of how sharp your headphones are---unless you use an amp. By the time you get all your amps, cords and signals lined out---you start jonesing for the other machines---machines you can see in dim lighting, don't have to change settings when attempting a single task, and can give a nice boost to the phones. I hate negative reviews, but I shoulda spent an extra hundy or so.
Reviewed by EJ on 8/24/2009 who plays pop,rock,.
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One of the Greatest Purchases I have made
If I could give it six stars I would. Whether you are recoring prazctice session, live performance, or just wanting to get better, this is for you. You won't cut a professional CD with one of these things, but you sure can cut demo's, or songs to play on ipods. It is not hard to use at all. I am in my 40's and have been out of the industry for 20 years. I learned how to use every feature of this device in about three hours...and spit out a WAV file to use on my ipod. It was pretty easy. I wish it had EQ for each track, but then it'd be bigger and probably more expensive. It can fit into my guitar case with no problem. I would reccomend getting a larger SD card for it, because you will find yourself using this toy a bunch. It runs on AA batteries, and does a great job, on average I get about eight hours out of a set. I am planning on getting the power supply for it, when I use it at home. If you are an aspireing musician, this is a must. I wish I'd had something like this 20 years ago. If it got lost, broke or stolen tomorrow, I would purchase another one as fast as I' could.
Reviewed by Oysters and Beer on 7/31/2009 who plays Calypso, Country, Blues.
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Nice solid unit
I have owned several portastudios and this one follows in the same tradition of quality and ease of use. The sound quality is outstanding, it is small and portable and lasts a long time just on batteries. My only complaint is the display, it is dark and you have to be at the right angle to see it clearly.. maybe it is just my older eyes. Would I buy it again if it got stolen? Yes.... amazing technology for the price.
Reviewed by Mark on 4/25/2009 who plays Blues/Blues Rock.
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A Dream Come True - Almost
This takes my recording duty with me wherever I go (a bar, a coffee shop, a campfire in the forest, a local park, etc). I previously only used PC to record music. Even though this thing is a wonder (in terms of portability), it cannot do several crucial things that PC sequencers that I've been used to can do.
When overdubbing, I am used to be able to automatically mix the audio that's already there with the audio that I am recording (for smoother transitions between verses/choruses/sections). I have become quite accustomed to recording songs a verse or a chorus part at a time. With this unit, when you go on to working on the next section of the song, you must catch the beat exactly with your record button press as to avoid cutting off the previously recorded part that precedes the part you are recording. Early in the recording process this results in weird-sounding tiny interruptions between each part of the song that is recorded separately. But as you add more and more tracks, the interruptions become less noticeable, especially if the sections overlap each other at different time locations on different tracks. This pushes you to record longer sections at a time, in order to avoid dealing with the awkward momentary silence moments in between sections, and, in turn, probably makes you a better player. You also can't EQ or compress things like you can on a PC. But that also has its upside. For example, when using the built in condenser mics, I learned to equalize the sound by moving the sound source farther and closer away from the mic. They have also pushed me to be more aware of the room that I am recording in. To sum it up, this thing really teaches you how to record raw and how to sound good without all the advanced studio tricks. It teaches you to use your ears and shows you what you really sound like. This was a very productive investment.
Reviewed by Dimitri Lozovoy on 6/22/2009 who plays Russian, Latin, Beatles, Pop, Rock, Bachata, Vallenato.
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Great multitrack recorder
I bought the Tascam DP-004, because I wanted a small but versatile multitrack recorder. I don't play professionally but I did for years. I do want to record CDs for friends and family. (ie. Christmas CD) The DP-004 makes that very easy to do. I say easy but there is a learning curve with frequent visits to the manual. There could be more controls/functions but I'm sure the price would then escalate as well. I can record a bass/drum track (all keyboards by the way) then add a rhythm and lead later. I would recommend the power pack and a larger memory stick. Batteries always die at the wrong time and until you buy rechargeables you have the cost of the PS. The 1 GB memory stick filled too fast and I had to delete tracks to make room for new ones. I didn't like doing that in case I wanted to re-mix a track later. bottom line I would buy another. I know you can bounce tracks but 4 tracks are enough for me.
Reviewed by Tony on 5/27/2009 who plays Jazz/classic rock.
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